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Myanmar–Vietnam relations refer to the historical and current relationship between
Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
and Vietnam. Both are members of the ASEAN and have engaged in relationship between two countries. Myanmar has an embassy in Hanoi and a consulate general in
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while Vietnam maintains their embassy in Yangon.


History

In 1462, Vietnamese emperor
Lê Thánh Tông Lê Thánh Tông (黎聖宗; 25 August 1442 – 3 March 1497), personal name Lê Hạo, temple name Thánh Tông, courtesy name Tư Thành, was an emperor of Đại Việt, reigning from 1460 to 1497, the fifth and the longest-reigning empe ...
while camping in today Laotian-Burmese border, he sent a welcome letter to the king of Ava in Central Myanmar. The first Burmese embassy to Vietnam was 1822-1823 led by George Gibson, who was the son of an English mercenary, which arrived
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. The Burmese king at the time was Bagyidaw. He was very keen to conquer Siam and hoped Vietnam might be a useful ally. Vietnam had then just annexed Cambodia. The Vietnamese emperor was
Minh Mạng Minh Mạng () or Minh Mệnh (, vi-hantu, 明 命, lit. "the bright favour of Heaven"; 25 May 1791 – 20 January 1841; born Nguyễn Phúc Đảm, also known as Nguyễn Phúc Kiểu) was the second emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty of V ...
, who had just taken the throne after the death of his father, the founder of the Nguyen dynasty
Gia Long Gia Long ( (''North''), ('' South''); 8 February 1762 – 3 February 1820), born Nguyễn Phúc Ánh (阮福暎) or Nguyễn Ánh, was the founding emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty, the last dynasty of Vietnam. His dynasty would rule the unif ...
. A commercial delegation from Vietnam has recently been in Burma, eager to expand the trade in birds nests. Bagyidaw's interest in sending a return mission however was to secure a military alliance. In the late 19th century, both became colonies of Britain and France.


Modern relations

After the Vietnamese economic reform at 1986, Vietnam has practically given up socialist and communist philosophy, while Burma (later becomes Myanmar) had suffered significant economic setback after the failed 8888 Uprising. The
State Peace and Development Council The State Peace and Development Council ( my, နိုင်ငံတော် အေးချမ်းသာယာရေး နှင့် ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေး ကောင်စီ ; abbreviated SPDC or , ) was the offi ...
ruling Burma had maintained cordial tie with Vietnam and several Burmese military figures, notably Khin Nyunt, had paid visits to Vietnam in order to learn from Vietnam's economic reforms successes.


Since 2011

The political reforms in Myanmar had changed political climate of Myanmar, and Vietnam became an active player. While
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, India and Thailand remain as traditional investors to Myanmar, several Vietnamese companies like Viettel and
Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group (HAGL Group; ), registered as Hoang Anh Gia Lai Joint Stock Company (), less formally known by its trading name Hoàng Anh Gia Lai (HAGL), is a diversified company headquartered in Pleiku, Vietnam. From a small furniture p ...
have increased activities in Myanmar. Viettel has become one of 5 largest telephone investors in Myanmar while Hoang Anh Gia Lai has become a prominent investor in Myanmar. Two countries have been engaging in further and deeper cooperations. Recently there are also increasing military cooperation between two states. The Vietnamese Government, through the military-owned Viettel, has provided arms and equipments, as well as sending military officials to train Burmese soldiers of the Tatmadaw to engage against ethnic rebels amidst the Myanmar civil conflict.


References


External links


Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
{{DEFAULTSORT:Myanmar-Vietnam relations Vietnam Bilateral relations of Vietnam