Long An (VNA) – Governors of Cambodia’s Svay Rieng and Prey Veng provinces on January 14visited neighbouring Long An province of Vietnam to extend Lunar New Year greetings to local peopleas the Year of the Rat isapproaching.
Governor ofSvay Rieng Men Vibol and Governor of Pray Veng Chea Somethi sent their bestwishes to Long An’s Party Committee, government and people on the occasion ofVietnam’s traditional New Year.
They spoke highlyspoke of achievements Long An obtained last year, sayingthey wish for the closer solidarity and friendship between Vietnam and Cambodia and the border provinces in particularly.
Chairman ofthe Long An People’s Committee Tran Van Can thanked the two governors for theirgesture, saying he expects the three provinces will cooperate more effectivelyin 2020 and beyond, particularly in fostering border trade and services, andspeeding up demarcating borderline and planting border markers in order tobuild and maintain the shared border of peace, friendship and cooperation formutual development.
In 2019, LongAn posted a economic growth rate of 9.41 percent and income per capita reached 72.67 million VND (3.140 USD)per year./.
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