On the morning of December 11, at the Presidential Palace, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired the welcoming ceremony for Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia Samdech Moha Bovor Thipadei Hun Manet to officially visit Vietnam from December 11 to 12, 2023 according to the protocol for the People. Heads of foreign governments pay official visits to Vietnam.
This is Prime Minister Hun Manet’s first official visit to Vietnam in his new position, contributing to further strengthening the good relationship between Cambodia and Vietnam.
In a sincere atmosphere, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh welcomed him Prime Minister of Cambodia Samdech Moha Bovor Thipadei Hun Manet in a warm hug and handshake.
Students in Hanoi capital sent a bouquet of fresh flowers to the Prime Minister of Cambodia.
The two Prime Ministers walked on the red carpet amid the waving greetings of students with colorful flags and flowers in their hands. When the two leaders stepped onto the podium of honor, the national anthems of the two countries were presented.
In a solemn atmosphere, the Prime Ministers of Vietnam and Cambodia stepped forward to salute the National Flags of the two countries.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh invited Prime Minister Hun Manet to review the Honor Guard of the Vietnam People’s Army.
The two Prime Ministers introduced to each other the members of the two countries’ high-ranking delegations attending the welcoming ceremony; Witness the welcome parade of the Honor Guard of the Vietnam People’s Army.
After the Welcoming Ceremony, the two Prime Ministers moved to Government Headquarters to hold talks.
Before the talks, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet visited a photo exhibition about the country, people and good relations between Vietnam and Cambodia organized by the Government Office in coordination with the Vietnam News Agency.
According to the official visit program to Vietnam, the Cambodian Prime Minister will have talks and meetings with the highest-level leaders of the Party and State of Vietnam to review the results of cooperation and discuss to promote cooperative relations. Vietnam-Cambodia cooperation in the coming time will become more and more extensive, substantive and effective.
Along with that, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will interact with Vietnamese students and attend the Vietnam-Cambodia Business Forum.
After 56 years of establishing diplomatic relations, especially nearly 20 years of “Good neighborliness, traditional friendship, comprehensive cooperation, long-term sustainability” between Vietnam and Cambodia has been continuously strengthened and developed. development in all fields, bringing practical benefits to the people of the two countries, actively contributing to peace, stability and cooperation in the region and the world.
The two sides maintain regular exchanges of delegations at all levels, especially high-level exchanges and contacts; The cooperative relationship between ministries, branches and localities of the two countries is increasingly vibrant and effective; People-to-people exchanges, especially in border provinces, are taking place enthusiastically and widely, contributing to tightening solidarity, friendship, cooperation, and mutual assistance between the two peoples and people of the two countries.
Cooperation in defense, security, health, education, culture, tourism, and transportation between the two countries has been enhanced.
Vietnam and Cambodia jointly support and coordinate closely at international, regional and sub-regional forums, contributing to enhancing the prestige and position of each country in the region and the world.
In particular, economic, trade and investment cooperation between the two countries has developed rapidly and achieved encouraging results.
In 2022, Vietnam-Cambodia trade turnover will reach 10.57 billion USD, an increase of about 10.88% over the same period in 2021.
Vietnam is currently Cambodia’s third largest trading partner and Cambodia’s largest trading partner in ASEAN.
To date, Vietnam has 205 valid investment projects in Cambodia with a total registered capital of 2.94 billion USD, ranking first in ASEAN and in the top 5 countries with the largest direct investment in Cambodia, and also ranked second. Two of the 79 countries and territories in Vietnam have investments.
On the momentum of developing that good relationship, the two sides hope to continue promoting the achievements, strengthening close relations and expanding cooperation further in all fields, closely implementing the two contents. The parties agreed to contribute practically to consolidating and improving the effectiveness of cooperation between the two countries.
In particular, the two sides wish to promote cooperation and connection between the two economies, contributing to supporting each other in building an independent and self-reliant economy associated with deep, substantive and effective international integration.
Create more favorable conditions for business and investment cooperation activities of the two countries’ enterprises, especially in areas such as border trade, economic development cooperation in border areas, and realize the “one journey, three destinations” tourism cooperation concept between Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam…
(PLO)- Since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1967, the friendship relationship between Vietnam and Cambodia has increasingly tightened and developed comprehensively.
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