ENGLISH SUPPLEMENT VIETNAM 2005 Vietnam Airlines’ Airbus A321, © Pham Lam Hai Trieu Sun rise, © Tran Bang La Jaune et la Rouge, monthly magazine of the Alumni of Ecole Polytechnique. Publication director: Pierre-Henri GOURGEON (class X65) Editor in chief: Jean DUQUESNE (class X52) Magazine Coordinators Quoc Anh TRAN (class X62) Rober ILUNZE (class X92) David GOURAND (class X97) Mai Phuong DO (class X99) Huu Quynh NGUYEN (class X99) Bang TRAN (class X2000) Ngoc Anh VU (class X01) Ngoc Thach HOANG (class X02) Kim Thanh VUONG (class X03) E-mail:
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by Noël FORGEARD (class X65), CEO of EADS. The Franco-Vietnamese bilateral relations, by Jean-François BLAREL, Ambassador of France to Vietnam.
Market / Enterprises 5
Alcatel and Vietnam, a Rewarding Strategy of Durable Partnership in Asia, by Olivier BAUJARD, CTO of Alcatel.
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APAVE Vietnam & South East Asia: A Decade of Cooperation and Action in Vietnam, by LÊ Van Phuc, General Director of APAVE Sud Europe, Chairman of the management board of APAVE GROUP and Pierre DELOHEN, monitor.
11 Aerospace market in Vietnam by TRAN Bang, Eurocopter.
Economy / International Relations 16 Vietnam’s Negotiations to Enter the WTO: Opportunities and Challenges by LUONG Van Tu, Deputy Minister of Ministry of Trade, Head of Vietnam’s mission of negotiation to the WTO.
19 Vietnam: a New Success of the Model of Asian Growth, by Jean-Bernard VERON, Senior Consultant, Direction of the Strategy of Agency French of Development.
22 Sino-Vietnamese Bilateral Relationship by General Daniel SCHAEFFER, Consultant in enterprises’ strategy abroad (SouthEast Asia and China).
25 Cooperation between French Civil Aviation Authority and Civil Aviation Authorities of Vietnam by René GAUDIN, Director of Department for Aeronautical Program and International Cooperation, DGAC.
Culture / Country / People 27 Vietnam through its Language and Writing by Raphaël MONTELATICI, HSBC Bank, Hong Kong and LÊ Thái Hoàng, University of California, LA, USA.
31 Vietnam, Travel Diaries, Print EURO CONSEIL ÉDITION LOIRE OFFSET PLUS Joint commission n° 01019 G 84221 ISSN n°0021-5554 Number of copies: 11700 (Frrench version) N°609 - NOVEMBER 2005
by Jean-Philippe KALFON, Senior Consultant
35 Vietnamese Students at the Ecole Polytechnique by DO Mai Phuong (Axens, IFP Group Technology) and VU Ngoc-Anh (ENST Paris).
