In a speech to military leaders from the region, To Lam said that distrust and a lack of respect for established rules had created a culture of “the big fish swallowing the small fish.”
Vietnam’s leader, To Lam, in Singapore, giving the keynote address on Friday to an annual Asian security conference. While careful not to criticize the United States or China directly, Mr. Lam acknowledged that a series of threats is making it harder for his country and the region to prosper.
The secretary of state visited India to reassure the South Asian giant that it can still rely on the United States. India did not gain much from the visit.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and India’s foreign minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, prepare to sign a memorandum of understanding in New Delhi on Tuesday.
China’s tobacco monopoly has become so financially vital to the government that even its powerful leader has failed to curb the country’s smoking habit.
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