Hanoi (VNA) – Prime MinisterNguyen Xuan Phuc and his entourage arrived in Hanoi on December 18 afternoon,concluding an official visit to Myanmar at the invitation of President U WinMyint.

During the visit, PM Phuc metwith President Win Myint and Speaker ofthe Union Assembly of Myanmar T. Khun Myat, and heldtalks with State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi.

During the talks and meetings,the Vietnamese PM and Myanmar leaders shared the view that the comprehensivecooperative partnership between the two countries are developing well; their friendship,mutual understanding and political trust have been tightened through the regularexchange of visits and high-level meetings; economic and investment cooperationenjoy strong growth; and people-to-people exchange has been promoted.

Bilateral trade reached 1.020billion USD in 2019, surpassing the goal of 1 billion USD that the twocountries had earlier set for 2020. Vietnam is among the top foreign investorsin Myanmar with over 20 investment projects.

PM Phuc welcomed Myanmar’sproposal on setting up a Vietnam Industrial Park in Myanmar, and affirmed that theVietnamese Government encourages Vietnamese businesses to invest in Myanmarwhile welcoming Myanmar firms’ presence in Vietnam.

PM Phuc and State Counsellor AungSan Suu Kyi witnessed the signing andhanding over of four cooperation documents, namely an action plan for implementing the ComprehensiveCooperation Partnership for 2019-2024, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) onagriculture and rural development cooperation, and a MoU between the twoforeign ministries, and a diplomatic note amending the agreement on visaexemption for ordinary passport holders of both countries.

The twosides agreed that as ASEAN members, the two countriesand other ASEAN members should continue to support ASEAN’s common stance on theEast Sea issue, the settlement of disputes by peaceful measuresin line with international law, to contribute to maintaining peace, stability and cooperation in the East Sea.

Vietnam and otherASEAN countries will continue to support Myanmar in addressing the Rakhine stateissue while ensuring peace, stability and national reconciliation.

During the visit,PM Phuc toured some major investment establishments of Vietnamin Yangon, including telecom operator Mytel, a joint venture betweenthe Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group and two local partners, and the Yangon branch of the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam(BIDV). He also attended the opening ceremony of the firstrepresentative office of HDBank in Myanmar.

The PM also visitedthe Vietnamese Embassy, and held meetings with representatives of the Vietnamesecommunity in Myanmar, the Chairman of the Vietnam-Myanmar FriendshipAssociation and the Chief Minister of Yangon Region.

It can be saidthat PM Phuc’s visit to Myanmar is a success, contributing to lifting theVietnam-Myanmar comprehensive cooperative partnership to a new level for the sakeof the two peoples as well as of peace, cooperation and development in theregion and the world./.