Archive · 5 Sep 2026
Vietnam and Myanmar Agree to Deepen Defence Cooperation
Vietnam and Myanmar are countries that want to work more closely together.
Their leaders met in Hanoi during Min Aung Hlaing’s first official visit to Vietnam as Myanmar’s president.
They agreed to strengthen defence and security cooperation.
This includes military training, sharing information and helping each other during disasters.
They also agreed to cooperate against crimes.
The countries said neither should let its land be used to harm the other.
They want to increase business ties in areas such as technology, energy and transport.
Myanmar’s leader also visited a Vietnamese electric-car factory and a telecommunications company.
Vietnam and Myanmar agreed to make defence and security cooperation a pillar of bilateral ties.
The countries will expand military training, young-officer exchanges, search-and-rescue work and disaster response.
They pledged to improve information sharing and coordinate against crime.
Both sides agreed not to let their territories be used for activities against the other country.
The leaders also discussed trade, investment, technology, infrastructure and closer coordination in ASEAN and Mekong frameworks.
- Who
- Vietnamese leader To Lam and Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing.
- What
- They agreed to deepen defence, security, political, economic, trade and investment cooperation.
- When
- The talks took place on Saturday, September 5; Min Aung Hlaing visited businesses on Friday.
- Where
- Hanoi, Vietnam, with additional visits to sites in northern Vietnam.
- Why
- To strengthen bilateral ties, expand cooperation and support regional peace, stability and development.
- Defence cooperation
- The sector was elevated to a pillar of Vietnam-Myanmar bilateral ties.
- Military cooperation
- Planned areas include military training and exchanges between young officers.
- Emergency cooperation
- The countries will cooperate on search-and-rescue operations and disaster response.
- Security commitment
- Neither side will allow its territory to be used for activities against the other.
- Economic sectors
- They identified high-tech agriculture, food processing, telecommunications, information technology, digital transformation, energy and transport infrastructure.
- Regional cooperation
- They pledged closer coordination within ASEAN and Mekong subregional frameworks.
- Myanmar’s business visits
- Min Aung Hlaing visited VinFast and Viettel facilities in northern Vietnam.