FILE - U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink speaks in Taguig, Philippines on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. On Saturday, June 22, 2024, the senior U.S. diplomat held talks in Vietnam and said that the trust between the two countries was at an “all time high,” just days after Russian President Vladimir Putin's state visit to Hanoi. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)