By Matt Hadro

May 24, 2016

"As the U.S. lifted its decades-long arms embargo with Vietnam during President Barack Obama's visit there, human rights advocates argued that the country had not sufficiently improved its human rights record to warrant the deal.

The advocacy group Human Rights Watch expressed serious disappointment over the deal. 'President Obama just gave Vietnam a reward that they don't deserve,' John Sifton, Asia policy director for the group, said May 23."

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http://www.eurasiareview.com/24052016-was-it-a-mistake-to-lift-arms-embargo-against-vietnam/

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