Hanoi, Oct. 24 -- Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Manh Cuong held a meeting with Maldivian Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulla Khaleel in Hanoi on October 24, on the sidelines of the signing ceremony of the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime.

Deputy Minister Cuong welcomed Minister Khaleel's participation in the event and commended the growing friendship between Vietnam and the Maldives over the past five decades since the establishment of diplomatic ties.

He underlined Vietnam's wish to capitalise on the potential and opportunities of cooperation with the Maldives, thus helping to develop bilateral ties more substantively in the coming time.

Minister Khaleel, for his part, congratulated Vietnam on its remarkable so...