Microsoft CEO Visits Vietnam

By TRAN VAN MINH, Associated Press Writer, Technology / Business

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, left, shakes hands with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, right before their half-hour meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam on Monday May 21, 2007. Ballmer was in Vietnam for an one-day trip to help promote information technology in the country. (AP Photo/Tran Van Minh)

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer witnessed the signing of an agreement Monday requiring all of Vietnam's government offices to use licensed computer software in a step to curb rampant piracy.

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