vietnam travel

vietnam travel Sec. 599I. (a) The Senate hereby finds— (1) the Government of the United States has maintained economic sanctions against the government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam since April 30, 1975 under the auspices of the Trading with the Enemy Act, and as regulated by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of Treasury, (2) individual citizens of the United States are authorized to travel in Vietnam but are limited in monetary expenditures to $100 per day, to be used only for personal travel related expenses, and are prohibited from conducting business dealings with Vietnam or citizens of Vietnam, (3) the international community, exclusive of the United States, has significantly increased its commercial contacts within Vietnam, and that foreign investment in Vietnam doubled from January 1989 to January 1990, (4) the government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam has been cooperative in working with the United States and other nations toward a settlement of the Cambodian political situation, (5) by the end of 1989, the government of Vietnam had completed a withdrawal of its combat troops from the territory of Cambodia, and (6) pending a final Cambodian settlement, the remaining questions regarding United States POWs and MI As are the most important factor in determining the future course of United States-Vietnamese relations. (b) It is the sense of the Senate, that in recognition of the fact that the government of Vietnam has been cooperative in working toward a resolution of longstanding issues of conflict with the United 104 STAT. 2070States, that the $100.00 per day limit on personal expenses of United States citizens travelling in Vietnam should be raised to an appropriate level.