Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a receptionfor Cambodian Minister of Planning Chhay Than in Hanoi on November 29, duringwhich he affirmed that the latter’s visit demonstrates the development of the Vietnam-Cambodiafine neighbourhood, traditional friendship and all-round cooperation.
Chhay Than said his working visit aims to tightencollaboration between the two planning ministries, and thanked the VietnameseGovernment and the Ministry of Planning and Investment for supporting hisministry in human resources training.
He informed the host of the successful outcomes of the talksbetween the two planning ministries, during which they discussed different measuresto expand collaboration in all fields and drafted a Cambodia-Vietnamconnectivity programme.
The minister confirmed that Cambodia always remembersVietnam’s support for its past struggle for national liberation from the KhmerRouge genocidal regime as well as the current nation building and developmentcause.
He also extended his sympathy to the Vietnamese Governmentand people over severe losses caused by recent floods and storms.
The Vietnamese PM appreciated cooperation results of the twoplanning ministries, which, he affirmed, have contributed to socio-economicdevelopment in each country and the bilateral relations.
He welcomed the ministries’ signing of an agreementframework on Vietnam-Cambodia economic connectivity by 2030, urging both sidesto early build a master plan on the two economies’ connectivity by 2030 asmentioned in the agreement framework.
He voiced his belief that the ministries will promote thecooperation tradition to help tighten the bilateral relations.-VNA