Vietnam

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From left, Thein Sein, president of Myanmar; Benigno Aquino III, president of the Philippines; Lee Hsien Loong, prime minister of Singapore; Yingluck Shinawatra, prime minister of Thailand; Nguyen Tan Dung, prime minister of Vietnam; and Hun Sen, prime minister of Cambodia, join hands after a signing ceremony of adoption of the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration during a summit for the association in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Sunday. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** A group of Vietnamese sex workers are given a class on safe sex by members of an HIV/AIDS outreach network at a karaoke club in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Oct. 12, 2009. (Associated Press)

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Vietnam veteran David Snyder of Metamora, Ohio, watches a live video broadcast of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney during a campaign event with Mr. Romney's running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, on Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, in Swanton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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Duc Nguyen, originally from Vietnam, accepts his certificate of citizenship after being sworn in along with 224 others on Sept. 17, 2012, at the National Archives Building in Washington, during a naturalization ceremony to commemorate the 225th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Duc Nguyen (center), originally from Vietnam, listens along with 224 other newly sworn-in U.S. citizens on Sept. 17, 2012, at the National Archives Building in Washington, during a naturalization ceremony to commemorate the 225th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Nguyen Thi Chi (left), 20, plays July 26, 2012, with her girlfriend Dinh Thi Hong Loan, 30, at Thong Nhat park in Hanoi, Vietnam. The lesbian couple have dated for more than 2 years and plan to get married next month. (Associated Press)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh pose for a photo at the Government Guest House in Hanoi on Tuesday, July 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Kham, Pool)

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Members of the Air Force Honor Guard hold American flags to be presented to family members during a burial service July 9, 2012, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., for six men killed in 1965 when an Air Force plane carrying the men crashed after leaving Vietnam for a combat mission.

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Students take the graduation exam June 3 at a high school in Danang. Schools at all levels in Vietnam are rife with cheating and bribery. The result is that a record number of students are attending international-style private schools and later enrolling in overseas colleges and universities. (Associated Press)

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AP staff photographer Huynh Cong “Nick” Ut (right) renews acquaintances Saturday in Buena Park, Calif., with Kim Phuc, now 49, and Dr. My Le, who treated her two days after a napalm attack in Vietnam 40 years ago. His 1972 photo of a 9-year-old Ms. Phuc won a Pulitzer Prize. (Associated Press)

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U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta (right) talks with Chief Mate Fred Cullen as he takes a boat out to the USNS Richard E. Byrd in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, on Sunday, June 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool)

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Newly naturalized citizen Vy Tuong Nguyen, of Vietnam, shakes hands with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright after receiving her certificate of citizenship at a naturalization ceremony Thursday, May 24, 2012 at the Smithsonian Institute's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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At the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall in NW Washington, Michael "Trumpet" Willis pays homage to colleagues who died during the Vietnam war as the 18th annual Rolling Thunder ride takes place, Sunday, May 29, 2005. Willis served in Vietnam in 1971. ( Allison Shelley / The Washington Times )