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President Quang appreciated the US's lifting Vietnam lethal arms embargo
By Tuan Minh 10:16, 2016/05/24
At a press conference with President Tran Dai Quang, President Barack Obama announced that the US has decided to fully lift its ban on lethal weapon sales to Vietnam.
 
The US President B. Obama
The US President B. Obama
Vietnam, said State President Quang, highly appreciated the decision, regarding this as a vivid evidence for the full normalization of ties between the two countries. Mr. Quang made the point on May 23 in Ha Noi at a press conference with U.S. President Barack Obama.

The move would eliminate the prolonged vestige of the Cold War, he said, assessing that the bilateral ties have reached a level of trust and cooperation.

The President’s official visit to Viet Nam is expected to enhance the Viet Nam-U.S. comprehensive partnership, boost the implementation of high-level agreements reached by the two countries, seek measures and orientations to step up bilateral ties, and discuss regional and international issues of shared concern.

For his part, Mr. Obama announced that “the U.S. would completely remove its ban on lethal weapons to Viet Nam which had been imposed around 50 years.” This decision removed based on a long-term process of cooperation that both countries have started with courage and experienced many difficult negotiations. "When our relationship becomes deeper, we shouldn't maintain a ban on any more," President Obama said.
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