BAKU, Oct. 15 -- A visa-free regime between Vietnam and Azerbaijan is now on the agenda, but only as one line on a list. Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan and President Ilham Aliyev discussed it in Baku on Wednesday, along with trade, transport and logistics, renewable energy, tourism and investment, according to the Azerbaijani presidency's account of the meeting.

Vo Thi Anh Xuan was in the Azerbaijani capital for the Baku CICA summit, the gathering of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia. Aliyev thanked her for Vietnam's support for extending Azerbaijan's chairmanship of the organization. She congratulated him on what she called a successful chairmanship and on hosting the summit.

The visa line is the it...