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Vietnam and Cambodia on January 28 pledged to provide maximum assistance to Laos to help it successfully perform the role as Chair of ASEAN 2024.

Hundreds of Cambodian people of the Vietnamese origin from all localities of Cambodia, Vietnamese and Khmer businesses of the Vietnamese origin and students, as well as a large number of guests gathered at the Vietnamese Embassy in Phnom Penh on January 26 to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet), the biggest traditional festival of the Vietnamese people.

A three-year-old boy in Cambodia's southeast Prey Veng province has been confirmed for H5N1 human avian influenza, the first case in the Southeast Asian nation this year, the Cambodian Ministry of Health reported on January 26.

Authorities of the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu on January 25 hosted a high-level delegation of the Cambodian province of Preah Sihanouk, who came for a well-wishing visit on the occasion of Vietnam's traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

Leaders from Cambodia, specifically the provinces of Prey Veng, Svay Rieng, Kampong Cham and Tboung Khmum, gathered to extend greetings and present gifts to the authorities of Vietnam's southern province of Tay Ninh on January 25, just ahead of the Lunar New Year festival.

The Government has issued Decree 5/2024/ND-CP on special preferential import tariffs for Cambodian goods as part of the implementation of the Vietnam-Cambodia trade promotion agreement for the 2023-2024 period.

Forty-three remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who sacrificed their lives during wars in Cambodia, arrived home on January 25, with the welcoming ceremony held at the Hoa Lu international border gate in the southern province of Binh Phuoc’s Loc Ninh district.

Representatives from about 50 Vietnamese enterprises and Khmer businesses of Vietnamese-origin gathered in Phnom Penh on January 16 to share their experience in operating and investing in Cambodia and foster their connections.

Nearly 100 Vietnamese students, along with some international ones, representatives from the Khmer-Vietnam Association, and Vietnamese agencies and businesses in Cambodia, participated in a programme celebrating the 2024 Lunar New Year festival (called Tet in Vietnamese) at the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) on January 13 evening.

Cambodia reported 1,384 malaria cases in 2023, down about 66% from the previous year.

A delegation from the Development Department under the Cambodian Ministry of National Defence led by Lieut. Gen. Ouk Hoeunpisey visited and extended Lunar New Year wishes to the authorities of Vinh Long province in the Mekong Delta region on January 11.

The victory over the Pol Pot genocidal regime on January 7, 1979 turned a new page in Cambodia's modern history, a page written by Cambodian people themselves, Dr. Chhang Youk, Executive Director of the Documentation Centre of Cambodia (DC-Cam) told Vietnam News Agency (VNA)’s correspondent in Phnom Penh.

On the occasion of the 45th anniversary of Cambodia’s Victory over Genocide Day (January 7, 1979-2024), Khmer Times newspaper has published an article highlights the role of youth in building a "friendship bridge" between Vietnam and Cambodia.

Vietnam always attaches importance to the good traditional friendship with Cambodia, President Vo Van Thuong told visiting Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Neth Savoeun during a meeting in Hanoi on January 7.