On May 23, 2016, President Barack Obama announced that the U.S. will fully lift the arms embargo on Vietnam. According to this news report [3], this step follows the 2014 revision of the embargo, which eased restrictions and allowed Vietnam to purchase maritime surveillance and security-related equipment. While the lifting now allows Vietnam to purchase the full range of weapons, Obama stressed that the sale of arms in practice would depend on Vietnam’s human rights commitments.