Bush meets Vietnamese PM

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(17 Nov 2006) SHOTLIST • 1. Wide exterior of Presidential Palace • 2. US President George W. Bush walking in and shaking hands with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung • 3. Bush and Nguyen sitting in bilateral meeting • 4. Close up of Nguyen • 5. Close up of Bush • 6. Mid of leaders chatting • STORYLINE: • US President George W. Bush met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in Hanoi on Friday as part of an official state visit preceding his participation in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. • Vietnam and the US have been on good terms recently, but Vietnam's bid for Permanent Normal Trade Relations was shot down at the beginning of the week, though there is confidence amongst the US trade officials that it will pass in the near future. • Also, four Vietnamese Americans were sentenced to 15 months in prison for anti-government activities at the end of last week in Ho Chi Minh City. • Relations with Vietnam have come a long way since the two countries fought a war in the 1960's and '70's. • In the mid-1990's the US trade embargo was lifted and diplomatic relations reinstated and since then there has been a growing trade relationship. • Bush's visit has been greeted with a certain ambivalence, shared by many Vietnamese, a sharp contrast to the reception that Bill Clinton received in 2000, when he became the first American president to visit since the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. • • Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork • Twitter: / ap_archive • Facebook: / aparchives • Instagram: / apnews • • • You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...

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