The 5th session of the Vietnam-Malaysia Committee for Economic, Science and Technology Cooperation in Hanoi

The same day, the two Foreign Minister co-chaired the 5^th session of the Vietnam-Malaysia Committee for Economic, Science and Technology Cooperation in Hanoi. The two sides agreed to increase delegation exchanges and strengthen bilateral cooperation on all channels and in various fields. They stressed the importance of accelerating trade and investment promotion activities and, encouraged the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group and Malaysia’s Petronas to seek mutual cooperation and cooperation with the third party. They agreed to boost cooperation in security and national defense, soon negotiate and sign cooperation agreements on combating human trafficking, extradition, and hand over of prisoners to fine-tune legal frameworks in combating crimes. The two countries will support each other at regional and international forums, promote ASEAN’s solidarity and central role in the regional security architecture, and increase consultation for peace, security, stability, safety and freedom of navigation and overflight in the East Sea. They called on involved parties to practice restraint, not to use or threaten to use force, respect legal and diplomatic process, settle disputes on the basis of international law including the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, and soon finalize the Code of Conduct in the East Sea.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received Minister Anifah Aman at the Government Office the same day