Friday, August 24, 2012

City hosts Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Conference

The Vietnam-Cambodia Legislative Friendship Conference to mark the 45th anniversary of Vietnam-Cambodia diplomatic ties and Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Year 2012 was held in Ho Chi Minh City on August 23.

The one-day event, co-chaired by Nguyen Sinh Hung, Chairman of Vietnam’s National Assembly and Samdech Heng Samrin, President of Cambodia’s National Assembly, was one of a series of activities to enhance ties between the two neighboring countries. 

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung (R) welcomes the Cambodian National Assembly President Samdech Heng Samrin
While opening the conference, Chairman Hung said that there is clear evidence showing the two countries determination to foster and develop solidarity, friendship and cooperation ties for development in all fields. 

This event was demonstrated vividly by determination to continue to nurture and develop solidarity, friendship, cooperation and development in all areas in the two countries, he added.

For his part, President Samdech Heng Samrin said the conference is a political event of profound significance and constitutes a vivid manifestation of the solidarity, close friendship and firm and long-term cooperation between the two people. 

He took the occasion to thank the Vietnamese Party, State and people for their great assistance to Cambodia. 

He said he is happy with the growing traditional friendship and cooperative ties with Vietnam. “Cambodia always sees Vietnam as a good neighbor, a good friend, a good brother and a good partner,” he said. 

Delegates to the event talked about the relationship and cooperation between the two countries, legislative bodies, as well as the relationship between the People’s Councils and the NA delegations of localities sharing the common border line. 

The conference also heard a report on the trade and investment cooperation between the two countries. Both sides will strive to develop bilateral trade over the next five years. Currently, more than 100 projects in Vietnam are licensed in Cambodia in various fields with a total investment capital of more than US$2.2 billion.

A joint statement affirmed the two legislative bodies’ commitment that Vietnamese and Cambodian National Assemblies support the view of the Government of the two countries to further strengthen bilateral cooperation as well as to discuss regional and international issues.
The meeting also confirmed the commitment of the two legislative bodies of Vietnam and Cambodia with the governments and people of ASEAN member countries to build a strong ASEAN solidarity, respect and mutual support, mutual interests and harmony between national interests and the interests of the community, and contribute to the common objective of peace, security, cooperation and development.

Le Thanh Hai, HCMC Party Secretary ( second from R ) and Le Hoang Quan, Chairman of HCMC People's Committee (R) met with Cambodian youth attending the Conference of the National Assemblies of Vietnam and Cambodia
Delegates at the conference agreed to better implement cooperation agreements signed between the two NAs on July 22, 2012 in Hanoi; maintain exchange of high-ranking delegations; further accelerate activities of the two countries’ friendship parliamentarians groups; and closely cooperate in international and regional inter-parliamentary forums and jointly monitor the implementation of economic, social, cultural and educational cooperation agreements.

Later on the same day, NA Chairman Hung and his Cambodian counterpart visited the Vietnam Rubber Research Institute and the Khai Hoan Company under the Vietnam Rubber Group, in the southern province of Binh Duong.

At the conference, HCMC Party Secretary Le Thanh Hai reported the good results in cooperation and investment in various fields between Ho Chi Minh City and Phnom Penh.
HCMC and Phnom Penh would do their best to support the two countries stance on further beefing up bilateral cooperation and exchange of views on economic and regional issues of mutual concern, he said.

Source SGGP, Translated by Dan

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