SAY IT WITH TREES Israel And Vietnam Sign Economic Pact Tel Aviv (JTA) — The Israeli flag flew from a hotel in Hanoi last week as Israeli and Vietnamese officials signed their first economic cooperation agreement. The accord could be the prelude to full diplomatic re- lations between the two countries, according to Sever Plotzker, a correspondent for the Israeli daily Yediot Achronot. He believes an Israeli Embassy will open in Hanoi as early as this summer or, at the very latest, by the end of the year. Mr. Plotzker was in Hanoi reporting on the first Israeli trade delegation to visit the Socialist Republic of Viet- nam. The historic signing took place in the banquet hall of Victory Hotel, on the banks of the Red River, under the economical glow of a single ceiling lamp. The signatories were Avraham Bliss, president of the Israel- Asia Trade Office, and Pam Che Lan, a former leader of the Vietcong, now a member of the inner circle that decides Vietnam's for- eign and economic policies. Israel's interest in estab- lishing trade and commer- cial _ties with Vietnam was evident from the size and composition of its delega- tion. Members included repre- sentatives of Israel Military Industries, Israel Aviation Industries, the Ministry of Industry and Trade and Zim Lines, Israel's national shipping company. They held scores of meetings in Vietnam, signed several import-export con- tracts and agreed on the submission of tenders for others, Mr. Plotzker re- ported. Vietnam is one of the rapidly dwindling number of Communist nations which lately have sought normal diplomatic ties with the Jew- ish state. Israel and China estab- lished full diplomatic rela- tions in January. JEWISH NATIONAL FUND 18877 W. 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