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WORLD : France Promises Aid to Vietnam

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<i> From Times wire services</i>

France promised today to help rebuild Vietnam and accept more refugees from its former colony.

French officials said Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Co Thach, on a three-day visit to France, agreed with his French counterpart, Roland Dumas, on a series of measures to help Vietnam overcome its crippling economic and social problems.

“France will play a pivotal role” in Vietnamese efforts to settle its international debt, a Foreign Ministry spokesman added.

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On the humanitarian front, France has agreed to double from 1,200 last year the number of Vietnamese legally seeking refuge in France.

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