"In her 10 years as executive director, Van Dinh-Kuno has seen about 10,000 families walk into the Refugee and Immigrant Forum offices in Snohomish County. ", from Book helps immigrants survive by covering the basics By Michael Ko, The Seattle Times Eastside bureau

"The words are challenging, but the fun lesson makes them memorable to the 12 children, whose families have come to Seattle's Rainier Valley from Eritrea, the Philippines, Vietnam, Mexico and China. ", from Literacy top priority for Seattle schools By Keith Ervin, The Seattle Times staff reporter

"The other crudes from Malaysia and Vietnam are out of the way already for May lifting.", from OUTLOOK: Gulf Market Awaits Term Vol, Asia Sweets Stable By Nurul Darni, Down Jones

"Since making his acting debut in Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Whitaker has distinguished himself not only as an acclaimed actor in such movies as Good Morning Vietnam, Bird, The Crying Game, Smoke and the just-released thriller Panic Room, but also as a director of Waiting to Exhale and Hope Floats.", from Na, Na, Na! "Fat Albert" Shelved by E! Online, Inc. 

"But within the TV business, the Orlando trial, which faded in 1997, tends to be recalled as the industry's  Vietnam.", from Cable Offers More Viewing on Demand By JENNIFER 8. LEE The New York Times

"Thais flock across the border to gamble in casinos run by former Khmer Rouge cadres, drink and croon in their karaoke bars and have sex with Vietnamese prostitutes in their brothels. ", from Karaoke replaces communism in old Khmer Rouge town By Chhay Sophal, Reuters

"The problem was that North Vietnam was starving and people lined waterways searching for food. ", from Ex-POW has been to hell and back By Howie Paul Hartnett, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

"The prime target of the bill is the Mekong basa, a fish which looks similar to domestic catfish and has been labeled as "Vietnamese catfish."", from 'Catfish' bill gains more supporters Streamlined version of law on its way to state Senate By PATRICK COURREGES, Capitol news bureau in The Advocate Online

Little Saigon wraps past with present
Like shows? You’d be mad to Miss Saigon

Forest Fires Destroy Vietnam's National Park

Vietnam Sends 8,000 Workers Abroad In Three Months

Vietnam picks French-led group to build first oil refinery
French-led consortium wins 750 million dollar Vietnam contract
Vietnam Shares End Slightly Lower On Profit-Taking
Vietnam Picks French-Led Group To Build $670 Million Oil Refinery
UPDATE 1-Hanoi picks French-led group for refinery project
Hanoi confirms French-led group to build refinery
Vietnam Lowers Import Taxes On Pete Products - Official
Lesson from Vietnam: Make trade, not war
Prime minister visits Vietnam
Vietnam Takes Measures to Expand Textile, Garment Market
Vietnamese Banks Inject $74 MLN Into Cement Factory Construction

"The meeting included environmental officials and experts from Australia, the Netherlands, Malaysia, India, United States, Canada, South Africa, the Philippines, Germany, Vietnam, Nepal, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Japan. ", from Dwindling water supplies the world's biggest challenge By Michael Byrnes, Reuters

"...And Malaysia should be an attractive model for them, as in many ways are China and Vietnam. ...", Out-of-step Myanmar faces ASEAN pressure to change By Dominic Whiting, Reuters

"If the foreign-born students do take the tests, New Jersey schools are prepared to give them in one of about a dozen languages, from Arabic to Vietnamese.", from State tests of foreign students rapped By Jane Elizabeth, Post-Gazette Education Writer

Trip to Vietnam fulfilling for sisters

Vietnam Picks French Consortium For Building Refinery
U.S. combat stirs new interest in Vietnam Symposium

Kerrey details horror of Viet civilians' deaths

"Travel to other communist states, such as China, Vietnam and North Korea (news - web sites), is permitted.", from U.S. Travel Association Eyes Forbidden Cuba  By Marc Frank, Reuters

"The Yangon meetings included finance ministers or deputy finance ministers from the 10 Asean member countries of Brunei, Cambodia ,
 Indonesia , Laos , Malaysia , Myanmar , Philippines , Singapore , Thailand and Vietnam.", from Asean Fin Mins: Yen Not Seen Weakening Significantly by Dow Jones

"About half of all tuberculosis cases in the United States are among people who were born in other countries, especially Mexico, the Philippines, Vietnam and India. ", from Health Workers May Soon Be Spared TB Test By Randy Dotinga, HealthScoutNews Reporter 

Refugee issue with US still "sensitive" to Vietnam: minister

Hot and bothered in Hanoi
Vietnam tourism drive targets ASEAN, China
Japan to increase investment in Vietnam

Nampa to honor Vietnam veterans

"Vietnam's Trade Minister Vu Khoan said the two sides planned to increase U.S.-ASEAN cooperation in areas such as agriculture, human resources, intellectual property rights, information and biotechnology.", from ASEAN, United States launch plan to boost trade, investment By DANIEL LOVERING, Associated Press Writer

"The impressive array of 12 appetizers includes scallops baked with mushrooms and wine sauce, steamed Asian clams and Vietnamese chicken wings.", from Upscale pampering spices Lotus' appeal By Steve Slosarek, The Indianapolis Star 

One-year Teaching Position In Vietnam

A Fallen Saigon Rises Again in the West

Large forest fire contained in southern Vietnam
Forest Fires Destroy Vietnam's National Park

Vietnam to tighten controls over foreign adoptions
Vietnam tightens rules on child adoption
Vietnam to Restrict Foreign Adoption

Vietnamese man sentenced to death for ritually murdering four women
Vietnam's Mass Organizations Demand Israel Resume Negotiations
Whirlwinds injure 73 people in Vietnam
Vietnam Plans to Reduce Child Malnutrition Rate
Vietnam Intensifies Preparation for 22nd SEA Games

Vietnam vets welcome Agent Orange ruling

"A prominent international human rights group expressed "strong concern" Thursday over Cambodia's plan to close two refugee
camps and stop offering asylum to ethnic minorities fleeing Vietnam. ", from Rights group rips Cambodia's plans to close camps, seal border by AP

"Shareholders of Franklin's Templeton Vietnam & Southeast Asia Fund Inc. (TVF) had charged that the fund's net asset value had plummeted after its manager, Mark Mobius, began investing in companies outside Vietnam without shareholder approval.", from Templeton Vietnam, SE Asia Fund Settlement Approved by Dow Jones

Sino-Vietnamese Agreements on Land and Sea Borders Meet Aspirations of Both Sides: Vietnamese FM
Vietnam, China Agree On Land And Sea Borders
Vietnam's govt defends border agreement with China

Cambodia/Vietnam: Montagnard Asylum Rights Threatened
Cambodia to Push Back Fleeing Vietnam Hill Tribes

A Pleasant Reminder From Central Vietnam
Vietnam sentences three to firing squad for opium
Vietnam Shares End Lower On Profit-Taking
Vietnam Central Bank To Auction VND200 Billion 1-Yr T-Bills Monday
Templeton Vietnam, SE Asia Fund Settlement Approved
Vietnam's Bim Son Cement Packaging To Debut Next Thursday
Vietnam Central Bank Repurchased VND75 Billion In T-Bills
Templeton Vietnam and Southeast Asia Fund, Inc
Man given 51 medals he earned in Vietnam
Vietnam Opposes U.S. Expanding Anti-Terrorism War to Iraq
South Korean Prime Minister to Visit Vietnam
Vietnam Uses Cam Ranh Seaport to Serve National Development: Spokeswoman
Vietnam mull Brazil striker to revive fortune

VIETNAM PILOT: Home to Rest
Vietnam vet finally awarded 51 medals
Local Vietnam vets form VVA chapter

Brazilian striker wants to play for Vietnam
Vietnam mulls naturalization of Brazilian striker to strengthen national team

UK engineers help Vietnam meet paper targets
Vietnam Pride Officially Condemned
Pertamina, Largo Vista In Vietnam Oil Trade Alliance
Vietnam Shares End Lower On Profit-Taking; 8 Stocks Down
Vietnam Airlines carries 1 million passengers in first quarter
Vietnam's TRI To Sell 22,500 Shares In Next Three Months
Vietnam Petrolimex 2nd Quarter HSFO Import Volume Cut By 54,000 MT
Pertamina, Largo Vista In Vietnam Oil Trade Alliance

Last chopper pilot out of Vietnam to be honored

"Thailand disappointed when they finished last in a four-team tournament in Vietnam last week and head coach Charnwit Pholcheewin said: ``We have been training hard since coming back from Vietnam.", from Thais hope for hatful in opener by Tor Chittinand The Bangkok Post

"Susan Horowitz is a veteran of many wars: the battle for peace in Vietnam and in the Middle East, the war against AIDS, the fight for
women's and gay rights. ", from DESIREE COOPER: Publishers of gay paper remain true to cause by Detroit Free Press

"In the United States, only Vietnamese refugees have suffered from the condition, he said, but spurned a theory it could have a cultural or hereditary explanation.", from Odd Syndrome Targets Asian Males by Reuters

"Fifth-grader Huy Vu Ung Luu eyeballed the spindly, 12-foot Douglas fir, trying to make sure it stood up straight in the freshly dug hole. ", from Greening of schoolyards by COURTENAY THOMPSON, The Oregon

"Every time there was a fight, the two men called in leaders of the gangs -- Hispanic, black, Vietnamese.", from Gang Violence Far Less Baffling Than We Admit by The Washington Post

Vietnam wants refugees back
Vietnam will not oppose asylum for refugees in U.S., Cambodia seals border
US hails Cambodian agreement on Vietnamese Montagnard resettlement
Cambodia sends troops to Vietnam border

Good will helps reunite Vietnamese mother, son

Endangered apes sing out in Vietnam
Vietnam urged to learn from Philippines in redeveloping Russian base
Vietnam Catches Up
Japan funds key Vietnamese infrastructure projects
Koizumi eyes visiting Vietnam, E. Timor, N.Z., Australia
Tactful Vietnam ready for this century’s invasion of foreigners
Asian Development Bank agrees to dlrs 173 million in loans to help poor in Vietnam
Vietnam's REE Restructuring To Become Holding Company
Vietnam's REE Final 2001 Net VND44.93 Billion Versus VND30.8 Billion In '00
Vietnam's National Assembly passes revised Labor Code
Vietnam Shares Close Mixed; Index Marginally Higher
VIETNAM PRESS:Marubeni Breaks Ground For Coal-Fired Plant
Vietnam Airlines Reports 1st Quarter Revenue Of VND2.67 Trillion - Executive

Family buries soldier killed in Vietnam
'If I Die in a Combat Zone' is ambitious, stirring Vietnam story
Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange win benefits
Retroactive benefits will go to Vietnam vets
Love of cat revives life of ailing Vietnam veteran

Vietnamese Newspaper Highlights - April 2, 2002