Apr 2, 2007, 7:46 GMT
Hanoi(dpa) - Microsoft Corp founder and philanthropist Bill Gates and his wife Melinda are in Vietnam on a private visit, officials said Monday.
Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft EPA/Ricardo Maldonado
The couple arrived by private jet on Sunday and were on private business, possibly related to their charity work, Microsoft's office in Vietnam said.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funds projects in Vietnam including HIV prevention and reproductive health.
Gates was on his second trip to Vietnam. He first visited a year ago to promote Microsoft's licensed software and was mobbed like a rock star when he visited a Hanoi university.
He also kicked off an initiative to sell a legal, though limited, version of Microsoft's operating system Windows in Vietnam, where more than 90 per cent of computer software is unlicensed.
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