Since the agreement on the repatriation work was signed between two Governments on August 28, 2000 in Phnom Penh, the teams have recovered 4,286 sets of remains across six Cambodian provinces, including 160 in Koh Kong, 205 in Preah Sihanouk, 1,307 in Kampong Speu, 834 in Takeo, 1,701 in Kampot, and 79 in Kep.
Vietnam and Cambodia have agreed to strengthen cooperation in the search, collection, and repatriation of remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives during wartime in Cambodia.
Vietnam’s trade with Cambodia has grown consistently. In 2024, land border trade reached 7.26 billion USD, up 18.2% year-on-year. In the first seven months of 2025, it stood at 5.17 billion USD, rising 16.9%.
The diplomat underlined that Vietnam and Cambodia are long-standing neighbours whose destinies are inseparable. Today’s generations are carrying forward the traditional friendship and mutual support nurtured by their predecessors, while working together in increasingly close and effective cooperation for prosperous national development and the benefit of both countries' people.
A delegation from the Ministry of National Defence led by Deputy Minister Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien on July 14 inspected key locations for second Vietnam-Cambodia Border Defence Friendship Exchange in November.
The Vietnam–Cambodia business networking conference 2025 will take place in HCM City on July 15, aiming to strengthen direct connections between Vietnamese and Cambodian enterprises.
In the first four months of 2025, trade turnover between Vietnam and Cambodia surpassed 3 billion USD, marking a 7% increase compared to the same period in 2024.
Vietnam and Cambodia are hoped to strengthen their robust collaboration across various sectors, particularly in resolving remaining border issues to transform the border area into a zone of peace, friendship, cooperation, and development.
PM Pham Minh Chinh praised the signing of the agreement to promote bilateral trade between the Governments of Vietnam and Cambodia for the 2025–2026 period, noting that it will provide legal grounds for reaching the trade target of 20 billion USD.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Sar Sokha, in Hanoi on February 19.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam received a high-ranking delegation of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) led by Ouch Borith, a member of the CPP Central Committee's Standing Board and First Vice President of the Cambodian Senate in Hanoi on January 20.
Cambodian King Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneat Norodom Sihamoni is in Hanoi for a two-day State visit to Vietnam at the invitation of President Luong Cuong. A welcome ceremony was held for the Cambodian king in Hanoi on November 28.
