Pompeo wraps up Asia tour in Vietnam following prisoner release

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.