71.   Vietnamese government officials plan to restrict the activities of foreign lawyers operating in Vietnam, according to documents issued this week by the Ministry of Justice.

72.   Pato will provide the technical expertise and funding for the project, while Finansa Thai will negotiate with the Vietnamese government for the relevant licenses.

73.   A crackdown has failed to halt the spread of prostitution, according to a Vietnamese government official who wants tighter laws to deal with the problem.

74.   A huge amount of goods sold in Vietnam are smuggled through neighboring Cambodia and China, and the Vietnamese government has made well-publicized efforts to halt the flow.

75.   A huge amount of goods sold in Vietnam is smuggled from neighboring China and Cambodia, and the Vietnamese government has made a well-publicized effort to stem the flow.

76.   A Vietnamese government committee has temporarily stopped approving all new foreign investments in hotels and office buildings, an official report said Tuesday.

77.   Achim Burkart, German Embassy spokesman, said Friday that the two German nationals informed the embassy of their situation, but that the Vietnamese government had not.

78.   Although the United States has had an embassy in Hanoi for two years, the absence of an ambassador has irritated the Vietnamese government.

79.   And the Vietnamese government approved a similar-sized investment by Toyota Motor Corp., a company spokesman said Thursday.

80.   Australia remains optimistic that a parliamentary delegation will visit Vietnam this year even though the Vietnamese government refuses to allow it to investigate human rights.