US lifts embargo on Vietnam

Q.  PM Barack Obama has lifted embargo on lethal weapons to which country?
- Published on 25 May 16

a. Vietnam
b. Iran
c. Maldives
d. Mauritius

ANSWER: Vietnam
 
President Barack Obama has announced the US is lifting its embargo on sales of lethal weapons to Vietnam.
  • The US is trying to bolster its relationship with its Pacific allies, as China asserts territorial claims. - Vietnam is one of several countries in the region involved in maritime disputes with China. The US insists on the right to freedom of navigation in the South China Sea.
  • In 2014, a row over a Chinese oil rig near the Paracel islands led to clashes between Chinese and Vietnamese vessels and anti-China riots in Vietnam.
  • 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.

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