HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam is closely following the developments in Myanmar as well as the situation of Vietnamese citizens and businesses there, spokesperson for the foreign ministry Lê Thị Thu Hằng said on Thursday.

“Việt Nam has deployed multiple necessary citizen protection measures to safeguard the lives, the assets, and legal rights and interests of Vietnamese citizens and businesses in Myanmar,” she said, in response to questions over the course of action for Việt Nam following reports of a telecommunication company suffering from political opposition’s sabotage attacks during the political upheaval in the Southeast Asian country.

Mytel, part of the military-run Viettel Group, said in September that 70,000 people in Myanmar had their internet connections disrupted due to destructive attacks on its telecommunication towers.

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Vietnamese Embassy in Myanmar have also requested Myanmar's relevant agencies to pay attention to and strengthen measures to ensure the safety and protect the properties of Vietnamese citizens, businesses and workers of Vietnamese enterprises in Myanmar, especially protecting the legitimate interests of Vietnamese enterprises in accordance with the agreement of the two sides as well as international laws and practices,” the Vietnamese foreign spokesperson underlined.