CAMEROTA: Breaking news overnight: President Obama making history in Hanoi. Just hours ago, the president announcing the U.S. is fully lifting a decades-old arms embargo on Vietnam. CNN's Michelle Kosinski is live in Hanoi with more. Hi, Michelle.</s>MICHELLE KOSINSKI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Alisyn. This will mark the first time in more than 50 years that the U.S. can sell arms to Vietnam, something that would have been unthinkable decades ago. This points to the growing trust, deepening relationship. The arms embargo was partially lifted two years ago. And President Obama was careful to say that this is not about China. Here's how he framed it.</s>BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: The United States is fully lifting the ban on the sale of military equipment to Vietnam that has been in place for some 50 years. As with all our defense partners, sales will need to still meet strict requirements, including those related to human rights.</s>KOSINSKI: It's interesting to hear President Obama pay heed to human rights, but said that human rights was not tied to the lifting of this embargo.
U.S. Lifting Embargo on Lethal Arms to Vietnam.