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  "id": 3216833,
  "title": "Vietnam says its foreign minister will visit Myanmar on Wednesday",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/vietnam-says-its-foreign-minister-will-visit-myanmar-on-wednesday",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-25T06:45:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2026/08/25/vietnam-says-its-foreign-minister-will-visit-myanmar-on-wednesday"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Vietnam's Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung will visit Myanmar next Wednesday, marking the first official trip by a senior Vietnamese official to the country since the 2021 military coup that sparked a civil war, according to the Vietnamese foreign ministry. The visit will also see Trung co-chair a bilateral cooperation meeting with his Myanmar counterpart, U Tin Maung Swe, the ministry stated. This trip follows the exchange of new ambassadors between the two nations a month ago. Vietnam considers Myanmar a vital member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and views ASEAN's Five-Point Consensus on peacebuilding in the country as a crucial framework for ASEAN's ongoing engagement and support. Myanmar has been diplomatically isolated from ASEAN since the coup, although Thailand and Laos have been advocating for increased engagement recently. Myanmar's junta chief and current president, Min Aung Hlaing, had already visited Laos in July and Thailand in August.",
  "summary": "It would be the first trip by a senior Vietnamese official to Myanmar since a 2021 military coup triggered a civil war.",
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        "title": "Vietnam says its foreign minister will visit Myanmar on Wednesday",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/vietnam-says-its-foreign-minister-will-visit-myanmar-on-wednesday-3220400",
        "published": "2026-08-25T06:45:51.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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