World IN BRIEF : VIETNAM : Associated Press Reopens Its Bureau
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The Associated Press reopened its bureau in Vietnam, more than 18 years after the end of the war. The AP, which also signed a news-exchange agreement with the official Vietnam News Agency, became the first American news organization to return to Vietnam on a full-time basis. Correspondent George Esper, the last AP bureau chief in Vietnam, returned temporarily to staff the bureau in Hanoi. The British news agency Reuters opened its Hanoi bureau in 1990.
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