The foreign ministers of Kuwait and Maldives on October 20 sent their sympathies over the heavy losses caused by serious flooding and landslides in central Vietnam.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh held phone talks with Foreign Minister of Maldives Abdulla Shahid on October 9 to discuss bilateral ties and regional and global issues of shared concern, on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties.