Kuala Lumpur, May 27 -- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Jasem Mohamed Al-Budaiwi in Kuala Lumpur on May 27 during his trip to Malaysia for official visit and the 46th ASEAN Summit and related meetings.

PM Chinh expressed his delight at the positive momentum in Vietnam - GCC relations since their previous meeting at the 55th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF Davos) in January 2025, notably ongoing efforts to launch negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Vietnam and the GCC.

He proposed that the GCC Secretary-General support and expedite the necessary procedures to announce the start of FTA negotiations at the earliest possible date, as well as ex...