Party General Secretary receives Cambodia’s top Buddhist monks

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (5th from L) meets with Most Venerable Monk Tep Vong at Unalom pagoda and Most Venerable Monk Bukri at Svay Pope pagoda, Phnom Penh, July 21, 2017 - Photo: VNA

Most Venerable Monks Tep Vong and Bukri welcomed the Vietnamese Party leader, saying that his visit shows the strong growth of the Viet Nam-Cambodia ties in all areas, and closer solidarity between the two countries.

They wished Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and the Vietnamese delegation good health and luck.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong expressed his pleasure that the Buddhist community in Cambodia plays an important role in the great solidarity bloc of the neighboring country.

Mr. Trong said that in Viet Nam, Buddhism has grown strongly and acted for the common development of the nation.

He expressed his wish that the Buddhist communities of Viet Nam and Cambodia will foster connection to share experience, thus promoting the relations between the two countries.

He also wished Most Venerable Monks Tep Vong and Bukri good health to continue contributing to the growth of Buddhism and ties between the two countries.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong is on a State visit to Cambodia from July 20-22./.

By Kim Loan