Cambodian PM Hun Sen to visit Vietnam next month
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Samdech
Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen will lead a high-ranking delegation
of the Cambodian Government on an official visit to Vietnam from December 6-8.
The visit
will be made at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, according to
a statement released by the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November
29.
Vietnam
and Cambodia officially established diplomatic relations on June 24, 1967. The
two nations have regularly maintained the exchange of visits at all levels.
Vietnam
has become one of Cambodia’s leading economic partners with
two-way trade reaching nearly 3.8 billion USD in 2017, up more than 25 percent
year-on-year. The two countries are striving to raise the figure to 5 billion
USD in the coming years.
Vietnam has to date invested
in 206 projects in Cambodia with combined registered capital of 3.02 billion
USD, ranking in the top five foreign investors in Cambodia. Meanwhile, Cambodia has poured 58.1 million
USD into 18 projects in Vietnam.
In 2017, up to 835,000 Vietnamese visited Cambodia while 222,000 Cambodians went on tours of Vietnam.-VNA