General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam on November 21 held talks with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, following an official welcome ceremony held for the Vietnamese leader at the Prime Minister’s Office in Putrajaya city.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Malaysia have decided to upgrade their relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, pledging to offer mutual support for each country's respective development path, Party General Secretary To Lam and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said while co-chairing a press briefing following talks held on November 21 in Kuala Lumpur.

VOV.VN - National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man and his delegation arrived at Pochentong International Airport in Phnom Penh, starting their official visit to Cambodia where they will attend the 12th General Assembly of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) and the 11th Plenary Session of International Parliament for Tolerance and Peace (IPTP) from November 21-24.

VOV.VN - Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim chaired an official welcome ceremony for Party General Secretary To Lam, his wife and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam on November 21 in Kuala Lumpur.

VOV.VN - Over the past 51 years, the traditional friendship and co-operative ties between Vietnam and Malaysia have seen positive development across multiple fields, particularly following relations being upgraded into a strategic partnership in 2015.

The official visit to Malaysia from November 21-23 by Party General Secretary To Lam, which comes ahead of the 10th anniversary of the bilateral strategic partnership next year, will help reinforce the foundation of the political relationship and provide new momentum to further promote strategic cooperation across all fields, a diplomat has said.

The official visit to Malaysia from November 21-23 by Party General Secretary To Lam is expected to open up new opportunities for and mark a new milestone in the economic and trade cooperation between Vietnam and Malaysia.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received General Secretary of the United Left Movement (MIU) Party and Minister of Regional Integration Policies of the Dominican Republic Miguel Mejia in Santo Domingo on November 20 afternoon (local time), as part of his official visit to the Caribbean nation.

VOV.VN - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam, his spouse and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam departed Hanoi on November 21 morning for a three-day official visit to Malaysia at the invitation of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and his spouse.

The upcoming Malaysia visit by Party General Secretary To Lam will set the stage for a deeper partnership between the two countries, reinforcing ASEAN’s role and influence under Malaysia’s leadership, Collins Chong Yew Keat, an expert on foreign affairs and security at the University of Malaya, told the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)'s resident reporter.