General, Premier Hail Clinton’s Visit
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Vietnam’s most famous general and its prime minister said they were pleased with a three-day historic visit by President Clinton that ended Sunday. Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap, the architect of the victory over France in 1954 and over U.S.-backed forces in 1975, said Clinton’s visit “strengthens relations between the two countries.” Prime Minister Phan Van Khai, speaking in Hanoi, echoed Giap’s sentiments. But Communist Party Secretary-General Le Kha Phieu was more reserved, saying that he reminded Clinton that Vietnam had fought a long war against “imperialist occupation.”
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