At the Shangri-La Dialogue, Vietnam's President To Lam warned of three fundamental crises—international order, development models, and strategic trust—converging to cause global instability in the Asia-Pacific region.

Vietnam’s leader To Lam on Friday struck a sombre tone at a summit when he warned of three foundational crises converging to cause global instabilities – those of international order, development models and strategic trust. He was delivering the keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Asia’s premier defence forum, in his first speech on Vietnam’s foreign policy to an international audience since being elected president in April. Speaking to defence ministers, military chiefs,...