Bangkok, June 4 -- Vietnam views regional cooperation as the foundation of its broader international strategy, according to Thai scholar Supalak Ganjanakhundee.

Speaking in an interview with Vietnam News Agency (VNA) correspondents in Bangkok regarding the recent visits by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and State President To Lam to three Southeast Asian countries and his keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue, Supalak noted that before presenting Vietnam's vision for regional peace and security at a major international forum, the top Vietnamese leader visited Thailand, one of the key members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). This underscored the importance Vietnam att...