Vietnam steps up aquaculture cooperation with Cambodia

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Vu Hong Nam suggested Vietnam and Cambodia join hands in aquaculture when visiting Kampong Chhnang, one of the five Cambodian provinces adjacent to Tonle Sap Lake.
Vietnam steps up aquaculture cooperation with Cambodia ảnh 1Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Vu Hong Nam has suggested Vietnam and Cambodia join hands in aquaculture (Source: VNA)
Phnom Penh (VNA) – Vietnamese Deputy Minister of ForeignAffairs Vu Hong Nam suggested Vietnam and Cambodia join hands in aquaculturewhen visiting Kampong Chhnang, one of the five Cambodian provinces adjacent toTonle Sap Lake.

At a working session with Kampong Chhnang’s Governor Chhua Channdoeun onSeptember 14, Nam highlighted the province’s great potential for aquaculture,the field where Vietnam has technologies and experience.

The bilateral aquaculture collaboration is expected to help Cambodiareach its targets of promoting economic development, ensuring local people’sstable life, protecting the environment, the official said.

Chhua Channdoeun credited attention and support of Vietnameseministries, agencies and localities to Kampong Chhnang in particular andCambodia in general, which, he said, has given a facelift to the province andthe country as well.

He called on Vietnam to increase its investment in and support toCambodia and Kampong Chhnang in areas of the country’s strengths, in order topromote the relationship between the two nations.

Earlier the same day, Nam and his entourage presented 800 gifts tooverseas Vietnamese and Cambodian people who are living in difficultcircumstances in Boribo district.

They are on a working trip to Cambodian provinces around Tonle Sap Lakeand the coastal province of Preah Sihanouk from September 11-17, in a bid toseek investment opportunities for Vietnamese businesses.

They are scheduled to visit Pursat province on September 15.-VNA
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