Vietnam, Myanmar agree to boost wide-ranging tiesVietnam and Myanmar have agreed to strengthen cooperation across sectors following talks between Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam and Myanmar’s Vice President, Henry Van Thio, in Yangon, Myanmar on July 31. In response, the Myanmar Vice President expressed confidence that the friendly relations between Vietnam and Myanmar would grow rapidly, noting that Vietnam is now among his country’s top 10 trading and investment partners. Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam (fourth from left) attends “Four Countries – One Destination" forum. At their meeting, the two agreed to boost cooperation in politics, security and defence, trade and investment, agriculture, transport, tourism, banking and telecommunications. Deputy PM Dam said that Vietnam has respected and appreciated the relationship and traditional friendship with Myanmar over 40 years and would strive to further develop bilateral relations.

Source: VietNamNet News August 01, 2016 08:15 UTC