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By Michael Mathes (DPA)
Hanoi (dpa) - American businesspeople, aid workers and embassy officials said Wednesday they have been overwhelmed with the amount of support and sympathy offered by Vietnamese over last week's devastating terrorist attacks in the United States.
While Vietnam's normally reserved state media has confined its expressions of sorrow to an announcement by President Tran Duc Luong, personal reactions by Vietnamese have been deep and heartfelt.
"There has been a real outpouring of sympathy," said a spokesman at the U.S. Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City, the former Saigon. Bouquets of flowers were left at the building's entrance, while locals and expatriates lined up last week to sign a condolence book.
Similar acts were played out at the embassy in Hanoi, where senior Vietnamese officials and contacts paid their respects.
There have been reports of some U.S. firms receiving donations from Vietnamese for families of the victims in the United States.
Washington and Hanoi were bitter enemies during what is locally called the American War, and while that conflict ended a generation ago, communist-ruled Vietnam maintains a testy official relationship with the United States.
Yet a shared grief could be felt in countless personal exchanges between America
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The Geography Site
Railways:
standard gauge: 178 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 2,169 km 1.000-m gauge
dual gauge: 253 km three-rail track combining 1.435-m and 1.000-m gauges (2004)
Highways:
paved: 23,418 km
unpaved: 69,882 km (1999 est.)
Waterways:
Pipelines:
Ports and harbors:
Merchant marine:
by type: bulk carrier 18, cargo 142, chemical tanker 3, container 2, liquefied gas 4, petroleum tanker 22, refrigerated cargo 2, roll on/roll off 1
registered in other countries: 11 (2005)
Airports:
Airports - with paved runways:
over 3,047 m: 6
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 9
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)