The US will most likely continue its current policy of engaging Vietnam in military operations and activities during the incoming Trump administration, the head of US Indo-Pacific Command said at a briefing in Hanoi.

"There has been very little difference from a policy standpoint, from the previous administration to the present administration, on the focus of a free and independent and open Indo-Pacific," US Admiral Samuel Paparo said at the Hanoi defense expo, referring to the first administration of Donald Trump and the current Biden White House. "I should think that we should continue on with policies, and particularly with military operations and activities, that should demonstrate continuity within the relationship."