At the inauguration ceremony (Source: bienphong.com.vn) An Giang (VNA) – A Vietnam-Cambodiaborder friendship cultural house was inaugurated in Tinh Bien district, thesouthwestern border province of An Giang, on August 28.
The inauguration ceremony took place within the Vietnam-Cambodia borderfriendship exchange programme.
The house demonstrates cooperation between foreign ministries and border residentsof the two countries.
Apart from high-ranking officials, the ceremony saw the participation ofresidents in Xuan Binh hamlet, Tinh Bien town, and Ta Rung hamlet, Phnomdelcommune, Kirivong district, Cambodia’s Takeo province.
Since 2015, local authorities, armed forces and border residents of Vietnam andCambodia have set up twinning relations, contributing to enhancing theneighborliness, friendship and mutual support between the two peoples.
On this occasion, Vietnam and Cambodia held a conference to review cooperationbetween their border residents, and put forth measures to deepen thecollaboration.
Five out of the 17 residential areas in An Giang that shares border with Takeoand Kandal provinces of Cambodia have established twining relations withCambodian localities.
The Vietnamese and Cambodian localities have organized exchange camps for theiryouths on a rotary basis, along with trade fairs.
An Giang has also helped the Cambodian side with farming methods andscholarships for Cambodian students, contributing to spurring economicdevelopment and improving income and living standards for border residents.
As part of the borderfriendship exchange programme, Vietnam and Cambodia held a joint border patrol and conducted an exercise ondrug crime combat at the Xuan To Industrial Park in Tinh Bien district. -VNA
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