Malaysian PM to make official visit to Vietnam
VOV.VN - Malaysian Prime Minister Dato’ Sri Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob is set to pay an official visit to Vietnam from March 20-21 at the invitation of Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on March 17.
Vietnam and Malaysia have enjoyed a long-standing friendship with fruitful cooperation across a variety of fields since they established diplomatic relations on March 30, 1973.
Since then, the bilateral ties have grown and flourished especially after being upgraded to a strategic partnership in 2015. Despite challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, two-way trade hit US$12.5 billion in 2021, a year-on year rise of 25.5%.