OBAMA HISTORIC VIETNAM TRIP - Lifts U.S. Arms Ban & Hypes TPP . Hidden Agenda Against China?

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SUBSCRIBE to ELITE NWO AGENDA for Latest Updates - http://www.youtube.com/user/elitenwoagenda?sub_confirmation=1 OBAMA HISTORIC VIETNAM TRIP - Lifts U.S. Arms Ban & Hypes TPP . Hidden Agenda Against China? President Barack Obama on Monday announced the lifting of a longstanding arms embargo on Vietnam, part of his pivot towards Asia and the latest warming of relations with America's one-time foe. Obama made the historic announcement at a press conference in Hanoi with Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang — his first visit to the country. "The United States is fully lifting the ban on sale of military equipment to Vietnam that's been in place for some 50 years," Obama said. "Sales will need to still meet strict requirements, including those on human rights, but this change ensures Vietnam has access to equipment it needs to defend itself." President Barack Obama announced Monday that the United States is fully lifting a decades-long ban on the sale of military equipment to Vietnam. In a joint news conference in Hanoi with Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang, Obama said that the removal of the ban on lethal weapons was part of a deeper defense cooperation with the country and dismissed suggestions it was aimed at countering China's growing strength in the region. Will embargo lift raise South China Sea tensions? Instead, it was the desire to continue normalizing relations between the United States and Vietnam and to do away with a ban "based on ideological division between our two countries," he said. The Vietnam War ended in April 1975 with the fall of Saigon -- now called Ho Chi Minh City -- after the United States withdrew combat forces and the North Vietnamese launched a massive offensive to reunite their homeland under communism. While Vietnam and China are neighbors that share a communist ideology, China has aggressively claimed territory in the South China Sea, irking Vietnam and other Southeast Asian neighbors and also raising concerns internationally. Vietnam U.S. USA America "United States" Travel Flight Traveling Historic History Future "South East Asia" Asia "Far East" Arrival Meeting "Meet & Greet" Flowers Vietnamese "Vietnam girls" lifestyle people asian ASEAN 2016 2017 news media entertainment trends trending "breaking news" conference elite power control agenda "Elite NWO Agenda" In a recent and provocative show of force, China flew two jets close to U.S. aircraft stationed in airspace above the disputed region. mic microphone leader leadership Obama defended the decision to lift the arms ban despite Vietnam's dismal record on human rights -- involving the jailing of dissidents and stalled political reforms -- saying sales would be evaluated on a "case-by-case" basis. However, Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth said via Twitter that Obama was opting to "arm Vietnam as (an) anti-China ally rather than care about its ongoing repression." Phil Robertson, deputy director of Human Rights Watch's Asia division, said that Washington had squandered a key tool to pressure Vietnam to improve its human rights record. "In one fell swoop, President Obama has jettisoned what remained of U.S. leverage to improve human rights in Vietnam -- and basically gotten nothing for it," he said. "President Obama just gave Vietnam a reward that they don't deserve." Obama is on a weeklong trip to Asia to boost economic and security cooperation in the region and is expected to head south to Ho Chi Minh City before traveling to Japan.