MARKETPLACE ROUND-UP

          With President Clinton set to visit Vietnam, ABC News'
     Mark Litke examined the current conditions in the country
     and how Nike, the "icon of American consumerism, is now the
     largest private employer in Communist Vietnam, with nearly
     50,000 workers."  Litke: "Nike's Chris Helzer says American
     companies now arriving here are met with a flood of job
     seekers.  [Workers] may earn only $50 a month, but that's
     three times the national average.  And there are extra
     benefits, from free meals to free health care" (ABC, 11/15).
          NBA: The NBA has created the NBA Athletic Collection,
     the league's first-ever synthetic apparel line geared toward
     the mass market.  The Athletic Collection features infant
     and toddler merchandise by Haddad, a youth line by Glasgow
     and adult products by Knights Athletics.  Additionally, the
     Nike Swingman Jersey will be distributed nationally for the
     first time, and Puma will unveil a new gradiated hat (NBA).