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Vietnam, State Department, Houston discuss consulate; Houston chronicle article and photos posted on Vietnam Today by Phan Thanh, author

by Viet-Am Review on Mon 30 Jun 2008 02:21 AM PDT | Permanent Link | Cosmos

Vietnam, State Department Houston discuss consulate

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Vietnam, State Department Houston discuss consulate.... June 26, 2008, 2:25PM Vietnam, State Department discuss Houston consulate Prime minister meets with business leaders...

Mayra Beltran: Houston Chronicle
June 26, 2008, 2:25PM
Vietnam, State Department discuss Houston consulate
Prime minister meets with business leaders

By JENALIA MORENO
Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle

Vietnam's ambassador to the U.S. said in Houston today that his nation would like to open a consul general's office here.

"We have agreed in principle," said Ambassador Le Cong Phung, during a break in today's meeting between Vietnam's prime minister and Texas business leaders at a Galleria-area hotel. "We have got one office in the East, the embassy, and one in the West in San Francisco. The United States is a huge country. We cannot cover it all."

Nguyen Tan Dung and his delegation of more than 100 Vietnamese officials are meeting with Texas cotton producers, energy company officials and airline executives to discuss ways to expand trade between the two nations.

His meeting comes amid protests from members of the local Vietnamese community who claim Dung's government has one of the world's worst records on human rights.

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Pictures follow of demonstration by the Vietnamese community in Houston.

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