Report Title:

Establishes state-province relations

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.R. NO.

27

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 
   


HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF state-province RELATIONS OF FRIENDSHIP between the state of hawaii OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and the province of thua thIEn-hue of the socialist republic of vietnam.

 

 

WHEREAS, the State of Hawaii is actively seeking to expand its international ties and has an abiding interest in developing goodwill, friendship, and economic relations between the people of Hawaii and the people of Asian and Pacific countries; and

WHEREAS, as part of its effort to achieve this goal, the State has established a number of sister-state agreements with provinces in the Pacific region; and

WHEREAS, because of the historical relationship between the United States of America and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, there continues to exist valid reasons to promote international friendship and understanding for the mutual benefit of both countries to achieve lasting peace and prosperity, as it serves the common interests of both countries; and

WHEREAS, there are historical precedents exemplifying the common desire to maintain a close cultural, commercial, and financial bridge between ethnic Vietnamese living in Hawaii with their relatives, friends, and business counterparts in Vietnam, such as the previously established sister-city relationship between the City and County of Honolulu and the City of Hue, which is the capital of the Province of Thua Thien-Hue; and

WHEREAS, a similar state-province relationship between the State and the Province of Thua Thien-Hue, whereby exchanges and cooperation could be established in the areas of business, trade, agriculture, environmentally and culturally sensitive tourism, sports, public health, education, economic development and humanitarian assistance would reinforce and cement this common bridge of understanding and mutual assistance between the ethnic Vietnamese of both the State and the Province of Thua Thien-Hue; and

WHEREAS, the Province of Thua Thien-Hue, like Hawaii, has an agricultural-based economy which grows sugar cane, fruits, and flowers, and aquaculture crops, such as shrimp; and

WHEREAS, the City of Hue, Capital of the Province of Thua Thien-Hue has been designated as a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization because its cultural and natural properties are considered to be of outstanding universal value and must be protected; and

WHEREAS, the Province of Thua Thien-Hue's unique cultural

and historical significance is an important resource on which to base tourism; and

WHEREAS, Hawaii's expertise in tourism, agriculture, and aquaculture could be shared with the Province of Thua Thien-Hue; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2001, that the Governor of the State of Hawaii, or his designee, be authorized to take all necessary actions to establish a sister-state affiliation with the Province of Thua Thien-Hue; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature of the State of Hawaii be fully informed of the process in establishing the relationship and be involved in its formalization to the extent practicable; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Province of Thua Thien-Hue be afforded the privileges and honors to which Hawaii extends to its other sister-states and provinces; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the President of the United States through his Secretary of State, the Governor of the State of Hawaii, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Hawaii's Congressional Delegation, the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam through its San Francisco Consulate General, the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, and the Governor of the Province of Thua Thien-Hue.

 

 

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