Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong visits Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon. (Photo: VNA)Yangon (VNA) – Party General Secretary Nguyen PhuTrong welcomed the establishment of the Myanmar-Vietnam Friendship Association inJuly this year and asked the association to assist with the implementation ofbilateral agreements.
He made the comment while receiving Chairman of theassociation U Tint Swai in Yangon on August 26, as part of his current Statevisit to Myanmar.
Underscoring valuable traditional ties between the twocountries, the Party chief said Vietnam appreciates Myanmar’s support duringher past struggle for national independence.
He noted his current visit aims at elevating bilateralrelations to new heights, adding that the two sides have issued ajointstatement on establishing a comprehensive cooperative partnership to reinforcecooperation in politics, trade, security-defence, and people-to-peopleexchanges, as well as at regional and international forums.
Trong said he hopes the two countries’ friendshipassociations will share experiences and hold people-to-people exchanges to boostmutual understanding and amity between the two nations.
For his part, U Tint Swai expressed his delight at growingVietnam – Myanmar relationship.
He said his association needs to learn from Vietnamesepartners via experience exchanges on international cooperation.
He said his organisation plans to admit Vietnamese investorsin Myanmar as members and to work with its Vietnamese counterpart to intensify bilateralfriendship activities.
The chairman pledged to do his best for increasing the engagementbetween the two Governments and their people.
Earlier the same day, PartyGeneral Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong visited the Shwedagon Pagoda, the most sacredBuddhist pagoda in Myanmar.-VNA
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