Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) and Cambodian Ambassador Chay Navuth (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on March 27hosted a reception for Cambodian Ambassador Chay Navuth, who has just begun his tenure in Vietnam.
PM Phuc told his guest about his recent talk over the phone withCambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic,and Vietnam’s decision to provide aid in the form of medical supplies worth100,000 USD to Cambodia.
He added that the Vietnamese Health Ministry will present Cambodia with SARS-CoV-2 test kits worth 5 billion VND(over 211,400 USD).
PM Phuc stressed that the biggest outcome of bilateral cooperation lastyear was the signing of legal documents recognizing the achievements in landborder delimitation and border marker planting. He asked the Cambodian side totighten border control for epidemic prevention while still facilitating theflow of goods across the border.
The Vietnamese Government leader also urged that the two countriesincrease cooperation in finance and transport, and pledged to assist Cambodiain training in the field of security-national defence.
Ambassador Chay Navuth said he was impressed by Vietnam’s development in many fields,particularly an economic growth of over 7 percent in 2019. He thanked the VietnameseGovernment for its provision of medical supplies for Cambodia to fight the COVID-19pandemic.
The diplomat expressed thanks to Vietnam for helping the Cambodianpeople escape the Pol Pot genocidal regime and for providing Cambodian studentswith scholarships.
He pledged to work as a bridge to further strengthen and develop the goodneighbourliness, traditional friendship and sustainable, long-termcomprehensive cooperation between the two countries./.
PM Phuc told his guest about his recent talk over the phone withCambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic,and Vietnam’s decision to provide aid in the form of medical supplies worth100,000 USD to Cambodia.
He added that the Vietnamese Health Ministry will present Cambodia with SARS-CoV-2 test kits worth 5 billion VND(over 211,400 USD).
PM Phuc stressed that the biggest outcome of bilateral cooperation lastyear was the signing of legal documents recognizing the achievements in landborder delimitation and border marker planting. He asked the Cambodian side totighten border control for epidemic prevention while still facilitating theflow of goods across the border.
The Vietnamese Government leader also urged that the two countriesincrease cooperation in finance and transport, and pledged to assist Cambodiain training in the field of security-national defence.
Ambassador Chay Navuth said he was impressed by Vietnam’s development in many fields,particularly an economic growth of over 7 percent in 2019. He thanked the VietnameseGovernment for its provision of medical supplies for Cambodia to fight the COVID-19pandemic.
The diplomat expressed thanks to Vietnam for helping the Cambodianpeople escape the Pol Pot genocidal regime and for providing Cambodian studentswith scholarships.
He pledged to work as a bridge to further strengthen and develop the goodneighbourliness, traditional friendship and sustainable, long-termcomprehensive cooperation between the two countries./.
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