"In Judy Karstens’ advanced English as a Second Language class, four children are Vietnamese and the other three are Mexican, Chinese and Bosnian.", from Educators: English deal still leaves funding flaw By Ed Tibbetts/ QUAD-CITY TIMES 
                    
"Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos were invited but failed to turn up for the championship. ", from Our women cagers start season with title in Myanmar by  Star Publications (Malaysia) Bhd 

Tensions rise over Vietnam's highland refugees
Religion, economy behind Vietnamese minorities' woes

SO LONG, VIETNAM SYNDROME

Families make new lives in U.S. after fleeing from Vietnam

Drought Hits Vietnam's Southern Provinces

Agent Orange Haunts Vietnamese Merchants
Vietnam, U.S. to launch Agent Orange study
Hanoi Wants Agent Orange Help as Well as Research
Vietnam Urges U.S. to Help Settle War Consequences
U.S.-Hanoi study to probe fallout from Agent Orange
Hanoi, Washington OK Agent Orange Study
Vietnam, USA to research agent orange
Vietnam radio calls for US aid for agent orange victims

BCE Teleglobe Connects Vietnam's Largest Internet Service Provider
Vietnam to build new thermoelectric power plant
Russian Peace Envoy Returns to Middle East Vietnam to Build New Thermoelectric Power Plant
Vietnam build power plant next month
Vietnam holds conference on drug control programme
Vietnam, Malaysia to Intensify Labor Cooperation
Vietnam to Build Power Plant Next Month in Northern Province
Vietnamese premier urges economic restructuring in Mekong Delta province
Vietnam to build new thermoelectric power plant
Vietnam holds conference on drug control programme
Vietnam's party leader Nong Duc Manh tours Mekong River delta province
Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos to cooperate against drug trafficking

War on Terror Much Less Deadly Than Vietnam

Picture: Thai Thi Nga, a 12-year-old Vietnamese who suffers from melanoma, a skin disorder that Vietnam says was caused by her father's exposure to the U.S. defoliant Agent Orange...

"Anne Sassaman, of the US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and Nguyen Ngoc Sinh, head of Vietnam's National Environmental Agency, signed an agreement laying out specific priorities for future research. ", from New study into Agent Orange by BBC news

"Following a landmark conference on Agent Orange in Hanoi, representatives from the U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and Vietnam's National Environmental Agency signed a memorandum of understanding that laid out priorities for future research.", from Agent Orange Research Deal Reached by AP

Vietnam, U.S. Agree Agent Orange Research Framework
Vietnam, U.S. agree to Agent Orange study
U.S., Vietnam agree to jointly research Agent Orange effects
Agent Orange Research Deal Reached

US shakes off guilt of Vietnam

Custer goes to Vietnam
Guidebook: Navigating in Vietnam
Footloose on the Busy Streets of Saigon

"Other speakers include Patricia Fennell, Latino Community Development Agency; R. Robyn Assaf, American Muslim Association; Saad Mohammed, Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City; Phyllis Bernard, Baha'i Faith Community; Rabbi David Packman, Temple B'nai Israel; Quang H. Pham, Vietnamese Buddhist Association of Oklahoma; and the Rev. Jeremy Bassett,  United Methodist Church of the Servant. ", from Interfaith unity session set for Monday by Staff Reports of  NewsOK

"KAZAKH Doskarayev Dias will face Korean player Kim Taek Soo in the boys' singles final of the Chief Minister Cup ITF Tennis World Junior 
championship after overcoming stiff resistance from Vietnamese player Do Minh Quan in the semifinals yesterday.", from Dias to go against Kim in singles final BY MARTIN YEE, New Straits Times (Malaysia)
 
"Restaurant owner Le Thi Be Walters is seeking permission to open the restaurant in a converted church on Route 96 in the hamlet, said DJ Parrone & Associates engineer Mike Montalto. ", from Rochester eatery eyes new Bushnell's Basin site By Liz Foran, Democrat and Chronicle 

Malaysia And Vietnam To Expand Bilateral Ties
Malaysia, Vietnam to Expand Bilateral Ties
Malaysia, Vietnam to Enhance Bilateral Cooperation
Malaysia, Vietnam to Enhance Bilateral Cooperation

U.S. in Longest War Since Vietnam
Not Vietnam all over again

"Houston is home to the nation's third-largest Vietnamese community.", from Power speaks Spanish in Texas by Kathy Kiely USA TODAY 

"THE RESTAURANT: House of Noodle, 860 Pearl St.", from Dining Out: House of Noodle: Welcome to Vietnamese Cuisine 101 By NONIE FISH, The Register-Guard

"Vietnamese American writers shine in a new light", from Shadows From the Past By Ethen Lieser, AsianWeek Staff Writer

Vietnam criticizes UN refugee body over comments on repatriation plan

U.S., Hanoi Don't Finalize Dioxin Plan, to Talk More
U.S., Vietnam Discuss Way Ahead on Agent Orange

This is not Vietnam War; Bush has clear exit plan

Vietnam to send 45,000 workers to work abroad in 2002
Malaysia Imposes No Extra Conditions on Workers From Vietnam
Vietnam to Reduce 50 Percent of Opium Growing Acreage
UPDATE 1-Low prices stir foreign interest in Vietnam shares
Low prices stir foreign interest in Vietnam shares
Vietnam, Marubeni in $106 mln power deal
Vietnamese spokeswoman refuses to comment on China's military budget increase
Malaysian premier receives Vietnamese foreign minister 7 March
Vietnam to host Asia-Pacific telecommunications meeting from 11 to 15 March
Vietnam assembly passes resolution on general election
Vietnamese Newspaper Highlights - March 8, 2002 

"According to Starck, the worst drivers are the Vietnamese: "Completely crazy, each family has one or two motorbikes, and if you don't concentrate you'll hit one." ", from Loneliness of long-distance biker ends in Bangkok By Dominic Whiting, Reuters

"But the American dream never played out for the 5-year-old Vietnamese boy. ", from Boy's death still unresolved 18 months later By GENE WARNER, News Staff Reporter of The Buffalo News

"Monique Uyen Le, a financial consultant for Smith Barney in Seattle, is well-trained in banking and investment opportunities", from Immigrants' lack of trust in banking can cost them By Michael Ko, The Seattle Times Eastside bureau

Vietnam rejects report by U.S. on human  rights
Vietnam slams US rights report as "interference"

Cambodia accuses U.N. of smuggling Vietnam hilltribes

Watching brief... Hollywood's Vietnam

Vietnam approves resumption of boxing
Fantastic opportunity to visit Vietnam
Vietnam's Farm Produce Exports Show Signs of Recovery
ANALYSIS-Market optimistic on Vietnam dollar bond plans
Vietnam Govt Unveils US$1.5 BLN Plan to Cut Jobless Rate
Shrimp Farming Boosts Economy of Vietnam Ca Mau Province
Lao, Vietnamese parties promote ideological, cultural cooperation
Vietnamese Newspaper Highlights - March 7, 2002

Picture: A young Vietnamese man buys roses from a flower vendor in Hanoi's Old Quarter

"Canon, based in Tokyo, said it will consolidate its inkjet printer production in Thailand and Vietnam.", from Canon to close ink jet printer units in U.S., Mexico by AP

"The plan "can most charitably be described as a form of Darwinian class warfare, an attempt to force out of the VA system some of the most economically and socially disadvantaged members of the veteran community," Richard Weidman of Vietnam Veterans of America said in a statement.", from Senators Oppose Veterans Deductible By JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press Writer

"Further breakdown of these broad groups revealed that Mexican, Korean, and Vietnamese Americans received the poorest healthcare overall. ", from US Minorities Lag Behind Whites on Health Measures by Reuters

"But these juniors and seniors, who come from Vietnam, China, Mexico, Laos and other countries, also are learning to read and comprehend difficult science texts written in English, a language that is not their native tongue.", from Teens need literacy lessons, too by Donna Harrington-Leuker, USA Today 

Vietnam Calls Rights Report 'Cynical Distortion'
Vietnam Opposes to U.S. Human Rights Report

Vietnam insists on Agent Orange damage repair plan 
Vietnam Slams U.S. Over Agent Orange
Agent Orange Conference Ends in Hanoi
Effects of Agent Orange on Vietnam's Human Health, Environment Need to Be Solved: Official

Vietnam to Open Trade Offices in Germany, US
Foreign comics rule the roost in Vietnam
BP to Bring Vietnamese Fields On Steam in 2003
Vietnamese Cabinet Discusses Power Plant Plan, Reforming State Enterprises 
BCE Teleglobe Connects Vietnam's Largest Internet Service Provider to North America
Vietnam To Intensify Investment In Creating New Jobs
Vietnam to Boost Pork Exports to 80,000 Tonnes a Year by 2005
Vietnamese Newspaper Highlights - March 6, 2002

Vietnam revisited? 
Veteran revisits Vietnam through movie
Vietnam wall will be at SMC Rupert Cornwell: Ghosts of Vietnam era haunt US in endgame for Afghanistan
Spectre of Vietnam looms over Pentagon

"China has failed to improve its human rights record and remains quick to suppress any group seen as a threat to the government, the US State Department said in a report that also slammed rights abuses in Myanmar and Vietnam. ", from Brutal repression mars rights picture across much of Asia by AFP

"'Combat commanded the box office as Mel Gibson's "We Were Soldiers," a patriotic tale of comrades in arms during the United States'
first major battle of the Vietnam War, debuted as the top weekend film with $20.2 million. ", from We Were Soldiers' Tops Box Office by AP

"Veteran stud Mel Gibson's Vietnam War drama We Were Soldiers easily won--but its $20.2 million was lower than the star's usual opening weekend box office. ", from Mel's "Soldiers" Tops Josh's "Nights" by E! Online, Inc.

"Vietnamese farmers in a northern province have used chemicals and cats in a three-month crackdown on rats and have killed 1.3
million so far, a local official said Tuesday. ", from Chemicals, Cats Kill Million Rats by Reuters

""Inevitably, there will one day be 'advocates' for the Vietnamese community in Houston, themselves fluent English speakers, demanding a candidates' debate be conducted entirely in Vietnamese," he told WorldNetDaily. ", from Governor candidates spar in Spanish By Jon Dougherty, WorldNetDaily.com 

Entertainment: Movie-goers flock to Vietnam War sagaAgent Orange Help Needed Now, Vietnam Red Cross Says
U.S. scientists question Hanoi's assertion on Agent Orange
Agent Orange no mystery for some Vietnam children
Agent Orange testing underway
Some victims of Agent Orange hope for answers

Vietnam Calls Rights Report 'Cynical Distortion'
Vietnam capitalism: What would Marx say?
Vietnam Communist Party Changes Rules
Vietnam's Communist Party decides to allow members to be capitalists

Baseball no obstacle to Vietnam identity
Emery Forwarding Announces New Agent Partnership in Vietnam; Transimex-Saigon Partnership Offers Full Cargo Transportation Services
Vietnam 01-02 Coffee Crop Forecast At 720,000 Tons-Indus
Vietnam's Cashew Exports on the Rise
Vietnam Rice Exporters See Strong Future Growth
Vietnam sees 2002 agroproduct exports at $3 bln
Vietnam Shares End 1.4% Lower; Stocks Seen As Overvalued
Vietnam's HCM City Improves Worker Accommodation in Ips And Epzs
Central Vietnam Calls for Foreign More Investment
Vietnam's Industrial Production Rises by 14.3 PCT in Jan-Feb

General's slip brings memories of Vietnam quagmire

Pictures:  Nguyen Thi Van Long, 16, makes silk flowers March 5, 2002...
Pictures:  Luu Xuan Cuong, 17, suffering from congenital leg deformity and retardation walks to his classroom at the Thanh Xuan, Peace Village...