Obama Lifts Vietnam Arms Embargo
May 23, 2016, 11:04 AM
President Obama announced Monday that the U.S. will lift a four-decade long arms embargo on Vietnam, signaling an end to the last remnant of animosity between the two nations following the end of the Vietnam War in 1975.
Speaking at a press conference in Hanoi alongside his Vietnamese counterpart Trần Đại Quang, Obama said the U.S. is "fully lifting" the ban on the sale of weapons and military equipment to Vietnam.