[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 66 (Wednesday, April 7, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 17822]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-7905]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6943]


Designation and Determination Pursuant to the Foreign Missions 
Act

    Concerning the Designation of entities in the United States that 
are substantially owned or effectively controlled by the Government of 
Vietnam as Foreign Missions and the Determination that property 
transactions on the part of such entities are subject to Foreign 
Mission Act regulation:
    In order to adjust for costs and procedures of obtaining benefits 
for the mission of the United States in Vietnam and to protect the 
interests of the United States in that context, pursuant to the 
authority vested in me by the Foreign Missions Act, 22 U.S.C. 4301 et 
seq. (``the Act''), and Department of State Delegation of Authority No. 
214, Section 14, dated September 20, 1994, I hereby designate the 
Vietnam News Agency, an entity engaged in activities in the United 
States that is effectively controlled by the Government of Vietnam, and 
all entities in the United States that are designated by the Department 
of State as Miscellaneous Foreign Government Offices of the Government 
of Vietnam now or in the future, including the Vietnam Trade Promotion 
Center, as well as any other entity in the United States which is 
substantially owned or effectively controlled by the Government of 
Vietnam, to be ``foreign missions'' within the meaning of Section 
4302(a)(3) of the Act and determine that the provisions of Section 4305 
of the Act apply to the acquisition, proposed sale or disposition of 
real property by or on behalf of such entities.

    Dated: March 30, 2010.
Eric J. Boswell,
Director, Office of Foreign Missions.
[FR Doc. 2010-7905 Filed 4-6-10; 8:45 am]
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