Wang Yi meets Vietnamese, Cambodian officials in Beijing for Lancang-Mekong foreign ministers’ meeting

The Lancang-Mekong framework has become a regular diplomatic channel for China and mainland Southeast Asia, and hosting Vietnam and Cambodia's top diplomats on the same day keeps that mechanism active at a moment when regional alignments are in flux. The significance lies less in the meetings themselves than in the consistency of the format: Beijing is maintaining structured, minister-level contact with both neighbors. Whether this cadence translates into concrete coordination on river, trade or security issues is the open question worth watching.