1.   Also hampering operations is an equipment holdup by the Vietnamese authorities at Haiphong Port, he said.

2.   For these and other reasons, diplomatic and economic relations between America and Vietnam are unlikely to progress as rapidly or smoothly as Vietnamese authorities hope.

3.   If approved by Vietnamese authorities, the project would be among the largest licensed American investments in Vietnam.

4.   Neither the visiting American delegation nor the Vietnamese authorities, it seems, had anticipated their numbers or their enthusiasm.

5.   Neither the visiting U.S. delegation nor the Vietnamese authorities, it seems, had anticipated their numbers or their enthusiasm.

6.   Now the Vietnamese authorities were trying to find her so she could thank her rescuers personally.

7.   When he finally showed the full film as a courtesy to the Vietnamese authorities several months ago, he was nervous.

8.   Peterson visited the region for five days beginning last Thursday after Vietnamese authorities accepted his long-standing request to be allowed to make a fact-finding trip.

9.   A State Department spokesman said Friday night that Vietnamese authorities had told them Carlson was free to leave the country as soon as he arranged transportation.

10.   A State Department spokesman said tonight that Vietnamese authorities had told them Carlson was free to leave the country as soon as he arranged transportation.