Anwar Meets Vietnamese PM Chinh At BRICS Summit
Anwar was accompanied by Transport Minister Anthony Loke and Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz at the meeting.
Also present was deputy secretary-general for Bilateral Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia, Datuk Ahmad Rozian Abd Ghani
Anwar had met Chinh during the 46th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur last May, as well as during his visit to Hanoi to attend the 2nd ASEAN Future Forum (AFF) 2025 in February.
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