National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has affirmed Vietnam and Cambodia's determination to solidify their traditional friendship and comprehensive cooperation despite significant changes in the region and the wider world.
In her speech at ceremony marking 50
years of bilateral relations in
Hanoi on June
24, the top legislator said "
Vietnamand
Cambodia are endowed
with the
Mekong
River, which has witnessed the close
bonds between the 2 nations. On this occasion, I wish our traditional
friendship and comprehensive cooperation will be like the
Mekong
Riverthat never runs dry,” Ngan stressed.
President of
Cambodia’s
National Assembly Heng Samrin praised
Vietnam’s
valuable support for
Cambodiaduring its national construction.
Over the past five decades, the cooperative relations between the two
countries has been strengthened and developed unceasingly under the motto
" Good neighbourliness, traditional friendship, comprehensive cooperation,
long-term sustainability "and both sides have always respected each
other's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Bilateral cooperation have been successful in multiple fields like
economics, society, culture, education, science and trade, Samrin said.
On behalf of the Cambodian people, Samdech Heng Samrin thanked for the
valuable support the Vietnamese Party, State and people have given the
Cambodian people in restoring and building the nation, especially for the major
sacrifices of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who helped liberate the Cambodian
people from the Cambodian genocide on January 7, 1979.
In a recent interview with the Vietnamese media on the occasion of the
50th anniversary of Vietnam-Cambodia ties, Deputy Prime Minister and
Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has described the past half a century as a
period of paramount importance in the history of relations between Vietnam and
Cambodia.
He stressed that bilateral ties have stood the test of time despite historical
ups and downs.
"Vietnam-Cambodia relations have grown in a multitude of areas.
Vietnam, as a neighboring country, always wishes
for
Cambodia’s
peace and prosperity and improved bilateral ties for the benefit of the two
peoples and regional peace and stability,” Mr Minh said.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Thach Du told a Phnom Penh-based Voice
of Vietnam correspondent that both countries should work harder to elevate
two-way trade from US$3 billion at present to US$5 billion in the time ahead.
"Vietnamese and Cambodian businesses should intensify marketing and trade
promotion programs. A new trade agreement to place the deal on cross-border
goods and service exchanges signed in 2001 will help enhance bilateral trade
ties,” Ambassador Du said.
Source: VOV
After three years of implementing the Politburo’s Conclusion No. 01-KL/TW on continuing performing Directive 05-CT/TW on enhancing the learning and studying of President Ho Chi Minh’s thought, moral example and lifestyle, Lac Thuy district of Hoa Binh province has discovered many effective models and practices, creating a spillover effect in the local community, helping to develop a clean and strong Party Organisation meeting the requirements in the new situation.
The Hoa Binh Elderly Association and the provincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs on May 7 held a working session with a visiting delegation from the Japanese Embassy and sponsors of a local project on reducing senior citizens’ income and health vulnerabilities in Vietnam (VIE071).
Seventy years have passed, but the memories of the Dien Bien Phu campaign in 1954 have never faded in the mind of veteran Ly Van Ngoan from Dong Tien hamlet, Phu Thanh commune, Lac Thuy district.
Over recent times, in Mai Chau district, there have been many typical examples of studying and following President Ho Chi Minh's ideology, ethics, and lifestyle in all aspects of the social life, contributing to successfully implementing the tasks of socio-economic development, and ensuring social welfare and defence and security in the locality.
Officials of Hoa Binh province led by Bui Van Khanh, Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, along with others from the provinces also taking part in a programme on promoting Vietnamese localities in the US and Canada, visited and had a working session with the Consulate General of Vietnam in Houston on April 24 (local time). The delegation was welcomed by Hoang Thuy Duong, Consul General of Vietnam in the city, and staff members of the consulate.
Officials of Hoa Binh province joining in a programme on promoting Vietnamese localities in the US and Canada began working sessions in New York on April 22. Other provinces participating in this programme, held by the Department for Local Diplomacy Facilitation under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, include Yen Bai, Ha Nam, Ha Tinh, Thua Thien - Hue, and Gia Lai.
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