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At the invitation of Vice-Chairman of the State Peace
and Development Council Deputy Commander-in-Chief
of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior
General Maung Aye, Chief of General Staff Senior Lieutenant-General
Phung Quang Thanh and party of the Vietnamese People’s
Army of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam arrived
here by air at 5.45 pm today to pay a goodwill visit
to Myanmar. They were welcomed at the airport by Vice-Chairman
of the State Peace and Development Council Deputy
Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief
(Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye.
Also present on the occasion were Secretary-1 of the
State Peace and Development Council Adjutant-General
Lt-Gen Thein Sein, members of the State Peace and
Development Council Lt-Gen Ye Myint and Lt-Gen Aung
Htwe of the Ministry of Defence, Chairman of Yangon
Division Peace and Development Council Commander of
Yangon Command Maj-Gen Myint Swe, senior military
officers of the Ministry of Defence, Charge d’Affaires
ai of the Vietnamese Embassy Mr Pham Van Cu, Vietnamese
Military Attaché Sr Col Nguyen Van Thanh and
officials.
Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and Senior Lt-Gen Phung
Quang Thanh took the salute of the Guard of Honour
and inspected it.
Next, the Vietnamese guests left for No 1 Tatmadaw
Guest House. Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and party
waved to the guests.
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