Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a meeting with President of the Senate of Malaysia Dato Awang Bemee Awang Ali Basah in Kuala Lumpur on May 25 as part of his official visit to Malaysia and attendance at the 46th ASEAN Summit and related high-level meetings.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam met with the President of the Malaysian Senate, Dato’ Awang Bemee Awang Ali Basah, in Kuala Lumpur on November 21 as part of the Vietnamese leader's ongoing official visit to Malaysia.