Vietnamese FM in Malaysia

Vietnamese FM in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Dy Nien has arrived in Malaysia, airport officials said on Sunday.

Nien was met on arrival by his Malaysian counterpart Syed Hamid Albar, an official said. This is Nien's first visit to Malaysia since taking up his post in January.

Nien is to stay in Malaysia until Tuesday before continuing to Brunei and the Philippines.

The three countries are partners of Vietnam in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations but they all have territorial disputes with Hanoi over the Spratly Islands, an archipelago in the South China Sea also claimed by China and Taiwan.