Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Vuong Dinh Hue (R) and Cambodian Ambassador to Vietnam Chay Navuth (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Secretary of the Hanoi Party CommitteeVuong Dinh Hue said on August 12 that the capital hopes to expand cooperation with its Cambodian counterpartPhnom Penh.
During a working session with Cambodian Ambassador to Vietnam Chay Navuth, Hue highlighted the long-lasting friendship and comprehensive andeffective cooperation between the two countries, expressing his belief that Hanoi-PhnomPenh relations will be even stronger in the time to come.
He suggested the ambassador and the embassy further promote investmentcooperation between the two localities and create favourable conditions forenterprises from Hanoi in particular and Vietnam in general to effectivelyinvest and operate in Cambodia.
Hanoi will continue enhancing the exchange of delegations, investmentcooperation, and people-to-people exchanges through the Party and fatherlandfront channels with Phnom Penh and other Cambodian localities, Hue said.
It is willing to support and facilitate the activities of the embassy and Cambodianinvestors in the city, he added.
For his part, the ambassador praised the achievements of Vietnam and Hanoi in curbingthe spread of COVID-19.
He thanked the Vietnamese Party, Government, and people for medical supplies presentedto his country in recent times, saying they have contributed significantly to itsefforts to fight the disease.
He said he hopes Phnom Penh and Hanoi as well as the two countries will soon resume tradeonce the pandemic is under control.
According to the Hanoi Department of Planning and Investment, the capital ishome to four projects from Cambodian companies with investment totaling 1.46million USD. Thirty-four projects worth about 825 million USD from Hanoianenterprises, meanwhile, have been granted investment licenses in Cambodia, primarilyin the fields of construction, trade, transport, mining, agriculture, andforestry./.
