Le Minh Hung

Vietnam's richest man Pham Nhat Vuong leads a consortium to build Hanoi's $49B metro projects.

Vietnam and Russia advance nuclear power plant talks during a meeting between PM Hung and President Putin.

ASEAN and Russia agreed to strengthen connectivity between ASEAN and the Eurasian Economic Union during their commemorative summit, aiming to boost regional economic resilience through enhanced trade, energy cooperation, and infrastructure development across the strategically significant Eurasian region.

Russia hosted the sixth Russia-ASEAN Summit in Kazan in June 2026, bringing together Southeast Asian leaders to consolidate Moscow's Indo-Pacific presence amid great power competition and reshape regional alignments through multilateral engagement formats.

Prime Minister Lê Minh Hưng attends the ASEAN-Russia summit, affirming the importance of their strategic partnership.

Russia hosts a summit in Kazan with ASEAN leaders, seeking to strengthen ties with Southeast Asia's $13 trillion economy while ASEAN resists Western pressure to isolate Russia, with experts believing personal relationships could reshape international relations.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung called for strengthened ASEAN-Russia cooperation in supply chains, energy, and innovation during the Business Forum in Kazan, marking the 35th anniversary of bilateral relations and promoting resilient economic partnerships amid global transformations.

Russian and Southeast Asian leaders gathered in Kazan to deepen economic ties, with bilateral trade reaching 21 billion dollars over the past decade while discussing expanded cooperation in energy, technology, and investment.

China is ready to expand bilateral trade with Vietnam, said Premier Li Qiang during a phone call with Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung.

Vietnam reinforces bridge role, brings new momentum to ASEAN-Russia relations

Prime Minister Lê Minh Hưng spoke at the 2026 ASEAN Future Forum in Hanoi.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung and ASEAN leaders convened the ASEAN Future Forum 2026 in Hanoi on June 9, emphasizing peace as development's foundation while proposing strategic priorities including unity, resilience, connectivity and energy security.

ASEAN leaders convened at the 2026 Future Forum to develop unified strategic positioning amid global fragmentation and volatility, emphasizing regional cohesion as essential for navigating geopolitical uncertainty and maintaining collective influence.

Vietnamese Prime Minister hosts welcome ceremony for Thai counterpart

Thai Prime Minister Anutin arrived in Hanoi for a two-day official visit to strengthen economic cooperation, trade, and investment ties while advancing the countries' Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and regional Asean affairs.

Vietnam and Laos agreed to strengthen economic ties and expand cooperation across multiple sectors, though specific targets and implementation details remain unclear in this announcement focused on bilateral partnership development.

Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul visits Vietnam to boost trade and investment ties.

Vietnam's delegation, led by Prime Minister Le Minh Hung, significantly advanced the ASEAN-Russia strategic partnership at their commemorative summit in Kazan, proposing new energy cooperation initiatives and hosting a 2027 young diplomats summit to deepen regional ties.

Russia and ASEAN leaders convened in Kazan to review their 35-year strategic partnership, approved four cooperation documents covering political, economic, cultural and energy collaboration, strengthening regional stability amid geopolitical tensions.

Vietnam calls for dialogue and peace at ASEAN-Russia summit

Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung proposed strengthened ASEAN-Russia cooperation in trade, energy, technology, and innovation at the Kazan Business Forum, emphasizing sustainable supply chains, clean energy projects, and digital transformation opportunities for the combined 850-million-person market.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung advocated positioning energy as a key pillar of ASEAN-Russia cooperation at the Kazan Business Forum, emphasizing energy security's critical role in sustainable development and proposing expanded collaboration in clean energy, LNG, and technology innovation.

Prime Minister Le Minh Hung met Vietnamese community members in Russia during an ASEAN-Russia summit, praising their contributions to bilateral ties and calling for expanded business investments, technological cooperation, and cultural preservation among the 80,000 expatriates.

PM highlights supply chains, energy, and innovation as priorities for ASEAN-Russia cooperation.

Russia hosted Southeast Asian leaders in Kazan for a 35-year commemoration summit, strengthening ties with ASEAN's 690 million people and $4 trillion economy while demonstrating Moscow's strategic pivot toward Asia amid geopolitical realignment.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung's June trip to Russia for the ASEAN-Russia Commemorative Summit underscores Vietnam's bridge-building role, as the two sides mark 35 years of dialogue relations with two-way trade at 17.81 billion USD and expanded cooperation across security, economic and cultural pillars.

Vietnam's Prime Minister Le Minh Hung urged Japan's JICA to expand official development assistance focusing on science, technology, digital transformation, and green transition, while bilateral trade surpassed fifty billion dollars in 2025.

Vietnamese Party Chief and President To Lam met separately with prime ministers of Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand, emphasizing strengthened regional cooperation, strategic partnerships, and concrete economic collaboration while pledging increased bilateral trade and investment initiatives.

Vietnamese Communist Party leader To Lam received Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul in June, calling for stronger bilateral cooperation across politics, defense, and economics, with both nations targeting twenty-five billion dollars in trade growth within their comprehensive strategic partnership framework.

Vietnam and Laos signed a cooperation agreement to enhance financial management capacity from 2026-2030.

Vietnam and Thailand's prime ministers committed on June 8 to deepen their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership through enhanced political trust, economic cooperation targeting 25 billion USD in bilateral trade, and strengthened defence and security coordination across all sectors.

Vietnamese and Cambodian prime ministers agreed to strengthen infrastructure connectivity and expand economic cooperation, with bilateral trade reaching nearly five billion dollars in early 2026, up 9.6 percent year-over-year.

Thai Prime Minister Anutin arrives in Hanoi to boost trade and investment with Vietnam.

Timor-Leste Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão visits Việt Nam to strengthen bilateral relations.

ASEAN and Russia convened in Kazan on June 18 to mark 35 years of partnership, with Vietnam's Prime Minister proposing three strategic directions including doubling bilateral trade to 45 billion dollars by 2035 and prioritizing energy cooperation and food security.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung joined ASEAN leaders and Russian President Putin at their 35th Anniversary Summit's working lunch to discuss Asia-Europe integration, emphasizing the region's strategic economic importance with 3.4 billion people and over half global oil reserves.

PM proposes three orientations to deepen ASEAN–Russia relations

Vietnam's Prime Minister Le Minh Hung met with Russian energy executives Rosatom and Zarubezhneft, endorsing nuclear power expansion, the Ninh Thuan plant project, and increased oil and gas cooperation as strategic bilateral priorities.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung called for expanded nuclear cooperation with Russia's Rosatom, emphasizing support for the planned Ninh Thuan 1 power plant and positioning nuclear energy as a long-term strategic pillar in Vietnam-Russia bilateral relations.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung proposed making energy a pillar of ASEAN-Russia cooperation at their 35th Anniversary Summit, advocating sustainable supply chains, clean energy development, and technology innovation to enhance regional trade and investment.

Prime Minister Lê Minh Hưng attends the ASEAN-Russia Summit on a Vietjet commercial flight.

Vietnamese PM Le Minh Hung and Chinese Premier Li Qiang discussed expanding bilateral trade through smart border gates, cross-border economic zones, railway infrastructure, and cooperation in technology, education, tourism, and energy sectors.

PM Le Minh Hung heads to Russia for landmark ASEAN-Russia summit

Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung urged Japan's JICA to support Vietnam's industrialization and modernization through new-generation ODA, including semiconductors, AI, and green transition, as Japan strengthens its position as Vietnam's largest development partner.

Vietnam and Thailand agreed to deepen political and economic cooperation, targeting 25 billion dollars in bilateral trade initially and eventually 50 billion, during Thai PM Anutin's official visit to Hanoi coinciding with their 50th diplomatic anniversary.

The ASEAN Future Forum 2026 opens in Hanoi, Vietnam, as a key platform for regional dialogue and cooperation.

Vietnamese and Cambodian prime ministers advance their countries' partnership during talks in Hanoi.

Cambodia and Thailand both strengthened economic ties with Vietnam during the Third ASEAN Future Forum as regional tensions persist, with both nations targeting bilateral trade increases of $20-25 billion by 2030.

Prime Minister Lê Minh Hưng hosts a welcoming ceremony for Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.

Cambodian Prime Minister arrives in Hanoi for official visit, ASEAN Future Forum 2026