A GOOD FIRST STEP BUT NO REVERSE OF ALLIANCE.....Re: [confirmed]Tu+o+'ng VC Pha.m Van Tra` se~ ddi My~!

Vietnam should NEVER be a strategic partner of the USA against China
but could be a partnr of the USA against World Terrorism.
China is too close and GOD and Uncle Sam too far

A partnership with the USA to keep the South China sea free of
military use is in the interest of the USA and all aean countries
including Vietnam


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> On 25 Sep 2003 1012 -0700, qttt@yahoo.com (Qu.Tinh) wrote:
>
> >Ddo^`ng chi' pha't ngo^n vie^n Le^ Du~ng tha^.t a^'m o+'! ;-)))
> >
> >chuye^.n na`y QTTT no'i dda~ la^u ro^`i ma`!
> >
> >My~ e'p qua' ne^n chi? co' BT Ngoa.i Giao Nguye^~n Dy Nie^n va` Bo^.
> >Tru+o+?ng Thu+o+ng Ma.i Tru+o+ng Ddi`nh Tuye^?n qua tha(m My~ tua^`n
> >ro^`i.
> >
> >Qua'ch Ti?nh ta^n tho+`i...xin kie^'u!
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Chuye^.n na`y xa^?y ra du+o+'i tho+`i mo^.t TT thuo^.c dda?ng Co^.ng
> Ho`a cu?a My~ chu+' du+o+'i tho+`i cu?a mo^.t vi. TT thuo^.c dda?ng
> Da^n Chu? thi` se~ bi. da^n Viet ddi bie^?u ti`nh cho^'ng Co^.ng ?
>
> Hmmm....mo^.t ddie^`n ca^`n pha?i pha?n ti?nh !!!
>
> ;-))
>
>
> Pooh
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> >http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl...asp?reg=PACRIM
> >
> >Vietnam's defence chief set for historic US visit
> >
> >By Christina Toh-Pantin
> >
> >
> >Vietnam Defence Minister Pham Van Tra is set to make a
> >historic post-war visit to the United States as he takes up the
> >invitation of
> >his U.S. counterpart Donald Rumsfeld, the Foreign Ministry said on
> >Thursday.
> >
> >''The two sides are now working actively on the arrangements on the
> >visit,'' Le
> >Dung, spokesman for the Foreign Ministry told a news briefing in
> >answer to a
> >Reuters question.
> >
> >It would be the first trip to Washington by any defence minister from
> >Vietnam following the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, in which the
> >communist
> >north defeated the U.S.-backed Saigon regime.
> >
> >Former Defence Secretary William Cohen was the first post-war American
> >defence chief to go to Vietnam, visiting in March 2000.
> >
> >The two countries restored diplomatic relations in 1995 and signed a
> >bilateral trade pact effective December 2001.
> >
> >The planned military trip along with a recent pact on searches for
> >U.S.
> >soldiers missing in action during the war are the latest signs of a
> >slow thaw
> >in a highly sensitive area.
> >
> >Dung declined to confirm that the visit would take place in November,
> >saying the timing and agenda would be revealed later. He also said
> >that a port
> >call by a U.S. Navy vessel was on the cards, but that no details were
> >available
> >yet.
> >
> >''It is my opinion that it is true that over the past years, the
> >political and diplomatic relations between the two countries have been
> >enhanced,'' Dung added, when asked about the significance of the
> >planned visit.
> >
> >The U.S. ambassador to Vietnam, Raymond Burghardt, told an American
> >Chamber of Commerce meeting on Wednesday that defence ties between
> >Washington
> >and Hanoi were showing improvement.
> >
> >Dung also confirmed an unusual pact between the two countries under
> >which America will hire retired senior Vietnamese intelligence
> >officers to comb
> >classified Vietnam government files for information on any U.S.
> >prisoners held
> >after the war.
> >
> >''Recently Vietnam has founded a study team to review archives of the
> >Defence Ministry and will provide (information) to the U.S. side if
> >more
> >information on American MIAs in Vietnam is found,'' Dung said.
> >
> >The pact deals with a controversial issue, as some MIA families have
> >bitterly accused Hanoi of hiding information about their loved ones.
> >Vietnam
> >denies this.
> >
> >America says 1,882 of its service personnel are listed as missing in
> >action and unaccounted for. Vietnam says 300,000 of its citizens are
> >missing
> >from the war.