Sep 5--PRNewswire/AsiaNetU.S-VIETNAM RELATIONS... HO CHI MINH CITY: Cross-cultural relations between Vietnam and the United States will be given a boost when war veteran, James Kimo Williams, performs his 'Symphony for the Sons of Nam and TwoGether', September 14. Williams' ArtSynergy program at the U.S's largest arts and media college, Columbia College Chicago, is geared at "providing opportunities for artists from both countries to work together on creative projects", the university said.JAPAN'S HIGHEST-PROFIT RETAILER... TOKYO: Aeon Group has become Japan's most profitable retailer, after retaining global retail consultants Kurt Salmon Associates for five years to transform its operations. The company ascribes a 16 per cent rise in sales and a 5 per cent profitability increase to the success of the strategy.AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT... FRANKFURT: At a ceremony to toast the expanded Frankfurt premises of Lufthansa, airport chairman, Dr Wilhelm Bender, thanked the Dutch airline for its indirect endorsement of Frankfurt's unsettled development application.PATENT AWARDED... TOKYO: Internet security company, Trend Micro Inc, today said that it has scored the patent for risk-management technologies which protect applications like Java applets and Active X, from the U.S Patent and Trademark Office.GLOBAL AUTO PARTS DEAL... STUTTGART: Visteon Corporation will globally supply Mercedes-Benz trucks with instrument panels, audio systems and cockpits for current and future vehicles, the company said today.GLOBAL CREDIT DEAL... NEW YORK: A global deal signed between American Express and JCB, Japan's largest card issuer and merchant acquirer, will permit cardholders to use their cards at an expanded network of merchants across Japan, a media release has said.EPC DEAL... TULSA: Syntroleum Corporation today said that it has scooped an EPC - engineering, procurement and construction - contract with German engineering firm, Tessag Industrie Anlagen GmbH, for its Sweetwater gas-to-liquids plant in Western Australia.BLUETOOTH-COMPLIANT SYSTEMS... SAN DIEGO: Communication system company, Silicon Wave Inc, and MindTree Consulting will make their hardware and software Bluetooth-compliant, after securing a license agreement, according to a press statement.AUTO E-BUSINESS TELECONFERENCE... DETROIT: E-business automotive exchange company, Covisint, today advised that it would call a teleconference on September 5 to announce a major new relationship.KILLER COMBINATION... CARLSBAD: Callaway Golf Company today said its clubs and balls had featured in several weekend pro tour victories, including those of Jim Thorpe and Dean Wilson. (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated press releases for worldwide clients. Contact: www.asianet.com.au for full-text versions).