NA leader meets Myanmar Auditor General

Published: Tuesday, February 07, 2012

NA leader meets Myanmar Auditor General

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung has said that the Vietnamese legislature supports the cooperation between the State Audit Offices of Vietnam and Myanmar.

At a reception for General Auditor Lunn Maung in Hanoi on Feb. 7, Hung said the two sides should well implement the already signed agreements and strengthen the sharing of expertise, especially in building regulations on legal status of the State Audit Office in Constitution.

He also affirmed that the Vietnamese National Assembly hopes to strengthen cooperation with the Myanmar legislative body both bilaterally and multilaterally.

Auditor General of Myanmar Lunn Maung expressed his hope to boost cooperation with Vietnam in auditing to contribute to promoting ties between the two countries.

Maung said that since Myanmar and Vietnam established diplomatic ties, the two countries’ relations have increasingly developed in many fields.

He thanked the State Audit Office of Vietnam for its active coordination and support for his delegation./.

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