Vietnam and Myanmar have strengthened traditional friendship and all-round cooperation in various areas through the regular exchange of their high-level visits.

They have conducted five annual political consultations since 2005. Vietnam has supported Myanmar in regional and international integration, including its admission to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM). 

Both countries have worked closely within regional cooperation organisations such as the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), the Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS), and the Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar Vietnam (CLMV) Summit. They have also supported each other in international forums.

Two-way trade in 2008 reached US$108 million and fell to US$99 million in 2009 due to the impact of the global economic recession.

Vietnam and Myanmar have conducted six sessions of their joint commission to discuss measures to increase bilateral cooperation in agriculture, industrial cash crop plantation, aquaculture and seafood processing, finance-banking, aviation, telecommunications, oil&gas, mining, electrical equipment manufacturing, automobile assembling, construction and trade.

The two countries have also established a joint trade committee to boost trade and organise annual trade fairs to introduce products and attract investors.

After Myanmar, Mr Dung will attend the Mekong River Commission Summit to be held in Hua Hin, Thailand, on April 4-5.