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Arafat in Vietnam for official visit

HANOI - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has arrived in Vietnam and will meet the nation's top leaders on Saturday, an official said.

The official from the Presidential Office said Arafat, who arrived late on Friday night, would be accorded a red-carpet welcome at 0300 GMT.
He gave no further details, but Arafat is expected to leave Vietnam later on Saturday. Arafat arrived from Tokyo, where he had attended an international meeting to discuss aid for the Palestinians.

Vietnam has warm relations with the Palestinian leadership and Arafat has visited Hanoi many times in recent decades.

Reuters - October 15, 1999.