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Governors of Cambodian provinces extend New Year greetings to Long An

Governors of Cambodia’s Svay Rieng and Pray Veng provinces on January 13 visited neighbouring Long An province of Vietnam to extend Lunar New Year (Tet) greetings to local people as Vietnam's most important festival is approaching.
Governors of Cambodian provinces extend New Year greetings to Long An ảnh 1Governors of Cambodia’s Svay Rieng and Pray Veng provinces visit neighbouring Long An province of Vietnam to extend Lunar New Year (Tet)  (Photo: VNA)

Long An (VNA) - Governors of Cambodia’sSvay Rieng and Pray Veng provinces on January 13 visited neighbouring Long An provinceof Vietnam to extend Lunar New Year (Tet) greetings to local people as Vietnam's most important festival is approaching.

The Cambodian officials spoke highly ofachievements that Long An obtained last year, saying they wish for closersolidarity and friendship between Vietnam, Cambodia and the border provinces.

Chairman of the Long An People’s Committee Tran Van Utthanked the two guests for their gesture, saying he expects the threeprovinces will cooperate more effectively in 2023 and beyond, particularly infostering border trade and services, in order to build and maintain the sharedborder of peace, friendship and cooperation for mutual development.

He also wished the time-tested, traditional friendshipand comprehensive cooperation between the peoples of Vietnam and Cambodia ingeneral and the people of the three provinces of Long An, Svay Rieng and PreyVeng in particular achieve more fruitful outcomes in the time ahead.

The Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Year 2022 was an important milestone for the two countries with a lot of activities held to mark the 55th founding anniversary of diplomatic ties./.

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