Hanoi, Vietnam, Dec. 13 -- Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung

During the phone call with his Malaysian counterpart, Le congratulated Malaysia on its excellent fulfilment of the ASEAN Chairmanship this year.

The Malaysian diplomat, for his part, reiterated that Malaysia will continue assisting Viet Nam in developing the Halal industry and combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

The two ministers vowed to continue working closely to further enhance the Viet Nam-Malaysia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, and convene the eighth meeting of the joint commission soon to officially adopt the 2026-2030 action plan for implementing the partnership framework.

They underlined the need to raise bilateral trade to US$20 billion ...