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President Obama Visits Ho Chi Minh City

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US President Barack Obama waves after delivering a speech at the National Convention Center in Hanoi on May 24, 2016. Obama, currently on a visit to Vietnam, met with civil society leaders including some of the country's long-harassed critics on May 24. / AFP / POOL / HOANG DINH NAM (Photo credit should read HOANG DINH NAM/AFP/Getty Images)

President Barack Obama waves after delivering a speech at the National Convention Center in Hanoi. He met with civil society leaders including some of the country’s long-harassed critics

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US President Barack Obama smiles as he arrives to give a speech at the National Convention Center in Hanoi on May 24, 2016. Obama, currently on a visit to Vietnam, met with civil society leaders including some of the country's long-harassed critics on May 24. / AFP / POOL / HOANG DINH NAM (Photo credit should read HOANG DINH NAM/AFP/Getty Images)

US President Barack Obama gestures after delivering a speech at the National Convention Center in Hanoi on May 24, 2016. Obama, currently on a visit to Vietnam, met with civil society leaders including some of the country's long-harassed critics on May 24. / AFP / POOL / KHAM (Photo credit should read KHAM/AFP/Getty Images)

President Barack Obama meets with members of the civil society in Hanoi

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President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One upon his departure from Noi Bai international airport in Hanoi

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US President Barack Obama waves as he disembarks from Air Force One at the Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City on May 24, 2016. Obama told communist Vietnam that basic human rights would not jeopardise its stability, in an impassioned appeal for the one-party state to abandon authoritarianism. / AFP / CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT (Photo credit should read CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP/Getty Images)

President Barack Obama waves as he disembarks from Air Force One at the Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City. He told communist Vietnam that basic human rights would not jeopardise its stability, in an impassioned appeal for the one-party state to abandon authoritarianism

US President Barack Obama (R) is welcomed upon his arrival at Tan Son Nhat Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on May 24, 2016. US President Barack Obama told communist Vietnam on May 24 that basic human rights would not jeopardise its stability, in an impassioned appeal for the one-party state to abandon authoritarianism. / AFP / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

President Barack Obama pays his respects with Abbot of the Jade Emperor Pagoda Thich Minh Thong during a visit to the Jade Pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City

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US President Barack Obama (R) gestures during a visit to the Jade Pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City on May 24, 2016. US President Barack Obama told communist Vietnam on May 24 that basic human rights would not jeopardise its stability, in an impassioned appeal for the one-party state to abandon authoritarianism. / AFP / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

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US President Barack Obama speaks after touring through the entrepreneur demonstrations at DreamPlex in Ho Chi Minh City on May 24, 2016. Obama told communist Vietnam on May 24 that basic human rights would not jeopardise its stability, in an impassioned appeal for the one-party state to abandon authoritarianism. / AFP / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

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US President Barack Obama (C) tours through the Entrepreneur Demonstrations at DreamPlex in Ho Chi Minh City on May 24, 2016. US President Barack Obama told communist Vietnam on May 24 that basic human rights would not jeopardise its stability, in an impassioned appeal for the one-party state to abandon authoritarianism. / AFP / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

President Barack Obama looks at an exhibit as he tours through the Entrepreneur Demonstrations at DreamPlex in Ho Chi Minh City

A local woman waves a flag out the door as US President Barack Obama's motorcade passes in Ho Chi Minh City on May 24, 2016. US President Barack Obama told communist Vietnam on May 24 that basic human rights would not jeopardise its stability, in an impassioned appeal for the one-party state to abandon authoritarianism. / AFP / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

US President Barack Obama (L) speaks with entrepreneurs at DreamPlex in Ho Chi Minh City on May 24, 2016. Obama told communist Vietnam on May 24 that basic human rights would not jeopardise its stability, in an impassioned appeal for the one-party state to abandon authoritarianism. / AFP / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)