Vietnam says its foreign minister will visit Myanmar on Wednesday

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August 25, 2026 2:30 AM EDT

Vietnam Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung attends the 33rd ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), part of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting, at the Philippine International Convention Center on July 23, 2026 in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. Ezra Acayan/Pool via

(Corrects to clarify ‌visit is ​first ​for a bilateral meeting by a Vietnamese foreign minister since 2021, not ‌first trip by a senior Vietnamese official)

HANOI, Aug ⁠25 (Reuters) - Vietnamese Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung is ‌scheduled to meet with his ‌counterpart in Myanmar on Wednesday, Vietnam's foreign ministry said, marking the first official visit ​by a Vietnamese foreign minister to the country since the 2021 military coup that ⁠triggered a civil war.

Following are more details of the trip:

• Trung ​is expected to co-chair a bilateral cooperation meeting with his Myanmar counterpart, the ​ministry said in a statement.

• ‌The trip comes a month after Vietnam and Myanmar exchanged new ambassadors.

• ⁠Vietnam regards Myanmar as an integral member of ASEAN and considers ASEAN's Five-Point Consensus on bringing ⁠peace to the country as the key framework for the ​bloc's continued engagement and support, the foreign ministry has said.

• Myanmar's government has been isolated diplomatically from ASEAN ‌since the 2021 coup, though Thailand and Laos have pushed for greater ‌engagement in recent months, with Myanmar's junta ⁠chief turned president Min ‌Aung Hlaing visiting ​Laos in July and Thailand in August.

(Reporting by Phuong Nguyen; Editing by David ‌Stanway)


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