Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 26 -- Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung met with his Singaporean counterpart Vivian Balakrishnan in Kuala Lumpur, Malayia on October 26 afternoon when he accompanied Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh to attend the 47th ASEAN Summit and related summits.

Trung expressed his pleasure at meeting Balakrishnan for the first time in his new position and affirmed Vietnam's desire to further advance the Vietnam-Singapore Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in general and the sound cooperation between the two foreign ministries in particular.

Both ministers welcomed the significant progress in bilateral relations, with the recent upgrade to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, describing it as an important mil...