Here in Can Tho,in southern Vietnam, boats carrying goods converge on the Mekong River to trade.
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Last year, tho United States vigorously opposed a similarly located World Bank project because of its implications for the Tibetan people and their lands.
The negotiations went on for five years before Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese leader Le Duc Tho signed accords in January 1973 providing for a U.S. withdrawal from South Vietnam and the release of American POWs by North Vietnam.