France's President Emmanuel Macron (left) offers a decorative souvenir to Vietnam's President Luong Cuong (2nd L), as their respective wives Brigitte Macron (2nd R) and Nguyen Thi Minh Nguyet (R) look on during a state dinner at the International Convention Center in Hanoi on Monday, May 26, 2025. -- Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP
HANOI (AFP): French President Emmanuel Macron called Monday for the preservation of a world order "based on law", as he started a tour of South-East Asia, a region caught up in the confrontation between the United States and China.
Macron said a rules-based order was necessary at "a time of both great imbalance and a return to power-driven rhetoric and intimidation", as he met his Vietnamese counterpart Luong Cuong in Hanoi.
