VIETNAM AFTERSHOCKS

Republican lawmakers unimpressed with Hanoi's efforts to account for American MIAs attacked President Clinton fornormalizing relations with Vietnam. At a House International Relations Committee hearing boycotted by Democrats, several GOP lawmakers alleged thatVietnamese officials are holding the remains of up to 400 U.S. servicemen. Assistant Secretary of State Winston Lord testified that there was no evidence to back up such a claim, and that Vietnam lacked an incentive to do so in any case. Even so, Committee Chairman Benjamin Gilman (R-N.Y.) threatened to withhold funds needed to open a U.S. embassy in Hanoi -- an option that Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole is also weighing. Rep. Bob Dornan (R-Calif.), a Republican presidential candidate, delivered a characteristically vituperative half-hour speech. "Clinton does not have the moral standing to touch this issue," Dornan said. "The war criminals are still in power in Hanoi."