WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Russia and Vietnam recently signed agreements deepening their cooperation in an energy joint venture to develop Vietnamese energy reserves. In an ironic twist of history, it was the United States in 1975, two months before the fall of Saigon, that discovered two offshore fields in the South China Sea that were determined to hold 50 percent of South Vietnam's offshore reserves.

HANOI, Vietnam, April 4 (UPI) -- A mentally ill British man condemned in Vietnam to the firing squad for smuggling heroin has had his sentence commuted to life in prison.

CAN THO, Vietnam, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Rescue workers searched the wreckage Thursday of a bridge that collapsed while under construction in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam.

HANOI, Vietnam, June 26 (UPI) -- Despite U.S. denials of compensation to Vietnam for injuries caused by the Agent Orange defoliant, Washington has loosened its purse strings.

WASHINGTON, June 22 (UPI) -- U.S. President George W. Bush Friday urged Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet to move to a more open society during a meeting in Washington.

WASHINGTON, June 7 (UPI) -- Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet will visit the White House June 22 to meet with U.S. President George Bush.

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, June 6 (UPI) -- The United States and Vietnam intend to sign an accord that could set the stage for a free-trade agreement, a Vietnamese published report said Wednesday.

HANOI, Vietnam, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Asia-Pacific leaders pledged "to revive moribund world trade talks" and combat terrorism as their economic cooperation meeting in Vietnam closed Sunday.

HANOI, Vietnam, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. President George W. Bush saluted once-divided and wartime enemy Vietnam in a Hanoi toast Friday as a "strong and vibrant nation."