NA Chairman starts tour to Myanmar

July 25, 2013 | 10:08

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National Assembly (NA) Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung arrived in Nay Pyi Taw on July 24 for his three-day official visit to Myanmar at the invitation of his Myanmar counterpart Khin Aung Myint.

Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung arrives in Nay Pyi Taw, starting an official visit to Myanmar

The July 24-26 visit aims to consolidate the time-honored friendship and multifaceted cooperation, and develop the relations between the two legislative bodies into a model of cooperation between Myanmar parliament and other NAs.

So far, the two-way trade between Viet Nam and Myanmar has reached nearly $230 million in 2012 and the figure is expected to fetch $500 million by 2015.

Viet Nam is home to four Myanmar-based investment projects with a total capitalization of $500 million. The two countries have signed a number of economic cooperation agreements.

The seven sessions of the joint committee have focused on specific measures to boost cooperation in various fields ranging from agriculture-forestry-fishery, transport, energy, communications, health care to culture, education, sports, tourism and science and technology.

The two sides have closely coordinated and supported each other at multilateral forums such as Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Viet Nam Summit (CLMV), the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) program, and the East-West Corridor.

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