Our company will commission the first factory in Vietnam in early 2006 to manufacture C3Play, transceiver equipment used for digital TV and wireless Internet.

Besides Vietnam , we also have offices in the US , Australia , India , Russia , and Romania .

[While French and Vietnamese styles are often found combined in restaurant settings around the world, French food in Vietnam is more of a] romantic notion, ... In reality, for most practical purposes, most Vietnamese did not enjoy it.

We are training local staff for the assembly line and I think their skills will meet the demands of our product quality. The group also expects to export US$50 million of products and services a year starting from 2007.

Nobody gives way to anybody. Everyone just angles, points, dives directly toward his destination, pretending it is an all-or-nothing gamble. People glare at one another and fight for maneuvering space. All parties are equally determined to get the right-of-way--insist on it. They swerve away at the last possible moment, giving scant inches to spare. The victor goes forwards, no time for a victory grin, already engaging in another contest of will. Saigon traffic is Vietnamese life, a continuous charade of posturing, bluffing, fast moves, tenacity and surrenders.

I remember being out in the field with my company in Vietnam when Nov. 10 rolled around. After we had our c-rations, we had Australian steaks to celebrate the birthday of the Corps. How they got that beef in to the jungle, I'll never know.