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　　The head of Vietnam's Communist Party visited withPresident Barack Obama at the White HouseTuesday. Nguyen Phu Trong met with the presidentand spoke to reporters after the meeting. Mr.Nguyen also invited President Obama to visitVietnam.

　　Mr. Obama said the two countries had made notableprogress in the last 20 years. He said there werestrong difference between the political philosophiesof the two countries and "there remain differences inthe bilateral relationship."

　　Among those difference, he said, were human rights and freedom of religion.

　　Vietnamese-American activists protested the visit by Mr. Nguyen calling for the U.S. to press formore human rights and democracy in Vietnam.

　　Recognizing the difficult history

　　After the meeting, both men noted the difficult history the U.S. and Vietnam share.

　　The visit comes not long after the 40th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. The twocountries normalized relations 20 years ago. And the U.S. still bans weapons sales to theSoutheast Asian nation.

　　However, the president said diplomatic discussions and steps taken by both countries andwithin organizations such as ASEAN could lead to better relations.

　　The president added that efforts by leaders of both parties in the United States and leadershipin Vietnam have led to a relationship of mutual respect that helps both countries.

　　Earlier, Nguyen Phu Trong called his meeting at the White House "historic" and said he hoped tobuild trust with the U.S.

　　After the meeting, he said his discussion with Mr. Obama had been "frank." But he said whatwas important was that the countries had gone from being enemies to friends and partners.

　　Former enemies are now partners

　　The U.S. and Vietnam have been moving closer together because of tensions in the SouthChina Sea. Vietnam has conflicting territorial claims with China in the western Pacific Ocean area.And China's efforts to build bases on coral islands in the sea have raised international concernsover navigation in the area.

　　Mr. Obama said after the meeting that he had discussed the importance of solving maritimedisputes in a way that observes international law.

　　The two men also spoke about the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement. Mr. Obamasaid the agreement would raise labor and environmental standards and would create significantjob growth for people in both countries.

　　Carl Thayer is a Southeast Asia expert. He says the U.S. is increasing its engagement with theAsia-Pacific area. He says the two countries are slowly reaching agreement on some strategicinterests including trade.

　　Mr. Thayer says the importance of the meeting is to help clarify the 2013 ComprehensivePartnership reached when Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang visited the White House twoyears ago.

　　He notes that the common issues of interest to the two sides are connected. Two such issuesare the Trans Pacific Partnership and human rights.

　　"If Vietnam signs on to the Trans-Pacific Partnership it has to agree to more independent laborunions, which Vietnam doesn't have, and greater transparency. So, Vietnam does what theyalways do -- release a couple of high-profile dissidents in advance of this meeting to earn somegoodwill. Nonetheless, they will continue to arrest people, particularly in the political season asthey move up to their party congress (in 2016)."

　　Human rights activists believe it is too soon to reward Vietnam with improved relations.

　　John Sifton of the group Human Rights Watch says the Vietnamese government usesrepression, torture and religious persecution against its people. He urged the U.S. to paycloser attention to human rights in Vietnam.

　　Huu Dinh Vo is a member of the Federation of Vietnamese American Communities of the USA.He says, "Any trade relations should be based on an improvement of human rights in Vietnam,otherwise the trade relationship only benefits the Communists' top leaders and not the peoplein Vietnam."

　　So far, Mr. Thayer says, Vietnam has preferred a multilateral approach in its relations with bigpowers like the U.S., China, Russia and India. It has not sided closely with a single major power.

　　However, Mr. Thayer says this trip appears to show that tensions with China over maritimeclaims remain and Vietnam is ready to move close to the U.S.

　　On Tuesday, Vietnam Airlines accepted its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Washington NationalAirport. The event marked the 20th anniversary of normalized relations between Vietnam andthe U.S.

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