Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bùi Thanh Sơn.- VNA/VNS
HANOI (Vietnam News/ANN): Newly-appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn on Wednesday held separate online conversations with Australian foreign minister Marise Payne, Malaysian foreign minister Hishammuddin Hussein and Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Teodoro Locsin Jr.
During the conversations, Sơn said Australia, Malaysia, and the Philippines are important and reliable partners that share many strategic interests with Vietnam.
He expressed his satisfaction with positive development steps in Vietnam s Strategic Partnerships with Australia, Malaysia and the Philippines in the recent years, with political trust enhanced and trade and investment maintained despite the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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