Trump pitches US arms exports in meeting with Vietnam

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HANOI - US President Donald Trump used a meeting with Vietnamese officials on Wednesday to pitch arms exports from the United States, ahead of a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Trump is in Hanoi, the Vietnamese capital, for his second summit with Kim since their first historic meeting in June last year.

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