  We investigate the formation and propagation of vector vortex solitons (VS)
and unipolar soliton (US) in a cold atomic gas with Bessel lattices (BLs). The
system we consider is a cold, coherent atomic gas with a tripod or multipod
level configuration. Dueing to the giant enhancement of Kerr nonlinearity
contributed by electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT), a vector weak
vortex soliton can be effectively formed with ultraslow propagating velocity.
Furthermore, we demonstrate that the characteristics of 2D VS and US can be
controlled and manipulated via adjusting BLs. The results predicted here may be
used to design all-optical switching at very low light level.
