CONGRESSIONAL STAFF DELEGATION VISIT TO VIETNAM
SPONSORED BY USVTC AND:
ACE - AIG – BOEING - CITIGROUP – LIBERTY MUTUAL – NEW YORK LIFE
SCHEDULE
Hanoi, Dalat & Ho Chi Minh City
March 26 – April 3, 2005
Mr. Bob Holste
Mr. Jim Stowers
Mr. Isaac Edwards
Mr. Jon Sheiner
Ms. Virginia Foote
Delegation:
Chief of Staff to Congressman English (R-PA)
Legislative Director to Senator Lincoln (D-AR)
Legislative Director to Senator Murkowski (R-AK)
Legislative Director to Congressman Rangel (D-NY)
Staff:
President, U.S.-Vietnam Trade Council and Executive Vice President, U.S.-ASEAN
Business Council
SUNDAY, MARCH 27 – HANOI
2:30 – 5:30 PM
City Tour (Temple of Literature, Uncle Ho’s Museum, Tran Quoc Temple, One
Pillar Temple, John McCain monument)
7:00 PM
DINNER
¾ Terence Anderson (AIG) – Chairman of Hanoi AmCham
¾ Tom O’Dore (Liberty Mutual)
MONDAY, MARCH 28 – HANOI
9:00-10:00 AM
MEETING WITH CHAIRMEN OF THE U.S. - VIETNAM CAUCUS, MEMBER, THE
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
¾ Vu Xuan Hong – President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organization
¾ Pham Thanh Binh – North America Department
¾ Hung and Mr. Khong Dai Minh
11:00 AM
EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES – COUNTRY TEAM BRIEFING
¾ Ambassador Michael Marine
¾ Country Team: Economic, Political, Consular, USAID, PAO, FCS
1:30-2:30 PM
CONNOISSEURS' CHOICE COLLECTIONS
Cultural Objects of Ethnic Minorities, Present and Past, of the 54 Peoples of Viet
Nam
2:45 PM
US JOINT TASK FORCE – MIA ACCOUNTING – COUNTRY TEAM (JPAC/MIA)
BRIEFING
¾ Major Andrew Rutter -Deputy Commander
4:00-5:00 PM
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
¾ Nguyen Phu Binh – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
¾ Nguyen Ba Hung – Deputy Head of the America Department
7:00 PM
WELCOME COCKTAIL RECEPTION & DINNER
Attendees:
- Sam Watson (US Embassy)
- Juan "Jay" T. Avecilla (US Embassy)
- Dennis Zvinakis (USAID)
- Terence Anderson (AIG)
- Tom O’Dore (Liberty Mutual)
- Nguyen Hong Ninh (Liberty Mutual)
- Charly Madan (Citibank)
- Le Minh Loan (ACE INA)
TUESDAY, MARCH 29 - HANOI
9:00-10:00 AM
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNMENT
¾ Vice Chairman Nguyen Quoc Huy
¾ Nguyen Quang Linh – International Relations Department
10:30- 11:30 AM
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
¾ Vice Minister Le Thi Bang Tam
¾ Ha Huy Tuan - Deputy Director of Economic Integration Dept.
¾ Phung Ngoc Khanh - Director of Insurance Supervision Dept.
12:00-1:45 PM
LUNCH WITH USVTC MEMBERS AND AMCHAM BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Attendees:
- Luu Hoang Ha (Unocal HCMC)
- Charly Madan (Citibank)
- Tom O’Dore (Liberty Mutual)
- Hoang Xuan Hieu (IBM)
- Adam Sitkoff (AmCham)
- Al DeMatteis (Delta)
- Marcie Friedman (American Red Cross)
- Sinh Nguyen (Motorola)
- Phung Viet Thang (Oracle)
- Terence Anderson (AIG)
- Jocelyn Tran (Mast)
- John Bentley (STAR)
- Phan Vinh Quang (STAR)
- Truong Kim Phong (Ford)
2:00-3:00 PM
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
¾ Mdm. Ton Nu Thi Ninh - Deputy Director, External Relations Committee, NA
¾ Hai Yen – Officer, External Relations Committee
3:30-4:30 PM
MINISTRY OF LABOR AND SOCIAL WELFARE
¾ Nguyen Manh Cuong - Director, International Cooperation Department
¾ Nguyen Ba Truong Giang – Officer, International Cooperation Department
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4:45-5:45 PM
MINISTRY OF TRADE
¾ Vice Minister Luong Van Tu
¾ Nguyen Duc Nhat – Expert, Americas Department
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30 – DALAT
12:45 – 2:00 PM
VISIT TO TAN CHAU COMMUNE, LAM DONG PROVINCE
Ethnic minority village
4:00 – 5:00 PM
LAM DONG PROVINCE AUTHORITIES
¾ Huynh Duc Hoa, Chairman of Lam Đong People’s Committee
¾ Ngo Van Duc, Vice Chairman of the Committee for Religious Affairs
¾ Lu Chan Lin, Chairman of the Committee for Minority Affairs
¾ Dam Xuan Dieu, Vice Chairman of the Fatherland Front/Party Committee
¾ Nguyen Van Bao, Assistant, Dalat Office of External Relations
¾ Huynh Van Minh, Assistant, Dalat Office of External Relations
THURSDAY, MARCH 31 – DALAT- HCMC
8:30 AM
City Tour of Dalat, King Bao Dai’s Summer Palace, President Advisor Ngo Dinh
Nhu’s Palace, Dalat University
1:30 PM
LUNCH AND BRIEFING WITH THE U.S. CONSULATE GENERAL – COUNTRY TEAM
¾ Seth Winnick – Consul General
¾ Kenneth Chern – Deputy Principal Officer
¾ Heather C. Variava – Consul, Economic Affairs
¾ Robert Silberstein – Political Officer
¾ Jeffrey C. Schwenk – Consular Section Chief
¾ Bob Bannerman – Principal Commercial Officer
¾ Valerie Bilgri-Holm – Economic Officer
3:00 PM
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS – HCMC OFFICE
¾ Le Quoc Hung – Director
¾ Le Dinh Dzung – Desk Officer, Political & Economic Affairs
¾ Pham Tran Thanh Thao – Translator, Political & Economic Affairs
¾ Nguyen Thi Ngoc Ha, Political & Economic Affairs
¾ Pham Cam Nhung, Protocol Section
4:30 PM
APL PORT TOUR
¾ Tan Hua Joo - Managing Director, APL
¾ Wann Shang Jye (Joseph) - General Director, VICT
¾ Eddie Hsu - VICT
6:30 – 8:30 PM
RECEPTION HOSTED BY THE CONSUL GENERAL OF THE USA
Residence of the U.S. Consul General
Villa 215, H2-3 Nguyen Van Huong Street
Thao Dien Ward, District 2
FRIDAY, APRIL 1 - HCMC
7:00 – 7:45 AM
USS GARY, FFG 51 – US MILITARY SHIP VISIT
¾ Major Robb Etnyre
8:00 – 9:30 AM
BREAKFAST WITH USVTC MEMBERS AND AMCHAM BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Attendees:
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Thomas R. Siebert - Stickley
John Parmagiano Unocal
Joe Mannix - United Airlines
George Baker - Far East National Bank
Ashok Rammohan - Phillip Morris
Nguyen Huu Anh Luan - Phillip Morris
Jocelyn Tran – MAST Industries (Far East) Limited
Frederick Burke – Baker & McKenzie
Shawn Gallagher – AIG
Christine H. Ramsdell - Boeing
10:00 AM
HCMC NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DELEGATES
¾ Mme. Pham Thi Phuong Thao - National Assembly Member, Chairman, HCMC
People Council
¾ Mai Quoc Binh – National Assembly Member, Deputy Director, HCMC
National Assembly Delegates
¾ Nguyen Kim Thoa – National Assembly Member, Chairman of HCMC
Chemical Association, Chairman of Management Board, General Director,
Saigon Cosmetics Corporation
¾ Tran Thanh Long – National Assembly Member, Chairman, HCMC Fatherland
Front
¾ Nguyen Thi Nghia – National Assembly Member, Member of Economic and
Budget Committee of National Assembly, Vice President, Vietnam Cooperative
Alliance
¾ Le Xuan Thanh – Chief of staff, Office of HCMC National Assembly Delegates
12:00 PM
LUNCH WITH U.S. & VIETNAMESE RESIDENTS OF HCMC
Attendees:
- Dr. Tran Thinh - HCMC AIDS Committee
- Father John Phuong Dinh Toai - Catholic Archdiocese
- Dr. Luong Bach Van - HCMC Fatherland Front Committee
- Nguyen Cao Phong - OPV Vietnam Ltd. & the Young President’s Organization
in HCMC
- Le Thi Phuong Thuy - Toan My Trading Company & the Young President’s
Organization in HCMC
- Le Cong Dinh - YKVN, Ltd.
- Ngo Si Anh - Investconsult Group
- Dr. Binh Thy Nguyen Tran - American Pacific University
- Tran Manh Tuan – Composer, Saxophonist
- Nguyen Thi Minh Ngoc – Playwright & Theater Director
- Seth Winnick - Consul General, U.S. Consulate General
- Kenneth Chern - U.S. Consulate General
- Robert Silberstein - U.S. Consulate General
1:45 PM
FULBRIGHT ECONOMICS TEACHING PROGRAM
¾ P. Eli Angell Mazur, Legal Program’s Coordinator
¾ Chau Van Thanh, Dean
3:00 PM
MEETING WITH CARDINAL PHAM MINH MAN
¾ Cardinal Pham Minh Man
¾ Msgr. J.B. Huynh Cong Minh – Vicar General
¾ Nguyen Ngoc Binh, Esq. – Consultant
5:00 PM
HO CHI MINH CITY PEOPLE’S COMMITTEE
¾ Dr. Nguyen Thien Nhan – Vice Chairman of HCMC People’s Committee
¾ Le Hung Quoc – Vice Director, HCMC Office of External Relations
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SATURDAY, APRIL 2
8:30 AM– 4:00 PM
MEKONG DELTA TOUR
¾ Ms. Nhung – Exotissimo Tours
¾ Ms. Ngo Le Kim Thoa – Mekong Delta Tour Guide
7:30 PM
FAREWELL DINNER
Attendees:
- Virginia Foote – USVTC and USABC
- Robert Schiffer – USVTC
- Shawn Gallagher – AIG
- Christine H. Ramsdell - Boeing
- Frederick Burke – Baker & McKenzie
- Ross Jaax – Success Alliance & ACDI/VOCA
- Hung Doan – Texas BBQ Restaurant and Zone Golf Shop
- Tom Doan – International Finance Corporation
- Dana R.H. Doan – USVTC
- Vu Thi Thanh Thuy - USVTC
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