Interview With John King of CNN in Ho Chi Minh City.(Transcript)(Interview)

From: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents | Date: November 27, 2000 | Copyright information

November 19, 2000

New Vietnam-U.S. Relationship

Mr. King. Thank you for joining us. We're here in Ho Chi Minh City with the President of the United States, Bill Clinton, this, the last day of his landmark trip here to Vietnam.

First, sir, thank you for joining us.

The facts speak for themselves. The first U.S. President to visit Vietnam since the end of the war, the first ever to set foot in Hanoi, the Capital.

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