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Working Agenda for The Official Delegation from Vietnam

The 16th International Meeting of National Mine Action Programme Directors and UN Advisors, April 10-12, 2013, and
The Intersessional Meetings of the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM), April 15-18, 2013

Drafted by VVAF/Thu Ha - Thao Griffiths, April 5, 2013

Vietnam Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Mr. Nguyen Trung Thanh, the official head of the Vietnam Delegation, might attend several events, but not all.

Official Members attending the National Director Meeting include (group 1):

Sr. Col. Nguyen Xuan Tung, Deputy Commander in Chief, Engineering Corp, Ministry of Defense
Mr. Le Xuan Binh, Deputy Director General, Dept. of Internal Affairs, Office of Government
Sr. Col. Mai Khanh (Ms.) – Vice Director Institute of Defense International Relations
Sr. Col. Nguyen Hong Son – Head of Tech. Dept., BOMICEN
Col. Dong – MoD Office

Official Members attending the CCM Meeting include (group 2):

Sr. Col. Nguyen Xuan Tung, Deputy Commander in Chief, Engineering Corp, Ministry of Defense
Sr. Col. Nguyen Hong Son – Head of Tech. Dept., BOMICEN
Col. Dong – MoD Office
Mr. Cao Manh Cuong, Deputy Director General, Dept. of International Economic Relations, Ministry of Planning and Investment
Ms. Le Thi Khanh, Deputy Director General, Dept. of Finance and Planning, Ministry of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs
Mr. Doan Minh, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Both delegations are supported by VVAF team including (group 3):

Ms. Thu Ha, Mine Action Program Manager
Ms. Thao Griffiths, Country Director

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MONDAY, APRIL 8TH: groups 1 and 3 depart from Noi Bai Airport at 23:20 flight VN107

TUESDAY, APRIL 9^TH: arrive in Geneva at 12:10, flight AF 1742

Meeting with UNDP organising team, re VN’s presentation on its mine action strategy
Attending the International Mine Action Standards Review Board Meeting, which endorsed a nomination of a representative from Vietnam mine action authority to be a new member of the Review Board
Working with Sr. Col. Tung and Sr. Col. Mai Khanh to complete the VN’s presentation on the 1^st day of the meeting

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10^TH

Following the official program of the day
Meeting with Vietnamese Ambassador based in Geneva
Meeting with Guy Rhodes, Head of Operation at GICHD and Gus, Country Director NPA to discuss the implementation of the pilot Land Release project in Vietnam
Meeting with Nick Cumming-Bruce from the Landmine Monitor Report (LMR) regarding Vietnam Chapter LMR report 2013

THURSDAY, APRIL 11^TH

Following the official program of the day
Attending the meeting of national directors with Mine Action Support Group
Meeting with Jorge Lobert, Advisor, Military Liaison and Mechanical Systems (GICHD) on military-civil coordination in Mine Action in Vietnam
Meeting with Forester representative

FRIDAY, APRIL 12^TH

Following the official program of the day
Meeting with Ken Rutherford, Mine Action Information Center at James Madison University, Daniel Ericson, Head of Management Consulting GICHD, Ted Paterson, Senior Advisor, Strategic Management, GICHD regarding the proposal on supporting Vietnam to develop a surveillance system of ERW/mines victims using IMSMA
Meeting with Erik Tollefsen, Advisor, Stockpile Destruction, EOD and Technology GICHD on Underwater Demining Standard

SATURDAY APRIL 13

-Working on presentation at the CCM meeting

- Travel to Annecy

SUNDAY APRIL 14

Mr. Cao Manh Cuong, Ms. Le Thi Khanh and Mr. Doan Minh arrive in Geneva from Hanoi
Meeting with Vietnam Ambassador based in Geneva

MONDAY 15^TH APRIL

Following the official program of the day
Meeting with representative of Japanese donor
Meeting with Tim Horner, Mine Action Advisor, UNDP New York on the status of the development of Cooperation Framework between UNDP and Vietnam Mine Action Authority
Dinner meeting with President of the Convention on Cluster Munitions Ambassador Kongstad (of Norway to the UN in Geneva)

TUESDAY 16^TH APRIL

Following the official program of the day
Meeting with representative of the UK donor

WEDNESDAY 17^TH APRIL

Following the official program of the day
Meeting with representative of the Canadian donor

THURSDAY 18^TH APRIL

Following the official program of the day
Travel to Berlin

FRIDAY 19^TH APRIL

Meeting with Pehr Lodhammar, Mechanical System and Contracting, GICHD on the research of information of good EOD and Demining Centers as model for Vietnam in their planning in establishment of such training center in Vietnam
Meeting with SENSYS regarding the plan on the results of the survey project using Geomine Technology in project located in Witstock, Germany.

SATURDAY 20^TH APRIL

Take the flight from Berlin to Frankfurt

SUNDAY 21^TH APRIL

Fly back from Frankfurt to Hanoi

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A PROJECT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER WORKING AGENDA FOR

Working Agenda for The Official Delegation from Vietnam

The 16th International Meeting of National Mine Action Programme Directors and UN Advisors, April 10-12, 2013, and

The Intersessional Meetings of the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM), April 15-18, 2013