Vietnam, Cambodia promote people-to-people exchanges

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen had a meeting with a delegation of the Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Association (VCFA) under the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations in Hanoi on December 7 (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Senhad a meeting with a delegation of the Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Association (VCFA)under the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations in Hanoi on December 7.

The Cambodian PM had a working visit to Vietnam from December 6-8.

At the meeting, Chairman of the VCFA Vu Mao briefed his guest on theassociation’s activities over the years.

He noted that the VCFA’s chapters have worked to promote the implementationof friendship and cooperation activities between the two countries, especially afriendship programme, which has devised various measures to supportdisadvantaged Cambodian students who are studying in Vietnam.

The VCFA has closely joined hands with the Cambodia-Vietnam FriendshipAssociation in boosting people-to-people exchanges between the two countries,he added.

For his part, Cambodian PM Hun Sen thanked the support of the VCFA forCambodian students in Vietnam.

He said that the sentiment of Vietnamese people is a source ofencouragement for the young Cambodian generation, and activities like the friendshipprogramme have contributed to promoting the bilateral friendship in the comingtime. -VNA

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