Deputy PM welcomes Myanmar anti-corruption official
Vietnam is interested in promoting the traditional friendship and multi-dimensional connections with Myanmar, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has said.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh (R) meets with Chairman of the Anti-Bribery Commission of Myanmar Minister U Mya Win (Source: VGP)
Vietnam is interested in promoting the traditional friendship and multi-dimensional connections with Myanmar, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has said.
He hosted a reception for Chairman of the Anti-Bribery Commission of Myanmar Minister U Mya Win, who is in a working visit, in Hanoi on October 15.
The Deputy PM praised the talks between the Government Inspectorate of Vietnam and the Anti-Bribery Commission of Myanmar and their signing of a memorandum of understanding on anti-corruption as providing a legal foundation for boosted cooperation between the two agencies in the coming time.
He spoke highly of the two countries’ growing ties across various fields, saying there are rooms for the two countries’ cooperation and Vietnam will do its utmost to foster the traditional friendship and multi-faceted cooperation with Myanmar.
The Chairman of the Anti-Bribery Commission said he hoped Myanmar will learn more from the Government Inspectorate of Vietnam’s experience in corruption prevention and combat.
He also wished that the two countries will strengthen cooperation in many fields.-VNA
Vietnam and Myanmar have agreed to reinforce cooperation in mutual areas of strength, such as fisheries, oil and gas, information communication technologies, agricultural cultivation and export processing, and tourism.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh asked the Government of Myanmar to consider simplifying administrative procedures and granting investment licences to Vietnamese businesses in the near future.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Myanmar President Thein Sein declared their determination to achieve 500 million USD in trade this year during their meeting in Nay Pyi Taw, the capital of Myanmar, on June 22.
The Government Inspectorate of Vietnam and Anti-Bribery Commission of Myanmar (ACM) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on fighting corruption.
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At their meeting, which took place in the Angolan capital of Luanda on August 7 as part of State President Luong Cuong’s ongoing state visit to the African nation, the two officials also agreed to make full use of existing cooperation mechanisms, particularly the Vietnam – Angola Intergovernmental Committee, and step up exchanges of delegations at all levels.
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Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh (R) meets with Chairman of the Anti-Bribery Commission of Myanmar Minister U Mya Win (Source: VGP)
