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Arriving in this country, Vietnamese immigrants have looked for a place to make their own economic niche. Many found one as manicurists. They not only acquire a new set of professional skills, but a new identity as well. Lost and Found Sound looks at how these immigrants adjust to a new life.

LaVERN BAKER, one of America's great rhythm-and-blues singers of the 1950's, died earlier this week. She was 67. The Associated Press says the cause was heart complications. Baker, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991. Her hits included "Tweedlee Dee," "Jim Dandy," and "I Cried a Tear." After living in the Philippines during the '70's and '80's, Baker made a comeback in the '90's when she appeared on Broadway in "Black and Blue." (REBROADCAST FROM 3/26/91).12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:

- For the people of Manila, the APEC summit is the largest gathering ever to take place in their city. In the first of an occasional series of audio postcards from our correspondents, NPR's Julie Mccarthy explores how the Philippinos prepare for a summit.

activist and Nobel peace prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta from attending a human rights meeting next month in Manila.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports that it is not easy for people to immigrate legally to the United States, as the case of two sisters from the Philippines shows. More than a half million Filipinos are waiting to join relatives in the States, but that wait can take decades.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from the Philippines on the gruesome scandal centering on the sexual exploitation of children in that nation, and the awakening concern about it by the Philippine government and the Catholic Church.

on the popularity of a Mexican soap opera in the Philippines.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports that Philippine President Fidel Ramos today met the leader of a Muslim rebel group today to confirm their agreement to end fighting that has troubled the predominantly Christian country for centuries. Both men endorsed a peace plan in which voters will decide whether to enlarge an autonomous region aimed at preserving Muslim religion and culture.

Author and journalist and NPR reporter, ALAN BERLOW. His new book is "Dead Season: A Story of Murder and Revenge on the Philippine Island of Negros" (Pantheon Books). The book evolves from an investigation into a massacre of a peasant family to a series of interrelated crimes. BERLOW also examines the broader problems facing the Phillipines and the impact of American colonialism and imperialism.

migrant workers that they will lose their jobs when China takes control of the British colony in 1997. They fear they will be replaced by Chinese from the mainland.