Manila, July 23 -- Building on Vietnam's strong bilateral ties with Northeast Asian partners, Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung reaffirmed the country's commitment to further advancing ASEAN+3 cooperation, contributing to regional peace, stability and development while delivering tangible benefits to people across the region.

Trung made the remarks at the ASEAN+3 Foreign Ministers' Meeting on July 23 in Manila, the Philippines, held on the sidelines of the 59th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM-59) and related meetings. The meeting brought together the foreign ministers of ASEAN member states, China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (RoK).

The Vietnamese minister underscored ASEAN+3's role as a strategic platform for deepenin...