Vietnam has also sought Japan's help for energy supplies, it showed, while the Philippines said on Monday it had received diesel from Tokyo. Japan's trade minister stressed the importance of keeping up fuel supplies to Southeast Asian nations where it has supply chains but declined to comment on specific deals. The government was engaging with major suppliers such as China, Singapore and South Korea, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said this month. Vietnam's aviation regulator urged authorities this month to seek additional jet fuel supplies from Brunei, India, Japan and South Korea. Associate Energy Minister Shane Jones told Reuters he had also contacted big commodity traders, among others, in the effort to shore up fuel supplies.

Source: Bangkok Post April 01, 2026 07:19 UTC