10TH NATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIET NAM

PRESS CENTER

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Notice to the media - No 3

April 17, 2006

1. Pool Pass

Correspondents wishing to cover the following events are requested to register with the Press and Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Please complete the attached form and return it and/or inform Ms Hang (0904393931) at the Press Center of the 10^th National Congress - International Press Room or Press and Information Department (MOFA) by 5pm today, April 17^th 2006.

Date	Event and Venue	Pool Pass	Time of event	Time of gathering	Place of gathering
18/04	Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum	No 2	7:10	7:00	In designated areas in front of the Mausoleum
18/4	Memorial of Fallen Combatants	No 2	7:40	7:15	In designated areas in front of the Memorial
18/4	Opening session Ba Dinh Hall	No 3	8:30	7:30	Press Center 19C Hoang Dieu

Notes:

The above events are photo opportunities only. Photographer/cameramen who are provided with pool passes must stand in designated areas and are not allowed to move from one event to another event.

For opening session, the photographer/cameramen who are provided with pool passes will proceed from Press Center to Ba Dinh Hall in a group under the guidance of Press Officers. Individual access is not permitted.

Pool passes will be distributed at the International Media Room in the Press Center from 4pm to 5:00 pm April 17, 2006. Please contact Ms Hang: 0904393931.

Pass No 3 is used for both the opening and closing sessions.

2. Tentative schedule of press briefings

Date	Venue	Subjects	Speaker
14:00 April 19^th	Press Center 19C Hoang Dieu	Socio-economic achievements of 20 years of DOI MOI and socio-economic plan for 2006-2010	Leader of Ministry of Planning and Investment
14:00 April 21^st	Press Center 19C Hoang Dieu	Vietnam's foreign policy and international economic integration.	Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Dy Nien
8:30 April 22^nd	Press Center 19C Hoang Dieu	The Party's policy of great unity among ethnic groups	Mr. Trang A Pao - Chairman of the National Assemly Council on Ethnicity
14:00 April 24^th	Press Center 19C Hoang Dieu	The State and Party's policy on religion	Mr. Ngo Yen Thi - Chairman of Government Committee for Religious Affairs

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10TH NATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIET NAM

PRESS CENTER

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Registration form for pool passes

Name:

Organization:

Position:

Contact (cell phone):

Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum

(Photo opportunity)

Memorial of Fallen Combatants

(Photo opportunity)

Opening session in Ba Dinh Hall

(Photo opportunity)

Meeting with delegates during break times

7:30 Apr.,18

7:40 Apr., 18

8:30 Apr.18

TBA

(please uptick the appropriate box)

Date:

Signature:

Registration for pool passes