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U.S.-Vietnam Trade Council & U.S.-ASEAN Business Council

Delegation to Vietnam

16 – 21 November 2000

Thursday, November 16 -- Hanoi

Business Delegation arrives

7:00 PM Planning Meeting Dinner

Hotel Nikko Hanoi

(President Clinton arrives in Hanoi)

RON Hotel Nikko Hanoi
84 Tran Nhan Tong St.
Hanoi, Vietnam

Friday, November 17 – Hanoi

9:00AM Delegation meeting with Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung – Ministry of Finance

8 Phan Huy Chu

10:45 AM Business Forum Registration begins

Melia Hotel

11:15 AM Business signing ceremony with Secretary of Commerce Norman Mineta

Melia Hotel

12:00 noon U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Forum

Co-organized by the Vietnamese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and

the U.S.-Vietnam Trade Council, US-ASEAN Business Council, American Chamber of Commerce, Hanoi

44B Ly Thuong Kiet

Sponsored by: Citibank

Speakers:

Minister of Trade Vu Khoan

Secretary of Commerce Norman Mineta

USTR Ambassdor Charlene Barshefsky

Senator John Kerry (D. Mass)

Vice Minister of Planning and Investment Vu Huy Hoang

2:30 PM Programs ends

4:00 PM Meeting with Minister Nguyen Dy Nien – Ministry of Foreign Affairs

12 Ngo Quyen, Government Guest House

6:00 PM Delegation Dinner

Emperor Restaurant

18B Le Thanh Tong St

8:00 PM Cultural Event for President Clinton

Hanoi Opera House

RON Hotel Nikko Hanoi

Saturday, November 18 – Hanoi

9:30 AM Site visit to Corporation for Financing and Promoting Technology (FPT),

HITC Building, and

Hanoi Business School

Cau Giay

12:00 PM Lunch

Mocha Café

14-16 Nha Tho

3:00 PM Site visit to Ford Vietnam Ltd. Plant

Lai Cach, Cam Giang

Hai Duong Province

7:00 PM Dinner

Nam Phuong Restaurant

19 Phan Chu Trinh

RON Hotel Nikko Hanoi

Sunday, November 19 – Ho Chi Minh City

7:50 AM Flight departs for Ho Chi Minh City

VN 213

9:50 AM Arrive Ho Chi Minh City

11:00 AM Lunch and registration at Renaissance Riverside Hotel Atrium Lounge

12:30 PM Registration begins for U.S.-Vietnam Business Forum

City Hall

1:30 PM U.S.-Vietnam Business Forum co-organized by Vietnamese Chamber of Commerce and Industry and U.S.-Vietnam Trade Council, US-ASEAN Business Council, and American Chamber of Commerce

Sponsored by AIG

Speakers:

Chairman of HCMC Peoples Committee Vo Viet Thanh

Introduced by Tom Siebert – American Standard Company

Deputy Chairman Nguyen Thien Nhan

Information Technology Panel: Frances Zwenig, moderator

Radne Bryant – IBM

Binh Nguyen – Federal Express

Senator John Kerry (D-Mass)

Introduced by Rick Mayo-Smith – Indochina Capital

Bilateral Trade Agreement Panel

Virginia Foote, moderator

Dao Duy Chu – VCCI

Joseph Damond – USTR

Robert Randolph – US AID

Minh Dang – White and Case

Fred Burke – Baker McKenzie

Secretary of Commerce Norman Mineta,

Introduced by Lionel Johnson – Citibank

USTR Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky

Introduced by Joe Dillion -- AIG

Closing: Lee Baker – U. S. Vietnam Trade Council

4:00 PM Program ends

4:15 PM Forum Reception

Speakers:

President William Jefferson Clinton

Chairman of HCMC Peoples Committee Vo Viet Thanh

7:00 PM Hosted by members of American Chamber of Commerce HCMC

RON Renaissance Riverside Hotel

8-15 Ton Duc Thang Street, District 1
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Monday, November 20 – Ho Chi Minh City

8:00 AM Breakfast with Ambassador Pete Peterson

Renaissance Riverside Hotel

10:30 AM Site visit Vietnam International Container Terminal

hosted by American President’s Line

11:30 AM Site visit Tan Thuan Export Processing Zone and Saigon South

2:00 PM Site Visit to Fulbright School

3:30 PM Program ends