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JPRS L/9390
10 November 1980
VIETNAM REPORT
(FOUO 10/80)
_ CONTENTS
MILITARY AFFAIRS AND PUBLIC SECURITY
Information on Vietnamese Military Units 1
Information on Vietnamese Military Units 5
Information on Vietnamese Military Units 12
ECONOMIC PLANNING, TRADE AND FINANCE
Burchett Interview With To Huu on SRV Economic Af�airs
~To Huu Interview; AFRIQUE-ASIE, 15-28 Sep 80) 15
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INFORMATION ON VIETNru~SE MILITARY UNITS
[The following information on Vietnamese military units has been extracted from
Vietnamese press sourcea published in Hanoi, unless otherwise indicated. Unit
designatora and subordination are as they appear in the origirtal source. The
remarks include a brief summary of the salient information available in the news
item.]
Unit Remarks
2020t1? E*.gineer Gp, Air Defense Self support farming activities reparted.
Forces (NHAN DAN ~'.1 Sep 80 p 1)
B.45 Gp Located on the northern border. (NHAN
DAN 21 Sep 80 p 1)
lst MR Stresses physical fitness. (QUAN DOI NHAN
Chi Lang Corps DAlv 21 Sep 80 p 1) ~
O1 Signal Gp
B.31 Gp
Song Lam Infantry Gp Photo of unit members on patrol. (QUAN
DOI NHAN DAN 21 Sep 80 p 1)
N.73 Gp, 5th MR Improves personnel living conditions.
_ (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 21 Sep 80 p 1)
Dong Bang Gp Photo of unit members harvesting rice.
(QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 21 Sep 80 p 2)
H.8 Tranaportation Gp. In Feb 79 was on the northwestern border.
(QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 21 Sep 80 p 2)
K.9 Gp In A~r 79 was located at Cao Ba Lanh on
the northwestern border. (QUAN DOI NHAN
DAN 21 Sep 80 p 2)
27th Engineer Regt, 9th MR Unit member rescues child. (QUAN DOI
NHAN DAN 21 Sep 80 p 2)
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, 586th Troop Rehabilitation Gp Letter complains of unit being denied
television sets. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN
21 Sep 80 p 2)
N.61 Gp, POL Fnrces Stresses physical fitness. (QUAN DOI
NHAN DAN 21 Sep 80 p 3)
B.31 Tay Nguyen Gp Held physicaJ. fitness meet. (QUAN DOI
NHAN DAN 21 Sep 80 p 3)
Song Dao Infantry Gp, B.26 Gp Located in a border location. (QUAN DOI
NHAN DAN 2 2 S ep 80 p 1)
B.45 Gp Assists in training militta of Ha Quang
_ District, Cao Bang Province. (QUAN DOI
_ NHAN DAN 22 Sep 80 p 1)
" Transportation Forces Check-rein applied to free wheeling uni'-
526th Truck Transport Regt members. (QUAI~I DOI NHAN DAN 22 Sep 80
Binh Tram 18 p 3)
26th Transport Gp ;
_ Binh Tram 20
525th Kegt
S10th Regt
410th Truck Transport Gp
25th Truck Transport Gp
26th Truck Transport Gp
94~th Truck Transport Gp
33rd Truck Transport Gp
649th Sea Transport Regt
~ Binh Tram 23 .
Binh Tram 16
Binh Tram 21
Binh Tram 60
Depot 116
Troop Reception Station 10.A
Troop Reception Station 11
Troop Reception Station 15
Binh Tram 179
56th Gp
7th Co, 3rd Bn, O1 Navy Gp Providing security for "X" Port in ~
Kaur~uchea. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 22 Sep 80
p 3)
B.91 Gp Photo of inen raising vegetables. (QUAN
DOI NHAN DAN 22 Sep 80 p 3)
_ 34th Signal Gp Unit repairman commended. (QUAN DOI
NHAN DAN 22 Sep 80 p 3)
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M.68 Artillery Gp Photo of unit members crossing barbed
wire obatacle. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN
22 Sep 80 p 3)
H.4 Regt Does well in firing exercise. (QUAN DOI
NHAN DAN 22 Sep 80 p 3)
3067th Air Defense Unit Defending Ho Chi Minh City. (QUAN DOI
NHAN DAN 23 Sep SO p 1)
Dac To Gp Subordinate units include regimer.ts.
N.18 Infantry Gp (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 23 Sep 80 p 1)
4th MR . Youth Unicn members diaplay proficiency.
Ly Thuong Kiet Corps [Binh Doan] (QiJAN POI NHAN DAN 23 Sep 80 p 1)
H.06 Armored Gp
H.16 Artillery Gp
M.49 Signal Gp
M.84 AAA Gp
Dong Loc Recruit Training Gp
Le Loi Recruit Training Gp
T.85 Re.~ruit Training Gp
H.83 AA.A Regt
80th Signal Regt
H.14 Engineer Regt
" Sigr.al Branch Subordinate units commended for following
~ Signal Officers School regulations. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 23 Sep 80
Technical School p 1)
NCO School
4th Gp
5 th Gp
6 th Gp
9th Gp
Khanh Khe Gp, Chi Lang Corps Unit member commended for phy~ical
fitness. (THE DUC THE THAO 20 Sep 80
p 2)
M.72 Navy Gp Unit stresses physical fitness. (THE
DUC THE THAO 20 Sep 80 p 5)
Ly Thuong Kiet Corps (Binh Doan) Conducts Party building activities.
H.84 AAA Gp (TIEN PHONG 23-29 Sep 80 p 2)
M.16 Field Artillery Gp
H.06 Armored Gp
B.49 Signal Gp
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Sth MR Cultural activities of subordinate units
X.07 Infantry Gp reported. (VAN NGHE QUAN DOI Sep 30
B.15 Inf antry Gp p 144)
70th Engine~r Unit
X.S Signal Unit
M.2 Infantry Gp
678th Corps [Binh Doan] Cultural activities reported. (VAN NGHE
QUAIv DOI Sep 80 p 144)
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INFORMATION ON VIETNAMESE MILITARY UNITS
[The following information on Vietnanese military units has b een extracted
from Vietnamese press sources published in Hanoi, unless ot:ierwise indicated.
Unit designators and subordination are as they appear in the o riginal source.
The remarks include a brief su~ary of the salient information available in
the news item.]
Unit Remarks
Factory M.1 Repairs communications equipment and
power sources. (TAP CHI QUAN DOI NHAN DAN
ul 80 p 65 )
Factory M.2
Factory M.3 "
- Hospital C.17, Sth MR Photo of unit herbal medicine garden.
(QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 27 Sep 80 p 3)
SOth Regt, 3d MR ommended for growing herbal medicines.
(QUAN DCI NHAN DAN 27 Sep 80 p 3)
Rear Services General Department Physical fitness movement p romoted.
26th Signal Bn (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 28 Sep 80 p 1)
Officers School
Rear Services Academy
N.61 Gp, POL Department
Air Defense Forces " "
Air Defense Officers School
Technical Department
- 2021~t Regt
65th Div
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7th MR Subordinated units forge good discipline.
Uni.t N.9 (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 29 Sep 80 p 1)
I1nit B.10 ~
~ Unit H.3
Unit ~1. 5
Unit B.2
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B.77 Gp
5 th Gp
16th Gp
7th MR Subordinate units assigned to economic
600th Gp construction duties. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN
Phuoc Long Gp 29 Sep 80 p 1)
7th MR Subordinate units or members of listed "
Army Officers School ~~2 subordinate units commended for good
59th Gp training. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN
B,10 G~p 29 Sep 8~ p 1)
23d Gp
26th Gp
5th Gp
72d Gp I
~ 600th Gp
Rear Services Department
Political Department
M.96 Gp Located in Lang Son Province, Photo
of unit antiaircraft gun crew.
(QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 29 Sep 80 p 1)
Qt~yet Thang Corps Commended for good adherence to regulations.
Chien Thang Div (QUAN DOT NHAN DAN 29 Sep 80 p 1)
B . 9 Div
140th Signal Regt
NCO School
~ 24.M AAA Brig
Thu Do Regt
Ba Vi Regt
Tat Thang AAA Brig
54th Depot, Rear Services Dept
lst Bn, H.99 Engineer Gp
B.9 Div Assisted wi~h flood and st~rm counter-
Thach iian Regt measures at the Hoang Hoa Dike on the
Lach Truong River, Hoang Hoa District,
Thanh Hoa Province. Deputy Division
Commander: Phan Tran Thang. CPHAN TRAANF
THAWNGS]; Deputy Division Commander:
Nguyen Duc Tu [NGUYEENX DUWCS TUWJ].
(QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 29 Sep p 1)
067 Gp, Ho Chi Minh City Air tTnit member commended. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN
Defense Forces 29 Sep 80 p 3)
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Song Cau Gp, Cao Bang [Province] Maintaining combat r eady state against
Forces poasible PRC attack. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN
~ 29 Sep 80 p 3)
_ N.10 Transportation Regt Vehicle mainteuance stressed. (QUAN DOI
NHAN DAN 1 Oct 80 p 1)
33d Transportation Regt " "
21st Transportation Regt " "
S.49 Transportation Regt " "
Ba To Artillery Gp, 5th MR Conducts training wh ile maintaining combat
readiness. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 1 Oct 80 p 1)
_ 247th Gp, Ha Tuyen Province Photo of recoilles~ rifle crew.
Forces (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 1 Oct 80 p 1)
' 762d Local Forces Gp, Thanh H oa Fought flood follow ing Tropical Storm ~E6
Prcvince along the Ma River in Quang Xuong District,
_ (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 1 Oct 80 p 1)
Facrory 27 Producing consumer goods. (QUAN DOI
NHAN DAN 1 Oct 80 p 2)
Factory 5~ "
Factory 15 " "
. Factory 19 " "
Factory 31 " "
Factory 13 "
Factory 21 " "
Factory 29 "
Factory 25 "
Factory 76 "
Unit i8, Border Defense Forces Fought flood fol.lowing Tropical Storm ~t6
along the Ma River in Quang Xuong
District, (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 1 Oct 80 p 1)
_ Unit 75, B.33 Gp Self-support farming activities reported.
(QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 1 Oct 80 p 2)
B . 38 Gp
- Unit 113, Phu Khanh Province Forces " " " "
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4th Gp, ~2d Corps [Binh Doan] Stresses physical fitness.(QUAN DOI
.
. NHAN BAN 1 Oct 80 p 3)
B.95 Gp Located in Quang Ninh Province. Commended
for combat readinesa. (NHAN DAN 2 Oct 80 p 1)
Sth Gp " " "
B.23 Gp "
711st Sea Island Gp " " " "
772d Sea Island Gp " " "
790th Sea Island Gp " " "
Lam Son Gp Photo of field radar units and antennas.
(QUAN DOI NHAI3 DAN 2 Oct 80 p 1)
X.14 Gp, Sapper Forces Contributed rice to flood victims.
(QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 2 Oct 80 p 2)
H.14 Engineer Force Located in Nghe Tinh Province. (QUAN DOT
NHAN DAN 3 Oct 80 p 1)
80th Signal Gp " " " "
Unit 12 " " " "
Uni t 34 " " " "
Quyet Thang Corps Subordinate units commended for maintenance
02 Armored Brigade of arms and equipment. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN
54th Artillery Regt 3 Oct 80 p 1)
Thu Do Regt
Tat Thang Artillery Gp
299th Engineer Gp
241st AAA Gp
1006th (Pac Bo) Gp Bhoto of inen working on tank.. This unit
is located on the "lst line." (QUAN DOI
NHAN DAN 3 Oct 80 p 3)
. 26th Signal Gp, Rear Service Unit participates in a signal competition.
General Department (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 3 Oct 80 p 3)
9th Bn, 7th Gp Photo of unit aidman administering inocu-
lations to children in Kampuchea.
(QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 3 Oct 80 p 3)
Air Defense Branch Subordinated units self-support activities
Thanh To AAA Gp reported. (NHAN DAN 4 Oct 80 p 1)
Truong Son AAA Gp
~ Thang Tam AAA Gp
Tran Phu AAA Gp
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B.44 Gp, Truong Son Corps Has three regiments. Located in Van Ban
_ [Binh Doan] and Bao Yen Districts, Hoang Lien Son
. Province, (NHAN DAN 4 Oct 80 p 1)
- Cam Duong Infantry Gp, Tay Bac Located on the lst line.. (NHAN DAN " _
Forces 4 Oct 80 p 1)
Thong Nhat AAA Gp Photo of gun crew. (NHAN DAN 4 Oct 80 p 1)
B.91 Gp, 12th Corps [Binh DoanJ Stresses training. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN
lst Regt 8 Oct 80 p 1)
22nd Regt
55th Regt
79th Regt
Sapper Forces Since the beginning of 1980 conducted
- Sapper Officers School
B.79 Gp training for more than 1,000 cadre~.
X.13 Gp ( QUAN DO I NHAN DAN 8 0 ct 80 p 4)
T . 20 Gp
368th Gp, 5th MR Photo of 105man howitzer crew.
(QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 8 Oct 80 p 1)
Song Thao Corps [Binh Doan] Youth Union activities reported in sub-
E.24 Gp ordinate units. (OUAN DOI NHAN DAN
M.74 Gp 8 Oct 80 p 1)
- S . 9 2 Gp
A.16 Infantry Gp
K.45 Infantry Gp
X.55 Infantry Gp _
Border Defense Post 13, Dien Bien Self-support farming re~ults reported.
District, Lai Chau Province (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 8 Oct 80 p 2)
4th Gp, 32d Corps [Binh Doan] Physical fitness freaks commended,
(QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 8 Oct 80 p 3)
7th Gp Unit operated in dispersed deployment in
_ Kampuchea. Nguyen Si Thuy [NGUYEENX SIX
THUYJ] is a deputy regimental commander
in this unit. (QUAN DOI N'rIAN DAN
8 Oct 80 p 3)
Thanh Loa Missile Gp Commended for high state of combat
57th Bn readiness. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 8 Oct 80 p 3)
9 3d Bn
94th Bn
Dien Bien Missile Gp Photo of rear end of two missiles on
launcher. (NHAN DAN 9 Oct 80 p 1)
H.48 Gp, Truong Son Corps Working on Route 279. (NHAN DAN
[Binh Doan] 9 0 ct 80 p 1) _
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7th MR Youth Union members commended. (NHAN DAN
Unit N.9 9 Oct 80 p 3)
Unit B.10
Unit H.3
Unit H.5
Unit B.2
B . 7 7 Gp
- Sth Gp
16 th Gp
Phuoc Long Gp
600th Gp
26th Gp
72d Gp -
Ba Be i:adar Gp Photo of unit female personnel. (NHAN DAN
90ct80p3)
Sao Do Air Force Gp Youth Union members commended. (NHAN DAN
9 Oct ~0 p 3) _
B.61 Gp, Chi Lang Corps Has been located on the northern border ,
[Binh Doan] for the last 2 years .(NHAN DAN
9 Oct 80 p 3)
35th Kegt, Truong Son Corps Doi~g road construction work. (NHAN DAN
[Binh Doan] 9 Oct 80 p 3)
12tt~G~, Cuu Long Corps Unit members commended for devotion to
[Binh DoanJ duty. (NHAN DAN 9 Oct 8G p 3)
Capital Military Region Stresses physical fitness. (QUAN DOI NHAN
47th Gp DAN 9 Oct 80 p 1)
"A" Infantry Gp
, 81st Gp
254tti Gp, Hoang Lien Son Photo of unit on field exercise.
Province (QUAN DOI NHAN DAPI 9 Oct 80 p 1)
Quyet Thang Corps [Binh DoanJ Tightening of discipline reduces number
Division C of infractions by unit personnel.
Division Q (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 9 Oct 80 p 1)
H.99 Engineer Brigade
Thu Do Regt
Song Lam B Gp, 12th Carps Self-support farming results are good
[Binh DoanJ despite unit being always on the move.
22d Regt (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 10 Oct 80 p 1)
M.22 Gp, Tay Bac Forces Makes wide use of herb al medicines.
(QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 10 Oct 80 p 1)
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Capital Military Region Subordinate units training new soldiers
Gp "A" ' and local forces. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN
Gp "C" 10 Oct 80 p 1)
B.21 Gp
44th Missile Bn, H.63 Gp Photo of inen working on perforated
dish antenna. (QUAN DOI NHAN DA.N
10 Oct 80 p 1)
Quyet Thang Corps [Binh DoanJ Subordinate units stress physical fitness.
NCO School (QUAN DOI ~THAN DAN 10 Oct 80 p 1)
B . 9 Gp
_ "C" Infantry Gp
Quan Tien Phong Gp
Rear Services School
02 Armored Gp
70th Gp, 12th Corps [Binh Doan] Political Officer: Lieutenant Colonel
- Hoang Xien [HOANGF XIEENF]. Politinal
officer responds to criticism from person
located at Letter Box 13R-180 Binh Tri
Thien. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 10 Oct 80 p 2)
CSO: 4209
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irom Vietnamese press sources published in Hanoi, unless otherwise indicated.
Unit designators and subordination are as they appear in the original source.
The remarks include a brief suuunary of the salient information available in
the news item. ]
Unit Remarks
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53d Bn, Dien Bien Missile Gp Photo of missiles on launchers. (QUAN DOI
NHAN DAN 12 Oct 80 p 1)
Artillery Forces, Quang Ninh Quality of training improves. (QUAN DOI
Province NHAN DAN 12 Oct 80 p 1)
B.95 Gp
B.23 Gp
B . 2 8 Gp
B.54 Gp
B.58 Gp
Hai Dao Gp
H.21 Regt Unit athlete quoted. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN
12 Oct 80 p 3)
A.42 Factory, Technical Department Self-support farming results given.
Air Force Headquarters (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 13 Oct 80 p 1)
Self Def ense Navy Gp, Vietnam Recently activated. Has 20 large size
Maritime Transport Corporation vessels. Moves cargo between Nor*:.~ and
South Vietnam and "performing an inter-
national mission in Kampuchea." (QUAN DOI .
NHAN DAN 13 Oct 80 p 1)
026 Truck Transportation Regt, Located in the 4th Military Region.
Rear Service General Department Providing transporation assistance to
Laos. Made latest change of station
in the third quarter of 1980. (QUAN DOI
NHAN DAN 13 Oct 80 p 2)
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13th Gp Located in 4th MiZitary Region. During
_ third quarter of 1980 moved into location
formerly occupied by the 026 Truck Trans-
portation Regiment. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN
13 Oct 80 p 2)
M.26 Gp Unit cooperates with security forces of
lst Bn Haiphong in reducing criminal activities.
4th Bn (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 12 Oct 80 p 1)
5th Bn
7th Bn
9th Bn
31st Engineer Gp Foils four robbery attempts of government
property. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN ~
13 Oct 80 p 1)
Song Thao Engineer Brigade Unit members commended for physical
fitness. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 13 Oct 80 p 3)
94th Missile Bn, Thanh Lao Gp Does well in practice alerts, (QUAN DOI
NHAN DAN 13 Oct 80 p 3)
T.SS Gp, Ha Nam Ninh Forces Unit athlete commended. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN
14 Oct 80 p 1) ~
32d Gp Does well in track meet. (QUAN DOI NHAN
DAN 14 Oct 80 p 4)
Thanh Loa Missile G~ Tropical storms 3 and 4 destroyed or
damaged 70 percent of unit structures.
_ (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 14 Oct 80 p 1)
27th Air Force Gp Commended for maintenance of aircraft
and armaments. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN
15 Oct 80 p 1)
98th Gp, Truong Son Corps Involved in road and bridge construction
[Binh Doan] for the last 3 years. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN
- 15 Oct 80 p 1)
Song Dao Infantry Gp Assisted local people in moving corn and
rice to depots. (QUAN DOI N'dAN DAN
= i5 Oct 80 p 3)
18th Navy Gp, Border Defense Youth Unton members commended. (QUAN DOI
Forces NHAN DAN i6 Oct 80 p 1)
N.13 Regt, 3d MR ~aves rice from waterlogging. (QUAN DOI
NHAN DAN 16 Oct 80 p 2)
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5th Bn, Tay Tien Gp, Chi Lang Photos show unit conducting basic
Coros [Binh Doan] infantry training. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN
16 Oct 80 p 3)
_ 22d Border Defense Transporta- Co~ended for self-support farming.
tion Gp (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 17 Oct 80 p 4)
88th Border Def ense Gp " " " "
Chien Thang Div Photo of infaZtry detachment on patrol.
(QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 17 Oct 80 p 1)
M.2 Corps [Binh Doan] Subordinate units construct roads and
8.70 Gp bridges, repair damage caused by recent
]s.72 Gp tropical storms and contrib ute labor to
- B.84 Gp local population. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN
N.65 Gp 17 Oct 80 p 1)
B.34 Gp
B.44 Gp
B.73 Gp
B.91 Gp
79 th Re gt , B. 91 Gp
566~h Regt, B.44 Gp
_ 17th Regt
35th Regt
974th Bn
976th Bn
9i8th Bn
532d Regt
Technical General Department Subordina.te units commen3ed for proposing
Factory 53 initiatives. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN
Factory 27 17 Oct 80 pp l, 4)
Factory 59
Factory 31
Factory 55
X.12 Gp Unit members do well in physical fitness
tests. (TAE DUC THE THAO 30 Sep 80 p 3)
lst Regt, Vinh Quang Div, Huong " " " " "
Giang Corps [Binh Doan]
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ECONOMIC PI.ANNING, TRADE AND FINANCE
BURCHETT INTERVIEW WITH TO HW ON SRV ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
Paris AFRIQL'E-ASIE in French 15-28 Sep 80 pp 44-45
[Interview with To Huu, Vietnamese poet and deputy prime minister in charge
of economic affairs, by Wilfred Burchett--passages between slantlines
originally published in italics]
[Text; The Vietnamese people f ight the lack of land,
fertilizer, and currency with their determination,
their courage, and their sweat.
Threatened with attack by China, suffering under the economic boycott of the
Americans, the Chinese, and many other countries under the influence of these
two powers, Vietnam is still goizig through a difficult period. The population
is still obliged to "tighten its belt;" more precisely, it has never been
able to loosen it. The reasons for this have been explained; and accepted:
with this stoicism borm of patriotism and confidence in leadership that
went on to victory through what were in other respects the most tragic cir-
cumstances through a half-century of struggle for independence and unity.
But the will to revenge of the old oppressors deprives the Vietnamese people
of the material gains which today should attend the sacrifices they accepted
for the sake of victory for themselves or for other oppressed peoples.
The problems of the present situation were described concretely for me by To
- Huu, one of the most famous of Vietnamese poets, presently the deputy prime
minister in charge of economic affairs.
/"Some numbers will give a general idea of the situation,"/ he explained to
me. /"The population ha.s now reached 53 million, compared to the 25 [million]
inhabitants we had in 1945; but the area under cultivation remains the eame.
This figure incl.udes the newly cleared land that makes up for the areas put
out of production by American chemical warfare. If one takes into account
- the regions that can produce more than one harvest per year, it can be said
that we have 6,720,000 hectares. With two harvests yearly, we would have
the equivalent of 10 million hectares. Out of this entire area--intensive2y
cultivated--and without allowing for natural catastrophes, we can harvest
25 million tons of rice per year. Now we must reckon with a population of
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60 million people in the next few years, which means that we will need 30
million tons of rice. N~w we are presently producing 13 million. This
shows sufficiently that our real battle is for sustenance. We are clearing
new land, but this is very hard work. The levels of inechanization are very
_ uneven. We want to get to our "green revolution," but we lack fertilizer
of any kind. Up to now, we have succeeded in importing a million tons of .
chemical fextilizers a year. This year, we will only be ab~e to buy a half-
million tons: the harvests are obviously going to suffer."/
"Food, Faod!"
/"We are presently producing 240 kilos of rice per person per year; and for
those who are living right on the official rations, this becomes truly an
"art" of living--or surviving, one should say. If we get enough fertilizer,
if we can irrigate enough land, we will be able to increase our production
up to 20 million tons of rice in the next few years.
/"The top priority is the battle for rice; but we must also increase our
fish production. Before the american war, we were fishing 600 or 700
thousand tons up and down our coasts. The destruction of our fishing fleet
and the lack of modern equipment have caused this to drop to 500,000 tons.
/"Food, food, food!, this is the problem of the hour."/ ~
The only positive element that could be extracted from such a frank pre-
sentation of things is that, now that the shooting war is over--at least
f or the time being--the Vietnamese leadership is no longer trying to hide
the harsh realities of the situation. They were hidden before, so that the
Pentagon should not think that the Vietnamese people were at the end of .
their rope and that a few more bombs would finish them off. But To Huu also
had some pleasant things to say.
/"Oil! We know now that we have reserves of 4 billion tons in the Eastern
Sea--what the Chinese call the South China Sea--off our coasts. There have
also been discovered immense reserves of natural gas in the northern and
southern regions, and they are readily exploi~able. We are banking heavily
on that."/ '
The Vietnamese would have been delighted to let the various American com-
panies that did the first drilling and made the first discoveries tackle the
stage of commercial exploitation. Terms favorable to both sides were ~
agreed upoiz. But to the great misfortune of the American companies, the
State Department intervened and imposed its economic boycott against Vietnam:
the American firms could do nothing but withdraw. Now the USSR, Italy, West .
Germany, and France--/"waiting for their chance,"/ as To Huu said--are
making exploitation proposals.
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~ Till the End of the Century
/"Also we have reserves of high quality iron; at~d millions of tons of it,"/
To Huu continued, /"and furthermore, berides thz anthracite reserves
exploited for decades in the Hongay-Campha region, nearly 3 billion tons of -
lignite that we have discovered in the Red River de1tE. The construction
of hydro-electric and thermal gower plants offers us good prospects for long-
term utilization of electric energy; this will also make it possible for us
to process our bauxite ore into aluminum.
/"We have also trained more tecY?z~ical personnel, of which we now have 500,000,
out of a total work-force of 25 million people. ~
/"Also, in the Central Plateau--which forms the border with Laos and northern
Cambodia--we have planted 4Q0,000 hectares of rubber-trees and 200,000 of
coffee. We eventually plan to plant a million hectares.
/"In the long run, our prospects are good,"/ To Huu continued. /"We have
good reason to believe that we are going to build an industrialized state
and a prosperous society. But it will take us till the end of the century.
Until then, we will be poor and we will be hungry,
/"Life will be hard; we can be under no illusions. Of course, we suffer
fram the pressures of the Chinese and, behind them, of the Americans. They
have 20 divisions--5 army corps--permanently stationed along our border.
We are ready for any contingency, but their very presence affects the economy;
for it immobilizes the manpower w~ need so much."/
To my questions about the South and particularly about the development of
cooperativ~s in the Mekong delta, as well as about the clearing of virgin
land in the economic New Zones, To Huu replied: /"Z'hree [million] of the
f ive million [hectares] of cultivable land is in the Mekong delta. Things
are going ~~ell--slowly but surely--including formation of cooperatives. One ~
must not be precipitous about things. The poorest peasants are forming at
this tima cooperatives of from 20 to 40 hectares, which utilize a work
force of SO to 60 people. About 20 percent of the peasants down there are
part of the affluent middle class. One gets nowhere forcing them to establish
cooperatives. 70 to 80 percent of the agricultural labor in the South is
mechanized, and we lack spare parts: this is a serious problem, having
- �machines imported from Japan or the United States."/
_ The American Boycott
/"One must have machines to be able to ope?i up new land to cultivation: -
here again we run into the problem of the economic boycott. As we run into
the problem of the avaiZability of foreign currency: when we have oil to
export, at least the currency problem will be solved!"/
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It is clear, when one listens to To.Huu, that the economic boycott by the
United States and China, which is extending little by little to their
allies and the international organizationa under their influence, is a
basic factor in the econamic development problems, including even minimal
food production. /"France usea 1,500 kils of fertilizer per hectare.
Bulgaria 500 kilas; we ourselves, at beat, are able to utilize 70 to 100
kilos..."/, To Huu also observed.
These deficiencies are exacerbated by the lack of skilled labor in all
sectors of the economy. And to prove his words To Huu exPlained to me that
it had been a mistake to establish cooperatives of 500 to 600 hectares.
They were manifestly too large for the present level of organization, and
they had to be reduced to an average area of 200 hectares. This critical
realicm, this optimism without illusions, with which To Huu analyzed the
situation and prospects, is typical of the new attitude that prevails now
in Hanoi at all levels. There is no effort to hide the problems that the
Vietnamese people will have to face in the next two decades. But at the
same time they preserve an optimistic vision of the future.
A vision that relies on the fact that thi.s future is right now being built
by the Vietnamese people--with their own hands. '
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