Prime Ministers of Vietnam and Malaysia visit book street and enjoy coffee

HANOI Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim visited the book street and enjoyed coffee on the morning of July 21.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his wife invited Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and his wife to visit the book street in Hanoi on the morning of July 21. This is part of the activities during Mr. Anwar Ibrahim's two-day official visit to Vietnam.

The Malaysian Prime Minister arrived in Hanoi on July 20, marking his first official visit to Vietnam since taking office in December 2022.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim visit bookstores during the event.

Book Street is a street near Hoan Kiem Lake, connecting Ly Thuong Kiet and Hai Ba Trung streets in Hoan Kiem district, where hundreds of thousands of books on many different fields are sold and displayed.

Ms. Le Thi Bich Tran (holding a handbag), wife of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, and Ms. Wan Azizah binti Wan Ismail (fourth from left), wife of the Malaysian Prime Minister, chat on the book street.

The two ladies visited the outdoor book exhibition.

The two Prime Ministers and their wives interacted with children at the book street.

Leaders and their spouses enjoy coffee on the street. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh introduces to the Malaysian Prime Minister a type of coffee grown in Cau Dat, Lam Dong province, Vietnam.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh also introduced to the Malaysian Prime Minister about Vietnam's tradition of learning and reading culture. The two Prime Ministers and their wives expressed their delight at experiencing this rare outdoor reading space.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presented the Malaysian Prime Minister with the book Some theoretical and practical issues on socialism and the path to socialism in Vietnam by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, along with the work Prison Diary by President Ho Chi Minh and the book World People's Feelings for President Ho Chi Minh .

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh waves goodbye to the Malaysian Prime Minister after visiting the book street.

During yesterday's talks , the two Prime Ministers discussed measures to enhance bilateral cooperation, agreeing to strive to increase bilateral trade turnover from nearly 15 billion USD to 18 billion USD by 2025.

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