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Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong welcomed by Vietnamese
Embassy staff at the airport. Photo: VNA
He was welcomed at the airport by Myanmar’s
Minister of Transport and Communications Thant Sin Maung and other Myanmar
officials. This is the first visit of a Vietnamese Party General Secretary to
Myanmar after the visit of Party General Secretary Do Muoi in 1997.
It aims to establish a more specific cooperation
framework to create a breakthrough for the bilateral relations, especially in
the fields of trade, investment, security and defence.
Vietnam and Myanmar established diplomatic ties
four decades ago. Trade between the two nations hit 536 million USD last year,
exceeding their target and making Vietnam the ninth largest trade partner of
Myanmar.
Two-way trade rose by 48 percent to 250.2 million
USD in the first four months of 2017 with Vietnam enjoying a trade surplus of
133.3 million USD. Vietnam goods were worth 191.7 million USD in the period, up
29 percent year-on-year, while imports almost tripled to 58.5 million USD.
Source: VNA
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