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US lifts Vietnam arms embargo
The first order of business during US President Barack Obama’s state visit to Vietnam was to lift a long-standing arms embargo on lethal weapons on 23 May.
The reason given for scrapping the ban was ‘based on our desire to complete what has been a lengthy process of moving toward ...
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