World IN BRIEF : MALAYSIA : 317 Vietnamese Refugees Sent Home

A Malaysian navy ship deporting 317 Vietnamese refugees arrived at Vietnam’s southern port of Vung Tau, a local immigration official said. The refugees were the first to be forcibly repatriated from a place other than Hong Kong, which is home to more than half the roughly 35,000 Vietnamese people still living in camps across Asia. The refugees fled their Communist country after the Vietnam War. The Malaysian government is determined to close down its two remaining refugee camps ahead of June 30, when the U.N. stops funding them.