Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim held talks in Kuala Lumpur on May 25 to advance bilateral relations. The meeting took place during PM Chinh’s official visit to Malaysia, where he is also attending the 46th ASEAN Summit and related events.

Both Vietnam and Malaysia play an important and indispensable role in ASEAN, including in the fields of economy, diplomacy and security, said Collins Chong Yew Keat, an expert on policy and foreign affairs at the University of Malaya, Malaysia.