Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) shakes hands with his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc after they attended a joint press briefing at Phuc's Cabinet Office in Hanoi, Vietnam January 16, 2017. REUTERS/Hoang Dinh Nam/Pool
HANOI (Reuters) - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday promised Vietnam six new patrol boats during a visit to the Southeast Asian country, which is locked in a dispute with China over the busy South China Sea.
Abe's stop in Vietnam completes a tour through an arc of a region where Japan stakes a leadership claim in the face of China's growing dominance and uncertainty over what policy change Donald Trump will bring as U.S. president.
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