U.S. warships make first north Vietnam visit http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSHAN24288620071114?sp=true
Tue Nov 13, 2007
HAIPHONG, Vietnam (Reuters) - Two U.S. Navy vessels on Wednesday became the first American warships to visit northern Vietnam in peacetime, entering Haiphong port which U.S. forces mined and bombed in the Vietnam War 40 years ago.
The courtesy call of mine warfare ships USS Patriot and USS Guardian in communist-ruled Vietnam is the latest in a series of ship visits at a time of warm relations between Hanoi and Washington. http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSHAN24288620071114?sp=true