(VOV) – A large number of scholars from Vietnam and Myanmar and politicians from many other countries gathered at a seminar in Hanoi on December 8 to discuss bilateral relations between the two countries.
Associated Professor Nguyen Duy Dung, Director of the Institute for Southeast Asian Studies said the two countries have established long lasting relations which have developed and flourished in all fields, especially politics, economics and people-to-people exchange.
They have reached high consensus on regional and international issues and made great effort in expanding investment and trade cooperation, consolidating cooperation inside and outside ASEAN, joining associations and finding solutions to conflicts and contradictions.
Participants at the seminar agreed that Vietnam’s renewal (Doi Moi) process and Myanmar’s seven-step roadmap to democracy have been accelerated and obtained significant progress. They have lifted bilateral cooperative relations into a new height and contributed to fostering regional security and cooperation in the coming decades.
They said that in the current period, the two countries should further speed up their reform process and devise timely strategies to cope with pressure caused by the globalisation process and geopolitical competition in order to their preserve national sovereignty and identities.
Meanwhile, Professor Ann Chit Tha from Myanmar Institute of Strategic and International Studies said the two countries should enhance cooperation in education, scientific research, and skill and human resource development with priority given to sustainable development in terms of society, natural resources and environment. It is important for them to boost trade exchanges.
Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Southeast Asian Studies Tran Khanh proposed that the two sides should negotiate and soon sign a bilateral investment and trade cooperation agreement in 12 fields reached by the two Governments in 2010. A Vietnam-Myanmar joint-venture bank should soon be set up to meet market demand.
Đăng ký: VietNam News
