Hanoi, Vietnam -
Vietnam's president is calling for an end to a US ban on the sale of lethal weapons to his country ahead of talks this week with President Barack Obama.
President Truong Tan Sang said “it is now the time for our bilateral relations to be fully normalised in all fields” in an emailed answer on Tuesday to a question on the embargo by The Associated Press.
The United States is seeking closer economic and security ties with Vietnam but also wants to see the Communist country release dissidents and allow freedom of political and religious expression.
Sang said there remained a number of differences between Washington and Hanoi on human rights but this was “quite normal.” - Sapa-AP