Phnom Penh, October 04, 2019 –Seven documents on promoting the bilateral cooperation between the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam will be signed during the visit of Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen to Viet Nam.
The information was shared by H.E. Sry Thamrong, Minister Attached to the Prime Minister, before the departure of Samdech Techo Hun Sen for a two-day official visit to Viet Nam this morning, at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart H.E. Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
A supplementary treaty to the border treaties of 1985 and 2005 between the two countries will also be inked on the occasion, he added.
Samdech Techo Hun Sen was seen off at Phnom Penh International Airport by Samdech Kralahom Sar Kheng, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior, and many other high-ranking government officials as well as representatives of the Embassy of Viet Nam in Cambodia.
According to H.E. Sry Thamrong, during his stay in Viet Nam on Oct. 4-5, 2019, Samdech Techo Prime Minister will pay separate courtesy calls on H.E. Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary and President of Viet Nam, and H.E. Mrs. Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, President of National Assembly of Viet Nam.
Samdech Techo Hun Sen will hold bilateral meeting with his Vietnamese counterpart, H.E. Nguyen Xuan Phuc, during which various bilateral, regional, and international issues of mutual interests and common concerns will be discussed. After the meeting, the two Prime Ministers will preside over the signing ceremony of the above said documents.
Both Prime Ministers will address the opening of Viet Nam-Cambodia Investment and Trade Promotion Conference to be held in the afternoon of Oct. 4.
On the second day of the visit, the two Premiers will preside over the Review Conference on Cambodia-Viet Nam Land Boundary Demarcation, which is expected to conclude with the signing of two legal documents to acknowledge the completion of 84 percent of the land boundary demarcation work.
While staying in Ha Noi, Samdech Techo Prime Minister will lay wreaths and pay homage at the Memorial of National Heroes and Martyrs and Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum.
Samdech Techo Prime Minister was accompanied by Samdech Pichey Sena Tea Banh, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence, H.E. Prak Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, H.E. Var Kimhong, Senior Minister in charge of Border Affairs, H.E. Pan Sorasak, Minister of Commerce H.E. Suy Sem, Minister of Mines and Energy, and H.E. Thong Khon, Minister of Tourism, as well as other senior government officials and business leaders from the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce.
by C. Nika
