Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim concludes visit to Vietnam

The Prime Minister of Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim, is concluding a two-day official visit to Vietnam aimed at strengthening bilateral ties and in particular the strategic association agreed upon back in 2015.

PM Ibrahim arrived in Vietnam on Thursday and was received by his Vietnamese counterpart, Pham Minh Chinh, with whom he visited an exhibition on the most significant milestones in bilateral diplomatic relations, and held official talks, in which both agreed to strengthen the exchange of delegations and contacts at all levels and through the channels of the Party, State, Government and Parliament.

They also addressed the design of a mechanism to meet and exchange regularly and in flexible ways, and advocated taking advantage of the opportunities offered by regional trade agreements, as well as expanding bilateral collaboration in the fields of digital, circular and green economy.

The Malaysian Prime Minister was also received by the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Nguyen Phu Trong, who stressed that the visit marks a new milestone that contributes to promote the development of the strategic partnership between the two countries.

According to the official program, the Malaysian head of government will pay courtesy visits to the President of the Republic, Vo Van Thuong, and the President of the Vietnamese Parliament, Vuong Dinh Hue, on the last day of his visit.

This is the first official visit that Ibrahim has made to Vietnam after taking over as head of the Malaysian Government in December last year.

Malaysia is Vietnam’s second largest trading partner among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and ninth in the world. Its investments in Vietnam exceed 13 billion dollars, and the commercial exchange in 2022 reached 14.68 billion dollars.