US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (third from right) and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (centre), stand with their delegations during a photo opportunity in Hanoi, Friday (Oct 30, 2020). Pompeo wrapped up a five-nation, anti-China tour of Asia in Vietnam on Friday with a call for regional unity with US as the fierce American presidential election race entered its final stretch. - AP
HANOI, Oct 30 (Reuters): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wound up a visit to Asia in Vietnam on Friday after a tour marked by his repeated calls for help for the United States in confronting security threats posed by China.
Vietnam, which also shares concern about an increasingly assertive China, was a late addition to the trip that included Sri Lanka, India, the Maldives and Indonesia.
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