WORLD IN BRIEF : VIETNAM : U.S. Experts Off on 8th Search for MIAs

U.S. military experts left Bangkok, Thailand, for the eighth joint field investigation to resolve the fates of American soldiers missing in action from the Vietnam War, a U.S. Embassy official said. For about 15 days, the two U.S. teams will join Vietnamese authorities in investigating areas in Song Be province and Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam and Ha Bac province near Hanoi, the official said. About 2,340 Americans are listed as missing in action in the war, which also involved fighting in Cambodia and Laos. Vietnam returned what it said were believed to be the remains of three missing Americans on Sept. 11.