VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son expressed Vietnam’s desires to foster the strategic partnerships with Singapore and Malaysia, during his separate meetings with the Fo

LANGKAWI - Asean needs to double down on regional integration to enhance the grouping’s competitiveness, especially at a time when changes to geopolitical structures and economic policy are taking place worldwide, said Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan.

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son met with Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan on the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat (AMM Retreat) in Malaysia on .

Southeast Asian foreign ministers are gathering for their first meeting this year under the regional bloc’s new chair, Malaysia, seeking a breakthrough over Myanmar’s drawn-out civil war and territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

Retreat at the Langkawi International Convention Centre, Mohamad met with Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bui Thanh Son. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry noted that both ministers underscored the importance of close collaboration in achieving the ASEAN Community Vision 2045.

Vietnam pledged to further to strengthening the Vietnam-Singapore Strategic Partnership, said Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Affairs Mr. Le Hoai Trung at meetings with Singaporean leaders.

Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of its Commission for External Relations Le Hoai Trung is on a working visit to Singapore from January 7-11 at the invitation of Singaporean Minister of Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan.

Singapore’s foreign affairs minister was speaking after the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat in Langkawi on Jan 18 and 19, the first high-level meeting hosted by Malaysia as the bloc’s 2025 chair.

Standing Committee is scheduled to take place over 1.5 days starting January 6, with Chairman Tranh Thanh Man delivering the opening remarks and alternating in chairing the event with vice chairmen.

Vietnam always attaches importance to and wishes to promote friendship and win-win multi-faceted cooperation with nations that are its traditional friends, including Uzbekistan, Deputy Foreign Minister Le Thi Thu Hang told her Uzbek counterpart Ilkhom Khaydarov during their phone talks on January 7.