France’s Macron comes to Vietnam for South East Asia Tour

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Vietnam for the first phase of the South East Asia tour on Sunday, where he would pitch his country as a reliable alternative partner for the United States and China.During his six-day visit, including Indonesia and Singapore, Macron would underline his honor for the sovereignty of Asian countries “the United States and China” will underline his honor for his honor, a president’s colleague said during a pre-fiber briefing.The French President is scheduled to meet Vietnam’s top leadership on Monday among the players of the capital Hanoi and the leading energy sector on Tuesday.Macron is expecting France’s expertise in Vietnam and Indonesia to exhibit France’s expertise, eager to embrace this form of energy, although other countries, including Russia, are also running for deals.France’s wish “gives Vietnam a useful counterweight for China’s growing impact to be outspoken into Indo-Pacific geopolitics”, said a visiting Fellow Guyen Khak Giang at the Isas-Yusof Ishaq Institute in Singapore.In Indonesia, Macron will interact with the General Secretary of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Cao Kim Hour Association on Wednesday.Macron’s colleague said that the President is “defending the idea of ​​international trade rules, we do not want a forest where the strongest law prevails”.The colleague stated that Macron’s message is aimed at both Washington, who is doing “extremely strong pressure” through US President Donald Trump’s tariff and Beijing, becoming increasingly aggressive on both trade and regional disputes, especially in the South China Sea. Before his departure, Macron interacted with Chinese leader Xi Jinping for “fair competition” between the two countries.And in Singapore on Friday, Macron Shangri-La dialogue, will give an initial speech on the largest platform on the security and defense of Asia.The President’s ally said he expected to expect Russia’s war in Ukraine “Asia is destabilizing Asia by” North Korean soldiers fight against European soil and support North Korea’s ballistic and nuclear programs “.Macron is eager to combat the scene of a European and western “double standard” between war in Ukraine and conflict in Gaza. “We fully understand the sensitivity of Muslim communities in the region,” the colleague said, “Macron is” specially committed “to achieve peace in the Middle East.