Cambodian NA President Heng Samrin begins official visit to Vietnam

President of the Cambodian National Assembly Heng Samrin starts a four-day official friendship visit to Vietnam on June 23, at the invitation of Vietnamese NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.
Cambodian NA President Heng Samrin begins official visit to Vietnam ảnh 1President of the Cambodian National Assembly Heng Samrin (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – A high-ranking delegation of theCambodian National Assembly (NA), led by President Heng Samrin, starts afour-day official friendship visit to Vietnam on June 23, at the invitation ofVietnamese NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

During the visit, Heng Samrin is scheduled to take part inactivities marking the 50th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties. 

He is also expected to participate in a meeting of the presidents of theVietnam Fatherland Front, the Lao Front for National Construction and theSolidarity Front for Development of the Cambodian Motherland.

Vietnam and Cambodia set up their diplomatic ties on June24, 1967.

Two-way trade reached nearly 3 billion USD in 2016. The twocountries’ leaders determined to raise the figure to 5 billion USD in the timeahead.

There are around 1 million Vietnamese visiting Cambodia each year,ranking first in terms of the number of foreign tourists to the country in recent eight years.-VNA

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