The Armed Forces of Myanmar wish to strengthen the friendship and comprehensive cooperation with the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA), a Myanmar military officer has said, according to a Vietnamplus report.

Brigadier General Aung Zeya, Myanmar’s military, naval and air force attaché to Vietnam, made the statement at a Hanoi banquet on March 27 hosted by the Myanmar Embassy in Vietnam on the occasion of the 74th founding anniversary of Myanmar’s Armed Forces.

Attending the event, Major General Ngo Minh Tien, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the VPA, said that in the context of the fruitfully developing bilateral relations, the ties between the VPA and Myanmar’s Armed Forces have continuously been consolidated and promoted.