31.   Officially, the Vietnamese government agreed.

32.   Ostensibly, the ground for their opposition is that the Vietnamese government has not been helpful enough on the MIAs.

33.   Regardless of the delay, the Vietnamese government is already starting to carry out provisions of the agreement.

34.   Some in the immigrant community, however, are skeptical the Vietnamese government would exert itself to send such a message.

35.   Some members of Congress have protested that the trip would lend credibility to the Vietnamese government despite the unanswered questions over the Americans who are still missing.

36.   Standing with him in the White House Rose Garden were representatives of the Vietnamese government and former Vietnamese prisoners of war now serving in Congress.

37.   Still, Vietnamese government officials and even some foreign bankers say the project could be financed through other sources.

38.   Still, many argue that the United States should not normalize relations with Vietnam until the Vietnamese government does all it can to answer the MIA questions.

39.   The auction is the first time that Vietnamese government debt will be sold through tender.

40.   The Clinton administration attributes the success of a program for recovering the remains of MIA servicemen to the recent thaw in relations between the U.S. and Vietnamese governments.