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Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Phuong Nam, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA), received Major General Soe Win, head of the Myanmar’s army medical department, in Hanoi on September 6.

Myanmar and India have agreed to cooperate in countering terrorism, effectively implement existing projects and support each other at regional and international forums.

More than 123,000 people in Rakhine state of Myanmar, mostly Rohingya Muslims, have fled into Bangladesh since fighting broke out between government military and insurgents late last month, reported the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 5 began his two-day visit to Myanmar with an aim of intensifying bilateral ties in the fields of security and counter-terrorism, ANI News reported.

Indonesia will back Myanmar’s efforts for peace, stability and development in its northern state of Rakhine, said Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Masudi.

A jet fighter of Myanmar military lost contact during a training mission in the morning of September 5.

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has warned of a looming humanitarian catastrophe in western Myanmar due to recent violent conflicts in Rakhine state.

Myanmar on August 27 announced the lifting of restrictions on transport of chickens and other products imposed due to the recent bird flu H5N1 attack, claiming that the outbreak is under control.

Myanmar’s government has said it evacuated at least 4,000 non-Muslim people from the northern state of Rakhine amid ongoing violence in the area.

The freshly-ended visits to Indonesia and Myanmar of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong marked a new milestone and created a new momentum for reinforcing political trust and boosting all-round cooperation between Vietnam and the two countries, said Hoang Binh Quan, head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong arrived in Hanoi on August 26, concluding his Indonesia and Myanmar tour.

Low-cost carrier Vietjet Air officially announced its new route connecting Hanoi with Yangon on August 26 on the occasion of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s state visit to the country.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong had a meeting with representatives of leading enterprises of Vietnam and Myanmar in Yangon on August 26 as part of his State visit to Myanmar.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong received Yangon Region Chief Minister Phyo Min Thein on August 25, noting that the Myanmar region, full of economic, cultural and tourism potential, should boost cooperation in these fields with not only Ho Chi Minh City but also Hanoi and other big cities of Vietnam.