Speaking at the meeting, Nhan spoke highly of the traditional relationsbetween Vietnam, including HCM City, and Myanmar, and the two sides’similarities in culture and religion. He underlined that trade ties between thetwo countries have made progress for the benefit of their people.
The secretary noted that the city annually held a trade fair inMyanmar’s capital city Yangon while many tour operators from Myanmar joined thecity’s tourism fairs.
He thanked Myanmar for facilitating Vietnamese businesses’ operation inthe country and reiterated that HCM City looks forward to enhancing cooperationwith Myanmar with the emphasis on promoting trade and investment and raisingtrade value.
For his part, Mahn Win Khaing Than lauded the robust development of HCMCity, saying that Myanmar looks to learn from Vietnam’s experience in nationalprotection and building.
The Myanmar top legislator expressed his gratitude towards HCM City for sharingits experience in socio-economic development, particularly in education,describing it as important to help Myanmar improve human resources quality.-VNA