Vietnamese workers process shrimp at a state-owned plant in the
southern Mekong Delta-based province of Soc Trang July 23, 2003. After
losing a major fight with the United States which last week slapped
steep import duties of up to 64 percent on Vietnamese catfish fillets,
exporters in the communist-ruled country are bracing on shrimp for a
possible assault on an even bigger export market. Picture taken July
23, 2003. REUTERS/KHAM

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