VUFO President Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga said it wasan honour to present the “For peace and friendship among nations” insignia –the most noble award of VUFO - to the Cambodian Ambassador in recognition of hiscontributions to promoting the friendship and comprehensive cooperation betweenthe Vietnamese and Cambodian people.
Political ties between the two nations have been consolidatedand strengthened strongly with mutual visits by their senior leaders, she said,adding that cooperative relations in the fields of economy, trade, culture,education, national defence and security have also reaped important achievements.
Two-way trade exceeded 12 billion in 2022 and the twocountries have successfully organised the Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Year 2022with a wide range of diverse activities, Nga added.
The important development steps of the Vietnam-Cambodiarelationship and people-to-people exchange activities held over the past threeyears have seen contributions by Chay Navuth and the Cambodian Embassy inVietnam, she stressed.
Chay Navuth said it was an honour for him to receivethe most noble award of VUFO.
The ambassador affirmed that he will always rememberand treasure VUFO’s assistance and sentiments Vietnamese people have reservedfor him during his tenure.
He promised to make every effort to contribute to the enhancementof the traditional friendship and comprehensive cooperation between Cambodiaand Vietnam in the future./.