The U.S. is ending a decades long arms embargo on Vietnam, President Obama announced on May 23 in Hanoi. At a press conference alongside Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang, the American president said lifting the embargo, which has been in place since 1975, will further normalize relations between the two countries.
ABC News: US ends decades-long arms embargo on Vietnam
US President Barack Obama (L) shakes hands with his Vietnamese counterpart Tran Dai Quang under a statue of late Vietnamese revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh during a signing ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on May 23, 2016.
