The rice was delivered to needy Vietnamesefamilies in Siem Reap City, Kampong Khleng fishing village and Mac La Fishing Villageon Tonle Sap Lake, by the Vietnamese General Consulate in Battambang provinceand the Association of Cambodians of Vietnamese Origin in Siem Reap province onDecember 3 – 4.
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc pledged the rice during hismeeting with representatives of Vietnamese residents in Siem Reap on November23, as part of his recent visit to Cambodia to attend the ninth Cambodia – Laos– Vietnam (CLV) Development Triangle Area.
There are about 1,600 Vietnamese Cambodianshouseholds with 6,500 people in Siem Reap province. Most of them live onfishing and small business with low income. -VNA