HANOI, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung held talks with his visiting Myanmar counterpart Thein Sein Friday.

    During the talks, the two sides are expected to discuss measures to beef up the bilateral relations, and exchange views on international and regional issues of mutual concern.

    Thein Sein, accompanied by Minister of Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win, Minister of National Planning and Economic Development U Soe Tha, and Minister of Trade Tin Naing Thein, is also scheduled to meet with Vietnamese State President Nguyen Minh Triet on Friday.

    Before arriving in Hanoi capital Friday for his two-day official trip to Vietnam, Thein Sein visited Laos on Nov. 8-9.

    Vietnam and Myanmar have exchanged high-level delegations, including Dung's official visit to Myanmar in August, and late Myanmar Prime Minister Soe Win's official trip to Vietnam in April 2005.

    Trade between Vietnam and Myanmar stood at 70 million U.S. dollars in the first 10 months of this year, compared with 71.9 million dollars last year, according to statistics of the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade.