Is this a good news or bad news for our Vietnamese people? Is the Communist government going to to fight China to protect the land, or is it going to use these weapons to suppress our people even more?
-----By Associated Press October 3
HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam on Friday welcomed a decision by the U.S. government to ease a ban on lethal arms sales, saying it will benefit both nations.
The United States announced Thursday it was partially lifting the ban, a move intended to help Vietnam defend itself in the South China Sea, where it is among Asian nations facing an increasingly assertive China.
Vietnamese Foreign Ministry’s deputy spokeswoman Tran Thi Bich Van said in a statement that her government welcomes any step that aims to promote Vietnam-U.S. partnership.