On the occasion of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh leading a high-level Vietnamese delegation to attend the 8th Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Summit, the 10th Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS) Summit, the 11th Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Vietnam (CLMV) Summit, and working visits to China, Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Thanh Binh shared about the purpose and significance of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's trip.

Vietnam and Bahrain have agreed to ramp up bilateral cooperation in various fields at a political consultation during a working visit to Bahrain by Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Quang Hieu.