Deputy PM meets top Cambodian leaders

The meetings took place on the occasion of the Vietnamese official's tour to co-chair the 13th Conference on cooperation and development between Vietnamese and Cambodian border provinces.

Cambodian leader Hun Sen expressed his satisfaction with the developments in the bilateral relations, emphasizing the importance of cooperation between the Vietnamese and Cambodian parties, as well as among Viet Nam, Cambodia, and Laos.

He proposed that the two sides strengthen ties in all fields, from politics, security, and defense to economy, trade, investment, education, training, culture, science, technology, people-to-people exchanges, and cooperation between border provinces.

The Deputy Prime Minister, for his part, said that cooperation between the two Parties helps strengthen mutual trust and serves as a foundation for the development of other areas.

Defense and security ties continue to play a key role while economic cooperation has emerged as a bright spot in the bilateral relations, noted the guest.

The Vietnamese Government will actively direct relevant ministries, sectors, and localities to effectively implement the agreements and treaties between the two countries, especially the important outcomes achieved at the 13th Conference on cooperation and development of Vietnamese and Cambodian border provinces, stated Bui.

Meeting with the Vietnamese official, Prime Minister Hun Manet called on the two nations to advance cooperation through the Party channel and trilateral cooperation among Viet Nam, Laos, and Cambodia.

He suggested Viet Nam enhance connectivity by road, waterway, and air, promote comprehensive cooperation among border provinces—especially in culture and education, security and defense, and prevention of transnational crime as well as accelerate negotiations on border demarcation and marker planting with Cambodia.

The Cambodian Government cares for people of Vietnamese origin and supports Vietnamese businesses investing and operating in Cambodia, emphasized the host.

Bui, for his side, underlined that Viet Nam stands ready to work closely with Cambodia in hosting the 20th Francophonie Summit next year.

He expressed his hope that the Cambodian Prime Minister will continue directing relevant Cambodian ministries, sectors, and localities to foster stronger ties with Viet Nam to create breakthroughs in economic cooperation—particularly by accelerating the development of transport and logistics connectivity, remarkably the Ho Chi Minh City–Moc Bai expressway and Bavet–Phnom Penh expressway projects as well as border gates and border trade infrastructure.

He highlighted the significance of local-to-local exchanges, especially in trade, healthcare, and education, adding that defense and security cooperation should be promoted, including stepping up efforts to combat cybercrime, human trafficking, and other forms of transnational crime.

Bui called for continued efforts to find effective solutions to the remaining un-demarcated land boundary and soon sign an agreement on border gates and cross-border travel on the land border and an agreement on border management regulations.

He expected that Cambodia will continue paying attention to and expediting the granting of nationality to all eligible people of Vietnamese origin, while creating favorable conditions for their children to attend public schools./.