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Monday, 23 May 2016

Obama lifts U.S. arms ban on Vietnam

Hanoi, Vietnam (CNN)President Obama has announced that the United States is fully lifting the ban on the sale of military equipment to Vietnam, which has been in place for decades.
In a joint news conference with Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang, Obama said that the removal of the ban on lethal weapons was part of a deeper defense co-operation with the country and dismissed suggestions it was aimed at countering China's growing strength in the region.

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