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| 1992, Feb. 16 | |
| Hô Chi Minh City (Saigon) hosted an international marathon, using sports as a medium for gaining international recognition and easing of relations (as China had done with the U.S. table tennis team ( (See 1971, April)) in 1971 and in the 1990 Asian Games, as Japan had done in the 1964 Summer Olympic Games, and as Korea had done in the 1988 Summer Olympic Games). | 1 |
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| The U.S. eased its 28-year economic embargo on Vietnam. More goods flooded into Vietnam through many channels. | 2 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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