1.   America ranks ninth among foreign investors there despite an initial flurry of interest in the Vietnamese market.

2.   Caterpillar executives argued that Vietnamese markets were falling to Japanese and European competitors and that more influence on the MIA issue could be gained by trading with Vietnam.

3.   The company plans to assemble Dodge Dakotas, Jeep Cherokees and Plymouth Neons for the Vietnamese market.

4.   The proposed pact, under discussion for four years, would open Vietnamese markets to U.S. companies and would give Vietnam normal trading relations with the United States.

5.   Under the terms of the deal, American phone companies will be allowed into the Vietnamese market, starting three years after it takes effect.

6.   Operations could begin late this year, with most of the output destined for the Vietnamese market, company Vice President Li Chi said by telephone from Taiwan.

7.   Much Cambodian wildlife ends up in Vietnamese markets or is sold in Thailand.

8.   NTV said it bought the jeans and sunglasses from a Vietnamese market trader in Moscow.

9.   Such a deal would give Vietnamese exporters entry to the huge U.S. domestic market and grant improved access to the Vietnamese market for U.S. firms.

10.   That would provide Vietnamese exporters entry to the huge U.S. domestic market and grant improved access to the Vietnamese market for U.S. firms.