Hanoi, Viet Nam - Socialist Republic of
GERMANY'S METRO CASH & CARRY OPENS ITS FIRST FACILITY IN HANOI.
Metro Cash & Carry employees check catfish on display in a new supermaket in
Hanoi July 30, 2003. This facility is Metro Cash & Carry's third in Vietnam
and the first of its kind in the capital Hanoi. The German company is the
world's fifth biggest retailer, and said on Wednesday it hopes to have eight
shops in communist Vietnam within five years. REUTERS/Kham
KHAM/PB