WHILE ON A TRIP TO HANOI AND HO CHI MINH CITY IN JANUARY, KEN CUTSHAW, THE U.S. ATTACH… TO VIETNAM’S OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, DISCUSSED PREPARATIONS FOR THE GAMES AND MANAGED TO VISIT SEVERAL GOVERNMENT MINISTRIES IN AN EFFORT TO PROMOTE COMMERCIAL TIES BETWEEN VIETNAM AND ATLANTA.
DURING HIS VISIT, MR. CUTSHAW LEARNED THAT VIETNAM WILL SEND A DELEGATION OF 16 ATHLETES WHO WILL COMPETE IN SHOOTING, JUDO, TABLE TENNIS, SWIMMING AND TRACK AND FIELD EVENTS AT THE SUMMER GAMES HERE. EIGHT OFFICIALS ALSO WILL BE ACCOMPANYING THE DELEGATION, HE TOLD GLOBALFAX LAST WEEK.
HE DISCUSSED HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE ATHLETES WITH HA QUANG DU, MINISTER FOR SPORTS AND YOUTH, AND MAI VAN MUON, PRESIDENT OF THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE. IN ADDITION, HE MET RUNNER VU BICH HUONG, VIETNAM’S 100-METER STANDOUT.
AT THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND FOREIGN INVESTMENT HE MET WITH NGUYEN THIEN TRINH, THE MINISTRY’S CHIEF LAWYER, TO REVIEW INVESTMENT REGULATIONS APPLYING TO FOREIGN COMPANIES. AND HE VISITED WITH NGUYEN BA CUONG, WHO AS AN OFFICIAL OF THE MINISTRY SPENT A SIX-WEEK INTERNSHIP AT COCA-COLA HEADQUARTERS HERE LAST YEAR.
HE ALSO DISCUSSED WAYS OF STRENGTHENING ECONOMIC TIES WITH VU CHI CONG, DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICAS, AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, AND MET WITH PHAM CHI LAN, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE VIETNAM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY. AND HE MET WITH OFFICIALS OF THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN HO CHI MINH CITY TO DISCUSS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN VIETNAM.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, MR. CUTSHAW MAY BE REACHED AT SMITH, GAMBRELL & RUSSELL BY CALLING (404) 264-2620; FAX, (404) 264-2652.