May 17, 2002

Vietnamese Students in America: a Force for Renewal

By MARK A. ASHWILL

Just 27 years ago, Vietnam was picking up the pieces of a protracted war with the United States that caused the deaths of more than three million people. Now, the most popular foreign language in Vietnam is English, and the United States is the first choice among most Vietnamese students who want to study overseas.

Relations between the two countries began improving in the 1990s, culminating in President Clinton's historic November 2000 trip to Vietnam. Although it was a largely

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