The 7th session of the Vietnam-Myanmar Joint Committee (VMJC) wrapped up in Hanoi on Nov. 23 with after three days of sitting.
During the meeting, the two sides reviewed the implementation of high-level agreements as well as those that were inked at the VMJC’s 6 th session in 2008.
They also compared notes on issues of mutual concern ranging from economics, trade, investment, agriculture, forestry, education, science and technology to posts and telecommunications, tourism, culture and sports.
According to Nguyen Thi Xuan Thu, Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, the fine outcomes of the meeting would further contribute to boosting the two countries’ cooperative relations.
Vietnam and Myanmar will continue negotiating in order to have more signed documents regarding areas such as visa exemption, tourism, customs, telecommunications, national defence and security, breeding, rubber and forestry.
Meanwhile, Myanmar Deputy Foreign Minister U Maung Myint, underlined he need for the two countries to further step up cooperation, especially in the fields of economics, trade and investment as, he said, potentials and prospects for the two nations’ cooperation still remains huge.
“I hope that we will meet each other again in the next session in Nay Pyi Taw with much progress and outcomes in the implementation of the agreements that have been reached at this meeting,” Deputy Minister Thu said.
At the end of the meeting, a minutes was signed by the two countries’ deputy ministers./.
During the meeting, the two sides reviewed the implementation of high-level agreements as well as those that were inked at the VMJC’s 6 th session in 2008.
They also compared notes on issues of mutual concern ranging from economics, trade, investment, agriculture, forestry, education, science and technology to posts and telecommunications, tourism, culture and sports.
According to Nguyen Thi Xuan Thu, Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, the fine outcomes of the meeting would further contribute to boosting the two countries’ cooperative relations.
Vietnam and Myanmar will continue negotiating in order to have more signed documents regarding areas such as visa exemption, tourism, customs, telecommunications, national defence and security, breeding, rubber and forestry.
Meanwhile, Myanmar Deputy Foreign Minister U Maung Myint, underlined he need for the two countries to further step up cooperation, especially in the fields of economics, trade and investment as, he said, potentials and prospects for the two nations’ cooperation still remains huge.
“I hope that we will meet each other again in the next session in Nay Pyi Taw with much progress and outcomes in the implementation of the agreements that have been reached at this meeting,” Deputy Minister Thu said.
At the end of the meeting, a minutes was signed by the two countries’ deputy ministers./.
