Vietnam’s south-western provinces pledged to closely work with Cambodia’s localities and branches to fight trans-national crimes to protect security and maintain stability and social order in each country as part of effort to step up bilateral wide-ranging cooperation.

The pledge was made at a working session between a delegation from the Steering Committee for the South-western Region and a delegation from the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) in Phnom Penh on October 23.

Senior Lieutenant General Tran Phi Ho, Deputy Head of the Steering Committee for the South-western Region and Sai Chum, Head of the Standing Board of the CPP Central Committee shared their delight at the traditional friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and Cambodia.

They said they are pleased to see local people residing in border areas uniting to ensure security and preserve peace and social order in the common border to facilitate mutual development.

At the session, general Ho extended profound sympathy to Cambodian people and CPP members over the death of King Father Norodom Sihanouk.

He thanked the CPP and Cambodian people for their support and assistance to the search and repatriation of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers killed during the wartime in Cambodia , especially to the past struggle to gain independence and protect territorial integrity and the current national construction and development by south-western provinces’ people.

Sai Chum showed his gratitude to leaders and people of Vietnam for coming up with immense, valuable, prompt and effective assistance to Cambodian people when they managed to escape from the Pol Pot genocidal regime and rebuild and defend their country.

The CPP official affirmed that the Vietnamese State and people have played a sizeable part in Cambodia’s today achievements.

During the working visit, the Vietnamese officials will have working sessions with several Cambodian ministries, sectors and localities.-VNA