11.   A high-level delegation sent by President Clinton arrived Monday to press Vietnamese leaders for more help in resolving cases of Americans missing in action from the Vietnam War.

12.   A Vietnamese leader has urged curbs on the use of foreign words in order to preserve the Vietnamese language, the official Vietnam News reported Saturday.

13.   Although cool to his call for greater freedoms, Vietnamese leaders welcomed the prospects for even greater cooperation between the two nations.

14.   Arafat laid a wreath Thursday morning at the mausoleum of the late Vietnamese revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh before going into closed-door talks with Anh.

15.   Bundestag President Wolfgang Thierse said he discussed human rights in meetings with Vietnamese leaders including Prime Minister Phan Van Khai and National Assembly Speaker Nguyen Van An.

16.   But in October, the U.S. Senate approved the trade agreement without bringing up the human rights bill, appeasing Vietnamese leaders.

17.   But Vietnamese leaders have tried to improve the investment climate and move more quickly to build a market economy, seeking advice from Japanese economists and government experts.

18.   But Vietnamese leaders were cool to his call for greater freedoms.

19.   But the day could not have been without some irony for the visiting Vietnamese leader.

20.   Castro and his delegation met for several hours with Vietnamese leaders before setting out Saturday afternoon to tour a garment factory and farming village.