Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Vietnamese counterpart, Le Minh Hung, agreed Saturday (May 2) to position economic security cooperation as a pillar of their countries' bilateral relations, including Japan's public-private support for Vietnam's crude oil procurement.
PTT-chartered tanker among first through Hormuz after truce
SUNDAY, APRIL 12, 2026
A tanker chartered by Thailand’s PTT was among the first fully laden VLCCs to leave the Gulf after the US-Iran ceasefire, signalling a tentative easing in a key oil chokepoint.