Obama has left Vietnam and heads to Japan

• President Obama talks to 1,000 young people in Ho Chi Minh City
• Obama's schedule for the last day in Vietnam
• Obama’s messages to Vietnamese start-ups
• Obama touts TPP to Vietnam
• Japan PM Abe to meet with Obama, Cameron ahead of G7 summit

Obama ends his historic visit to Vietnam with the participation in the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) town hall at the GEM Center in Ho Chi Minh City. Earlier in the morning, he has conducted a closed meeting with U.S. consulate staff and family members.

During his three-day trip to the Southeast Asian country, from May 23 to May 26, several significant milestones in the Vietnam - U.S. relations have been marked, including the U.S. officially lifting the decades-long arms embargo against Vietnam and establishing the Peace Corps’ operation in the country.

Obama has also impressed Vietnamese people with his friendly manner, selecting some of the capital's signature dishes that are hard to find anywhere else and referencing historic Vietnamese figures, music and literature in his speeches.

The U.S. president will spend three days in Japan before finishing his late-May Asia swing on the 28th.

Saigoneers bid farewell to President Obama Photo by VnExpress/Hai Hieu

Air Force One at Tan Son Nhat International Airport ready to take Obama to Japan for the G7 Summit. Photo by VnExpress/Duc Dong

Air Force One carrying Obama departs from Tan Son Nhat Airport. Photo by VnExpress/Duc Dong