Mahn Win Khaing Than, Speaker of the House of Nationalities (Upper House) and Assembly of the Union of Myanmar (Photo: VNA)

This is the first Vietnam visit made by the Myanmar top legislator, who is from the National League for Democracy. The Vietnam visit of Speaker Mahn Win Khaing Than is expected to help boost traditional friendship and all-round partnership between Vietnam and Myanmar, while bolstering bilateral legislative collaboration, including the increasing of exchange of delegations at all levels as well as the discussion of bilateral cooperation issues between the two countries and parliaments, and regional and international matters of mutual concern.