ConocoPhillips Announces First Oil From SuTuDen Field Offshore VN

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HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 2003-- ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), an owner of the Cuu Long Joint Operating Company (CLJOC), today announced first production from the SuTu Den (Black Lion) field located in Block 15-1 offshore Vietnam's east coast. Production began October 29 on budget and ahead of schedule.

Press release on General Pham Van Tra's visit to the U.S.


A high–ranking Delegation of the Ministry of National Defense of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam headed by General Pham Van Tra, Minister of National Defense paid an official visit to the United States from November 10-12, 2003 at the invitation of United States Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld. The Delegation was warmly welcomed with the highest protocolary level extended to a Defense Minister.

Food exporters fly solo on new US laws

Vietnam Economic Times
Tuesday, November 18, 2003 11:58:01

Domestic food producers are on their own when they face new US food importation regulations that come into effect on December 12, according to a Ministry of Trade official.

Under the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, all foreign food companies need to register with the FDA and employ a US-based agent if they want to export their products.

Interview of Defense Minister Pham Van Tra


Defence Minister General Pham Van Tra paid an official visit to the US from November 9-12, the first by a defence minister of Vietnam since the two countries normalised bilateral ties. Before leaving the US, Minister Tra gave an interview to the Vietnam News Agency's correspondent in Washington DC on his visit, stressing that the relations between Vietnam and the US should contribute to long-term stability in the Asia-Pacific region.

Q: Please tell us about the results of your visit to the US and the prospect for co-operation between the two armies.

Vietnam's outreach

By James Morrison,
The Washington Times, November 13, 2003

The U.S. secretary of veterans affairs joined the Vietnamese ambassador on Veterans Day to mark another landmark in the evolving relations between Washington and Hanoi, 30 years after the last American troops left Vietnam.

Anthony J. Principi, a combat-decorated Vietnam veteran, stood with Ambassador Nguyen Tam Chien under a portrait of Ho Chi Minh at the ambassador's residence at a reception for Vietnam's defense minister, Gen. Phan Van Tra.

VN and US look to the future for mutual benefit

Viet Nam News, November 13, 2003

HA NOI — During an official visit to Washington by Vietnamese defence minister General Pham Van Tra, Viet Nam and the US agreed to continue working together to resolve post-war problems such as the clearance of ordnance and toxic chemicals from Vietnamese soil.

Tra’s four-day visit to the US, at the invitation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, was the first by a Vietnamese defence minister to the US since the American War ended in 1975.

Viet Nam welcomes better US relations: Defence Minister

Viet Nam News, November 13, 2003

WASHINGTON — Defence Minister General Pham Van Tra has welcomed the enhancement of relations between Viet Nam and the United States, especially between the military, as "noteworthy".

But he has told a Washington-based correspondent of the Viet Nam News Agency that the military could make greater contributions to peace, friendship, stability and development in the Asian-Pacific region, if hurdles to expansion of the bond between the two countries were removed.

VN folk, US jazz hits just the right note with fans



by Duc Ngoc

HCM CITY — HCM City’s Dong Dao music club was lit with the spirit of jazz and Vietnamese music on Thursday as American pianist John Alex Ferguson and his group American Voices joined local stars in a one-night show.

The repertoire of Vietnamese love songs and American jazz pieces had the audience spellbound. Hong Nhung performed Trinh Cong Son’s Ru Tinh (Lullaby to Love) beautifully and CamVan, with piano accompaniment by Ferguson, sang musician Kim Tuan’s Bien Can (Ocean Drying Up).

Defence Minister ready to visit US

Viet Nam News

November 10, 2003

HA NOI — Viet Nam’s Defence Minister Pham Van Tra was set to leave for the US on Sunday for a four-day visit to the country.

Tra would also visit Brazil from November 13-15 and Belgium from November 16-19.

The visit, at the invitation of the US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld, Brazil’s Minister of Defence Jose Viegas, and Belgium’s Minister of Defence Andre Flahaut, aims at promoting relations between Viet Nam and the three countries.

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