Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan told a press conference at the Sumud Nusantara Command Centre in Sepang on Saturday (Oct 4) that Vietnam is leading in representing Asean countries in Israel after Malaysians in the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla were detained by Israeli Navy.br br Mohamad said Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei do not have embassies in Israel, so Vietnam had assumed the Asean chair role to coordinate consular assistance.