Vietnam says its foreign minister will visit Myanmar on Wednesday
It would be the first trip by a senior Vietnamese official to Myanmar since a 2021 military coup triggered a civil war.
Vietnamese Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung is set to embark on an official visit to Myanmar on Wednesday, according to the Vietnamese foreign ministry. This marks the first such trip by a high-ranking Vietnamese official to Myanmar since the 2021 military coup, which sparked a civil war. During his visit, Trung is expected to co-chair a bilateral cooperation meeting with his Myanmar counterpart, U Tin Maung Swe, the ministry announced in a statement.
The trip follows the exchange of new ambassadors between Vietnam and Myanmar just a month ago. Vietnam considers Myanmar as an integral member of ASEAN and views the ASEAN Five-Point Consensus on peace in the country as the cornerstone for ASEAN's ongoing engagement and support. Myanmar has been diplomatically isolated from ASEAN since the coup, although Thailand and Laos have recently advocated for more engagement.
Recently, Myanmar's junta leader and newly appointed president, Min Aung Hlaing, paid visits to Laos and Thailand.
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