Fresh Off His Visit to Washington, Vietnam’s Foreign Minister Heads Straight to Beijing

Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bùi Thanh Sơn met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington on March 25, 2024. Image via @FMBuiThanhSon.

Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bùi Thanh Sơn will be in Beijing on Wednesday and Thursday this week for talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.

The trip comes just one week after Sơn was in Washington, where he met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

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