Senior Gen. Pham Van Tra (right), minister of national defense of Vietnam, sits down to a working lunch with Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (foreground) in the Pentagon on Nov. 10, 2003. The two defense leaders planned to discuss a broad range of bilateral and international security issues. Among those participating in the meeting on the Vietnamese side are Lt. Gen. Do Trung Duong (right-center), vice chief of the General Staff, and Lt. Gen. Nguyen Van Chia (left-center), commander of the 7th Military Region.