After decades of a compromised relationship with Vietnam, the U.S. has begun to sell weapons to Vietnam. Some people speculate this as a message mostly towards China that the U.S. is willing to trade with East Asian countries. Obama thinks that this is more of a strategic move to improve relationships with those countries after decades of tension. However, he did "downplay the China factor", meaning that China may interpret this as an act of possible hostility towards messing with its own trade and sovereignty with other countries.
While this is a very interesting way of trying to move past the Cold War tensions, I think this will instead cause even more tension between the U.S. and China if interpreted incorrectly. This will help both the U.S. and Vietnam economically, but if this doesn't work out the way as planned, it could lead to possibly some kind of war similar to the Vietnam war or even the Cold War.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/23/politics/vietnam-arms-embargo-china/index.html
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