In a joint news conference in Hanoi with Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang, Obama said that the removal of the ban on lethal weapons was part of a deeper defense cooperation with the country and dismissed suggestions it was aimed at countering China's growing strength in the region.
Obama lifts U.S. arms ban on Vietnam
Tổng thống Barack Obama bắt tay Chủ tịch Nước Trần Đại Quang. Source: Getty Images
President Barack Obama announced Monday that the United States is fully lifting a decades-long ban on the sale of military equipment to Vietnam.
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