US President Barack Obama and Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang speak during a joint press conference in Hanoi on May 23, 2016. Barack Obama praised "strengthening ties" between the United States and Vietnam at the start of a landmark visit May 23, as the former wartime foes deepen trade links and share concerns over Chinese actions in disputed seas. / AFP / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)
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U.S. and Vietnam agree to strengthen ties
From a greater commitment to regional security to the lifting of the ban on lethal arms sales, the U.S. and Vietnam look to strengthen their diplomatic relationship. CNN's Michelle Kosinski reports.
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US President Barack Obama and Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang speak during a joint press conference in Hanoi on May 23, 2016. Barack Obama praised "strengthening ties" between the United States and Vietnam at the start of a landmark visit May 23, as the former wartime foes deepen trade links and share concerns over Chinese actions in disputed seas. / AFP / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)
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US President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the National Convention Center in Hanoi on May 24, 2016. Obama, currently on a visit to Vietnam, met with civil society leaders including some of the country's long-harassed critics on May 24. The visit is Obama's first to the country -- and the third by a sitting president since the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. / AFP / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)
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US President Barack Obama speaks during a joint press conference in Hanoi on May 23, 2016. Obama was to meet communist Vietnam's senior leaders on May 23, kicking off a landmark visit that caps two decades of post-war rapprochement, as both countries look to push trade and check Beijing's growing assertiveness in the South China Sea. / AFP / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)
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