Vietnamese PM's historic visit to White House
Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai came under muted US pressure on human rights as he became the first leader of his country to visit the White House since the bloody Vietnam War.
Ten years after Washington and Hanoi established diplomatic relations, Khai met with US President George W. Bush as hundreds of protesters outside the mansion loudly assailed his record on political and religious freedoms.
"The prime minister graciously invited me to Vietnam. I will be going in 2006," when Vietnam hosts the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit, the president said during a brief joint appearance in the Oval Office.
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