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Obama tells Vietnam that rights are 'no threat to stability'

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AFP Hanoi
Last Updated : May 24 2016 | 12:57 PM IST
Basic human rights are not a threat to Vietnam's future, Barack Obama told the country's communist leadership today during an impassioned appeal for the one- party state to abandon its authoritarian past.
"It is my view that upholding these rights is not a threat to stability but actually reinforces stability and is the foundation of progress," he told delegates during a speech in Hanoi.

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First Published: May 24 2016 | 12:57 PM IST

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