Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing to visit Vietnam this week, continuing push for re-engagement
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Min Aung Hlaing assumed presidency earlier in 2026 after a widely criticised election.
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- Myanmar’s leader Min Aung Hlaing will visit Vietnam from Sept 4 to 6 to strengthen diplomatic and economic ties.
- He will meet Vietnam’s top officials and attend a Myanmar-Vietnam business forum during the visit.
- Despite these efforts, ASEAN still excludes Myanmar’s political leaders from summits due to the ongoing civil conflict and failure to follow peace plans.
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YANGON - Myanmar’s junta chief-turned-president Min Aung Hlaing will make an official visit to Vietnam from Sept 4 to 6 at the invitation of Vietnamese President To Lam, state media in both countries reported on Sept 1.
Vietnam will be the seventh country he has visited since assuming the presidency earlier in 2026, as he seeks greater legitimacy and regional re-engagement.
Min Aung Hlaing will hold bilateral talks with To Lam and meet Vietnam’s prime minister and National Assembly president, state media outlet the Global New Light of Myanmar said.
He will attend a Myanmar-Vietnam business forum, and meet representatives of economic organisations, Myanmar state media reported.
The Vietnam trip follows a series of foreign visits by Min Aung Hlaing, including to Russia and Thailand in August, as he has sought to deepen overseas engagement to gain broader international legitimacy for his administration.
Despite Myanmar’s push, ASEAN has kept Myanmar’s political representatives out of its summits due to the failure to implement the regional body’s peace plan to end the country’s civil war which was sparked by the junta’s 2021 coup, permitting only non-political participation. REUTERS
