71.  Senior U.S. and Vietnamese officials met last week for their first discussions on ways to cooperate in controlling the narcotics trade.

72.  She blamed the slow pace on delays by Vietnamese officials in checking names of those to be sent back.

73.  Spero said one Vietnamese official told her the biggest need of his country was to develop its infrastructure, which has not yet recovered from the U.S. bombing campaign.

74.  She will hold talks with Vietnamese officials on MIA-POW issues, human rights and ways to expand trade and economic ties.

75.  The fate of Vietnamese boat people will be the most pressing topic when U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Winston Lord opens talks Thursday with Vietnamese officials.

76.  The helicopter was believed to be carrying a team searching for Americans missing in action from the Vietnam War when it crashed in central Vietnam, Vietnamese officials said.

77.  The remains of three soldiers were turned over by Vietnamese officials on Saturday at a ceremony attended by President Clinton in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi.

78.  The plan generated immediate criticism from Hanoi, which responded by sending three high-level Vietnamese military officials on separate trips to the Spratlys.

79.  The tolerated protest at Phnom Penh University contrasted with quick police moves to snuff out similar demonstrations last month during the visit of a senior Vietnamese official.

80.  The Vietnam News Agency said Chinese and Vietnamese officials held border talks Tuesday but failed to reach agreement on resuming two rail links across their border.