What You Need to Know About Obama's Visit to Vietnam Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email US President Barack Obama (L) meets with Communist Party of Vietnam General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (R) at the Communist Party of Vietnam's Central Office in Hanoi on May 23, 2016. ( JIM WATSON/AFP / Getty ) Produced by Dana Roberson and Jack D'Isidoro Produced by PRI and WNYC