Phnom Penh (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a meeting with President of the Cambodian National Assembly Samdech Heng Samrin on November 8 in PhnomPenh, during which they agreed to continue making efforts to deepen the good neighbourliness, traditional friendship, and long-term sustainable comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Cambodia, for the sake of theirpeople.
The Cambodian NA president warmly welcomed the Vietnamese PM’svisit, emphasising that the visit not only contributes to strengthening the neighbourly friendship and comprehensivecooperation between Cambodia and Vietnam but also demonstrates Vietnam’s strongsupport of Cambodia as Chair of ASEAN and ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) in 2022.
He congratulated the Government and people of Vietnam, under the leadershipof the Communist Party of Vietnam led by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong,for the great achievements in socio-economic development andinternational integration, adding that he believes that Vietnam will soon become anindustrialised country in the near future.
Heng Samrin welcomed the results of talksbetween the two Prime Ministers and the signing of 11 cooperation documents onthis occasion. He also highly appreciated the cooperation between the twoGovernments in the fields of politics,diplomacy, economy, trade, investment, education and training, culture, health,and especially in land border demarcation.
For his part, PM Chinh congratulated Cambodia for its important achievements, stressing that the successful organisation of thecommune elections in June this year, which he said is the prerequisite for the country to well organise the election of the 7thNational Assembly in 2023, contributing to maintaining stability and creating anew impetus for Cambodia's development.
The Vietnamese government leader said big room remains for Vietnam and Cambodia to expand their cooperation, and asked the CambodianNational Assembly and President Heng Samrin to continue to support thepromotion of economic cooperation in commensurate with the potential and goodrelations between the two countries./.