National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on September 30 paid a courtesy visit to President of Myanmar Htin Kyaw as part of her official visit to Myanmar and attendance of the 37th General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-37) in Nay Pyi Taw.

The Vietnamese top legislator said her visit aims to affirm Vietnam’s desire to further promote cooperation with Myanmar, especially links between the two legislative bodies.

She congratulated Myanmar on the successful general election last November, saying she believes with the new leadership, Myanmar will continue achieving greater successes in the process of democratization, national harmony, construction and development.

While thanking the Myanmar Government and the President in particular for their support of Vietnamese investors, Ngan highlighted the potential for the two countries in developing links in trade and investment.

She asked the Myanmar President to create more favourable conditions for Vietnamese firms to expand investment and business activities in his country in the coming time, thus contributing to Myanmar’s economic development.

For his part, President Htin Kyaw congratulated Vietnam on achievements during its national reform and development process.

He said many Vietnamese businesses have invested in his country, and their projects are operating effectively.

Myanmar is working to revise its law on investment to further facilitate foreign investors’ operation in the country, he revealed.

Vietnam eyes multi-faceted cooperation with Myanmar

Vietnam wishes to enhance the long-standing friendship and multi-faceted cooperation with Myanmar, both bilaterally and multilaterally, National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan told Speaker of Myanmar’s House of Representatives (Lower House) U Win Myint.

During their meeting in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, on September 29, the Vietnamese top legislator cherished the close political ties and cooperation achievements scored by the two countries over the years.

The two sides have maintained the regular exchange of high-level visits and meetings where their leaders exchanged experience and built political trust, she said.

The NA Chairwoman congratulated Myanmar on its attainments in national reconciliation, security and political stability, economic development and foreign affairs.

Myanmar’s hosting of the 37th ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA 37) demonstrates that regional countries have trust in the country and appreciate its increasingly important role and position in the world arena, she noted.

The guest said her visit to Myanmar, also her first overseas trip since taking office, aims to convey the Vietnamese legislature’s resolve to consolidate and boost the traditional friendship and multi-sided cooperation with the country while fostering the bilateral legislative ties.

For his part, U Win Myint said Myanmar wishes to partner with the Vietnamese NA in making law.

Applauding Vietnam’s socio-economic achievements, particularly in aquaculture and seafood processing, the host noted his hope that Vietnam will share its experience in this field with Myanmar.

He highlighted the similarities shared by the two countries’ parliaments, such as the percentage of female deputies exceeding 20 percent, saying he hopes that the two bodies will step up their affiliation to elevate their role and contribute to beefing up the Vietnam-Myanmar relationship.

The Vietnamese and Myanmar legislatures have closely coordinated with each other at regional and international inter-parliamentary forums such as the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the AIPA, he said, calling for Vietnam’s contributions to the AIPA 37 to be hosted by Myanmar from September 29 to October 3.

Vietnam’s parliament resolved to bolster ties with Myanmar: Chairwoman

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has said her visit to Myanmar aims to show the Vietnamese parliament’s resolve to reinforce the traditional friendship and multi-faceted cooperation between the two countries and legislative bodies. 

She made the remark at a meeting on September 29 with Speaker of Myanmar’s parliament and Upper House, Mahn Win Khaing Than, following the welcome ceremony at the Myanmar parliament’s headquarters in Nay Pyi Taw. 

She congratulated Myanmar on the successful general election last November and on completing the final step in the seven-step roadmap for national building. She voiced the belief that with the new leadership, it will become a prosperous country with higher stature in the international arena. 

Vietnam and Myanmar boast a time-honoured amity, the Chairwoman said, noting that Myanmar is one of the first Southeast Asian nations to set up diplomatic ties with Vietnam. It strongly supported her country during the struggle for national liberation, and Vietnam always keeps in mind that valuable assistance. 

She lauded the countries’ effective cooperation in defence-security, economics, trade, investment, culture and tourism. There are now 11 Vietnamese-invested projects with a total registered capital of almost 700 million USD in Myanmar. 

To enhance collaboration, she asked the two parliaments to urge their Government agencies to implement important cooperation mechanisms, including organising the ninth meeting of the joint committee for bilateral cooperation in 2016. 

Ngan rejoiced at the sound development of the two parliaments’ relations, asking them to continue coordination in supervision to ensure that the countries’ cooperation agreements are implemented effectively. 

They should increase sharing experience, particularly in institution building, lawmaking, and supervision over law enforcement. She also asked the Myanmar parliament to continuously consider and support necessary revisions to mechanisms, policies and laws so as to boost trade and investment partnership. 

Echoing the view, the Myanmar Speaker said their parliaments need to promote delegation exchanges to learn from each other’s experience and improve the capacity of parliamentarians. 

He spoke highly of Vietnam’s socio-economic achievements, adding that the two nations share many similarities and his country wants to learn more about Vietnam’s reform experience. 

The Myanmar parliament is adapting some legal documents to the current socio-economic situation and building new laws. It is also considering revising investment-related laws so as to attract foreign investment, including that from Vietnam, he added. 

At the meeting, Chairman Ngan delivered the invitation to visit Vietnam to the Myanmar Speaker, who accepted with pleasure.

VNA