41.   But Madavo said Vietnamese officials were realistic in predicting per capita income could double by the end of the decade.

42.   Cambodian and Vietnamese officials also agreed to speed up efforts to sign a transportation agreement that would ease the movement of goods through their countries, the document said.

43.   Defense Secretary Orlando Mercado said Vietnamese officials agreed to the joint exercises in a meeting in Hanoi last week.

44.   Earlier this month, Vietnamese officials who visited the camp tried to intimidate the refugees into returning to Vietnam, said Janowski.

45.   Earlier this week, McCain raised the ire of some Vietnamese officials when he said the wrong side won.

46.   Giap and Vietnamese officials have said they will give the conference serious consideration.

47.   Hauser and the deputy trade minister, Nguyen Xuan Quang, also signed a memorandum proposing a commercial law training program for Vietnamese commercial officials and increased information exchanges.

48.   Hauser is expected to discuss these issues and the trade agreement with Vietnamese officials during his visit, but will not open another session of formal negotiations.

49.   He also may reassure Vietnamese officials concerned at the low priority Washington appears to have given negotiations for a trade agreement and lower tariffs on Vietnamese exports.

50.   He gave a speech Tuesday to Vietnamese officials, businessmen and foreigners in Hanoi and planned another in Ho Chi Minh City, the former Saigon.