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| The US has decided to "completely lift" its embargo on trade in lethal arms with the Southeast Asian country, Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang has said, Reuters reports. | The US has decided to "completely lift" its embargo on trade in lethal arms with the Southeast Asian country, Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang has said, Reuters reports. |
| "Vietnam very much appreciates the US decision to completely lift the ban on lethal weapon sales to Vietnam, which is the clear proof that both countries have completely normalized relations," Quang said at a joint news conference with US President Barack Obama. | "Vietnam very much appreciates the US decision to completely lift the ban on lethal weapon sales to Vietnam, which is the clear proof that both countries have completely normalized relations," Quang said at a joint news conference with US President Barack Obama. |
| Obama reportedly said that although Washington was fully lifting the ban, the sale of arms would depend on Vietnam's human rights commitments. | Obama reportedly said that although Washington was fully lifting the ban, the sale of arms would depend on Vietnam's human rights commitments. |
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| Obama said the move was designed to boost relations with the US’s former enemy and to eliminate a “lingering vestige of the Cold War,” AP reported. | |
| The US partially lifted the embargo in 2014, but Hanoi sought full access to US weaponry. | |
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