Obama arrives in Vietnam for three-day trip

Record ID: 102456

  • Title: Obama arrives in Vietnam for three-day trip
  • Date: 22nd May 2016
  • Summary: HANOI, VIETNAM (MAY 22, 2016) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) ****WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VIETNAMESE AND AMERICAN NATIONAL FLAGS VARIOUS OF AIR FORCE ONE LANDING AIR FORCE ONE TAXIING PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES EMBLEM ON THE PLANE U.S. PRESIDENT, BARACK OBAMA, WALKING DOWN THE PLANE STEPS SECURITY GUARD LOOKING ON VARIOUS OF MOTORCADE LEAVING
  • Embargoed: 6th June 2016 17:16
  • Keywords: Obama Vietnam Hanoi arrival Air Force One
  • Location: HANOI, VIETNAM
  • City: HANOI, VIETNAM
  • Country: Vietnam
  • Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0014IW2BT3
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Vietnam late on Sunday (May 22) for a three-day trip aimed at sealing the transformation of an old enemy into a new partner.
    Foreign ministry officials greeted him as he arrived at Hanoi airport.
    Four decades after a war with Vietnam that deeply divided opinion in America, Obama aims to boost defense and economic ties with the country's communist rulers while also prodding them on human rights, aides say.
    His visit has been preceded by a debate in Washington over whether Obama should use the three-day visit, starting on Monday, to roll back an arms embargo on Hanoi, one of the last vestiges of wartime animosity.
    That would anger China, which resents U.S. efforts to forge stronger military bonds with Beijing's neighbours amid rising tensions in the disputed South China Sea.
    Vietnam's poor human rights record is a sticking point, but the Obama administration appears increasingly swayed toward giving Hanoi some leeway to build its deterrent against Beijing.
    Obama will hold talks with the country's top leaders including President Tran Dai Quang, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, and Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on Monday.
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