Suu Kyi to visit Vietnam

Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi will pay an official visit to Vietnam this week, an official statement said on Monday.

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Published : 16 April 2018, 12:11 PM
Updated : 16 April 2018, 12:11 PM

Suu Kyi last visited Vietnam in November 2017 when she attended the Asia-Pacific Ecomomic Cooperation (APEC) summit, reports Xinhua news agency.

Myanmar established diplomatic relations with Vietnam in 1975.

Last August, a Comprehensive Cooperative Partnership was established between the two countries during a state visit by Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, to Myanmar.

Meanwhile, bilateral trade between the two countries hit $592 million, with $103 million export values while its import value took $489 million as of January in current 2017-2018 fiscal year, according to the Commerce Ministry.

Myanmar's trade with Vietnam totalled to over $494 million in the last 2016-2017 fiscal year.