Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said he wants stronger defence cooperation with Myanmar during a reception for Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Services of Myanmar, Sen. Gen. Min Aung Hlaing
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong and Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi exchanged major orientations to boost cooperation between the two countries in the time ahead during their meeting in Naypyidaw on August 25.
The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) has organised a business matching event for Thai entrepreneurs interested in investing in Myanmar’s state enterprises.
Myanmar is planning to promote trade with the ASEAN member states and China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region through tariff reduction, according to Myanmar’s media on August 24.
The enhancement of relations between the Vietnamese and Myanmar legislatures is one of the important pillars in political ties between the two nations, said Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and President of Myanmar Htin Kyaw agreed to establish the bilateral comprehensive cooperative partnership during their talks in Naypyidaw on August 24.
Vietnam’s Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Myanmar’s President Htin Kyaw witnessed the signing of cooperation documents between the two countries after their talks in Nay Pyi Taw on August 24.
Thai and Myanmar officials plan to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will take Thai energy giant PTT a step closer to a major gas project across the border.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong will pay an official visit to Indonesia from August 22-24 at the invitation of Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo.
Myanmar authorities has seized a large amount of drugs and arrested four suspects in an anti-drug campaign in the heart of drug producing Golden Triangle between Laos, Thailand and Myanmar.
Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh had a meeting in Hanoi on July 28 with Than Htut Thein, deputy head of Myanmar’s security-military general department, who is on a working visit to Vietnam.
Bird flu has broken out in Dawei, Myanmar’s southern Tanitharyi coastal region, said Myanmar authorities on July 26, while the country recorded three deaths of H1N1 influenza, also known as swine flu.
Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has met with Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC), a Kachin ethnic religious organisation, to seek a peace approach for national reconciliation in the country.