HCM City (VNA) - Ho Chi Minh City is always one of the leading localities nationwide in implementing cooperative activities with Cambodia, contributing to preserving and strengthening the longstanding and traditional friendship and good neighbourliness between the two nations.
So said Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Vo Van Hoan when extending greetings on the 71st anniversary of Cambodia's Independence Day (November 9, 1953 - 2024) at the Cambodian Consulate General in the city on November 6.
The official expressed his delight at the development of the good neighborliness, traditional friendship, comprehensive cooperation, and long-lasting sustainability between Vietnam and Cambodia, especially in areas of diplomacy, politics, and economic cooperation, saying that HCM City hopes to collaborate closely with Cambodian partners and localities to promote mutual understanding and friendship, towards preserving and further strengthening the relationship between the two countries, as well as between HCM City and Cambodian localities.
The southern metropolis is willing to coordinate with Cambodian ministries, agencies, and localities to expand cooperation in education and training, promote trade, and seek investment cooperation opportunities between businesses and partners of the two sides, thus contributing to boosting the economic ties between the two countries, he noted.
Cambodian Consul General in HCM City Chan Sorykan expressed his delight at the fruitful development of the traditional Cambodia – Vietnam relationship, saying that this is reflected by recent high-level visits by the two nations’ leaders, as well as the positive outcomes in trade and investment ties in 2024.
Hailing cooperation proposals from the official, the Cambodian diplomat said he hopes that HCM City will continue implementing educational and training cooperation activities, and providing scholarships for Cambodian students, particularly for those in advantaged areas.
Cambodia wishes to work with HCM City in organising trade forums and investment-trade promotion conferences between localities of the two countries, he added.
He took the occasion to thank agencies of HCM City for their close cooperation with the Consulate General, showing his belief that the Cambodia-Vietnam friendship will continue to develop sustainably in the future./.
