Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held meetings with leaders of Cambodia, Malaysia, India, the UN, and ASEAN on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit 2025 in Tianjin, China, on September 1.

Malaysia’s Ministry of Energy Transition and Water Transformation announced on August 25 that the country is advancing deeper integration under the ASEAN Power Grid Initiative, aiming to strengthen energy resilience and open up opportunities for cross-border electricity trade.

Vice Admiral Tran Thanh Nghiem, Commander of the Viet Nam People’s Navy, has stressed Viet Nam’s strong commitment to regional cooperation when he attended the 19th ASEAN Navy Chiefs’ Meeting (ANCM-19) that opened on August 19 in Penang, Malaysia.

Officers and sailors of frigate 016-Quang Trung and a delegation of the Viet Nam People’s Navy on August 17 took part in a street parade in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. The event was held as part of the third ASEAN Multilateral Naval Exercise (AMNEX 3), hosted by the Royal Malaysian Navy.

Frigate 016 - Quang Trung and a working delegation of the Viet Nam People’s Navy departed from Cam Ranh Military Port in Khanh Hoa province on August 10 afternoon to participate in the third ASEAN Multilateral Naval Exercise (AMNEX 3) in Penang, Malaysia.

No Vietnamese tourists sustained serious injuries when their bus and two other cars involved in a collision that occurred in the Genting Highlands area of Pahang state, Malaysia, on August 10, according to the Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia.

Viet Nam is seeking to boost exports to Halal markets through Malaysia, which is viewed as a strategic gateway to the global market, heard a business forum in Ho Chi Minh City on August 7.

The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture of Malaysia, through the Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board office in Viet Nam, organised a series of events under the banner of the “Malaysia Tourism, Arts, Culture and Culinary Festival 2025” in Ho Chi Minh City and Ha Noi from July 29 to August 2.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim in Rio de Janeiro on July 6 afternoon (local time) on the sidelines of the expanded BRICS summit.

Viet Nam’s national football team lost 0-4 to Malaysia in their first Asian Cup qualifier match at Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur on June 10.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with his Thai counterpart Prayut Chan-o-cha, and Speaker of the House of Representatives of Malaysia Tan Sri Azhar Azizan Harun on the sidelines of the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits and related Summits in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on November 11.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 31 cabled a congratulatory message to King of Malaysia Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta’in Billah on his country’s 65th National Day (August 31, 1957 – 2022).