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HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The Latest on U.S. President Barack Obama's first visit to Vietnam (all times local): 12:30 p.m. President Barack Obama says improved relations with Vietnam, America's former wartime foe, is teaching the world a few lessons. Obama is in the midst of a historic visit to the southeast Asian nation and is delivering an address to the Vietnamese people. Obama says what was once unimaginable has come true - that Vietnam and the United States are partners in a thriving relationship. And it's a partnership that he says is teaching the world that hearts can change. Obama says it's also showing the world that peace is better than war. Obama is speaking at the National Convention Center in Hanoi. ___ 10:40 a.m. President Barack Obama is taking his push for closer ties with Vietnam directly to the people. A day after knocking down one of the last vestiges of Cold War antagonism with a former war enemy, he faces calls Tuesday to more strongly address what's seen as Vietnam's abysmal human rights record. Obama plans meetings with civil society members and entrepreneurs and then a speech aimed at the people of Vietnam. On Monday he announced the lifting of a five-decade-old arms sales embargo that's meant to help forge a new economic and security relationship. Obama must balance this push for better ties with efforts to hold Vietnam's communist leadership to account for charges of widespread abuse of dissidents. From Hanoi, Obama will fly to Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon.

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