by Jérôme CARTILLIER Jerome TAYLOR HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — President Barack Obama urged communist Vietnam on Tuesday to abandon authoritarianism, saying basic human rights would not jeopardise its stability, after Hanoi barred several dissidents from meeting the US leader. In a sweeping speech, which harked back to the bloody war that defined both nations but also looked to the future, Obama insisted that “upholding rights is not a threat to stability”. Vietnam ruthlessly cracks down […]