PM welcomes Cambodian Justice Minister

31/08/2010

PM Nguyen Tan Dung receives Cambodian Minister of Justice Ang Vong Vathana. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received visiting Cambodian Minister of Justice Ang Vong Vathana in Hanoi on August 30. At the reception, PM Dung said he was pleased with the fine judiciary co-operation between the two countries’ Ministries of Justice recently and affirmed that Vietnam wishes together with Cambodia to further strengthen bilateral co-operation in all aspects, especially politics-diplomacy, economics, socio-culture and justice. The Government leader suggested the two sides make more efforts to sign an agreement on judicial assistance which helps boost the economic-commercial co-operation between the two countries. The signing of the agreement would create a legal foundation for Vietnamese and Cambodian people and businesses to exchange co-operative programmes and projects as well as strengthen mutual understanding and trust between the two nations, he noted. For his part, Minister Ang Vong Vathana stressed that Vietnam-Cambodia ties have been continuously consolidated over the years. He also said that during their talks, his ministry and the Vietnamese counterpart agreed on necessary contents for the signing of the judicial assistance agreement between the two countries. (VNA)