That same day, Deputy Prime Minister andForeign Minister Pham Binh Minh conveyed his congratulations to hisMyanmar counterpart, U Wunna Maung Lwin.
Vietnam now ranks eighth out of the foreign investors in Myanmar, with seven projects worth 513 million USD in total.
Trade between the two countries reached 480 million USD last year andenjoyed an average growth rate of nearly 40 percent between 2010 and2014.
It is expected to hit 1.5 billion USD in the next two years and 1.7 billion USD by 2020.-VNA