Vietnam has invited President Barack Obama to visit the Southeast Asian country later this year for a regional summit.
Vice Foreign minister Dao Viet Trung told reporters Thursday that Vietnam was hopeful Obama would attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit, which will be held in Hanoi in October.
Vietnam took over the Asean chairmanship from Thailand this year. Heads of state from the 10 Asean nations will also meet with leaders from China, Japan, South Korea, India, Russia and the United States at the summit.
A US Embassy spokesman said it was too early to know whether Obama would accept the invitation.
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