Manila, July 24 -- Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung bilaterally met with his counterparts from Panama, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Qatar, as part of the 59th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM-59) and related meetings in Manila, the Philippines on July 24. During his meeting with Panamanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Javier Eduardo Martinez-Acha Vasquez, important gains from more than five decades of ties were welcomed, with two-way trade climbing steadily to 474 million USD in 2025 from 364 million USD in 2015. The Panamanian minister praised Vietnam's development record after its struggle for national independence and reunification, calling Vietnam a key Asia-Pacific partner for Panama.

The two ministers agreed to faci...