Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received outgoing Cambodian Ambassador Chay Navuth in Hanoi on January 6, VNA reported.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (right) receives outgoing Cambodian Ambassador Chay Navuth. Photo: daibieunhandan.vn

Chinh appreciated the ambassador’s contributions to the two countries’ relations, especially in the Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Year 2022 in celebration of the 55th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties; and congratulated him on being appointed as Deputy Secretary of State of Cambodia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.

He affirmed the Party and State’s consistent policy of attaching great importance and giving high priority to consolidating and strengthening the two nations’ good neighborliness, traditional friendship, and comprehensive and sustainable cooperation, for the benefit of the two peoples, and for peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world.

The Cambodian diplomat thanked the Vietnamese Party, State and people for their support to the Cambodian people, and himself during his working tenure in Vietnam. He affirmed that Cambodia's success is inseparable from Vietnam's help in all circumstances.

The two sides expressed their delight at the development of the bilateral relations, reflected through regular meetings and discussions between high-ranking leaders, and the efficiency of the Governments’ cooperation mechanisms.

Economic cooperation is a bright spot in bilateral relations, with two-way trade reporting a year-on-year rise of 13.2% to USD 9.77 billion in the first 11 months of last year. To date, Vietnam has had 198 valid investment projects in Cambodia with a total registered capital of USD 2.92 billion, ranking first in ASEAN and in the top five countries with the largest investments in Cambodia.

PM Chinh stressed the need for the two countries to work together to nurture their ties, promote collaboration in human resources training, complete the demarcation of border and planting of border markers, and solve the issue of legal status for people of Vietnamese origin in Cambodia.

He asked Chay Navuth, in his new position, to maintain his contributions to the two countries’ relations.

The outgoing ambassador affirmed that he will continue exerting efforts to consolidate and develop the relationship between Cambodia and Vietnam in general and between their legislative bodies in particular. At the same time, actively contributing to promoting the early completion of 16% of the work of demarcation and planting of landmarks between the two countries, and also solves the issue of legal status for Vietnamese origin in Cambodia.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (right) receives outgoing Cambodian Ambassador Chay Navuth. Photo: daibieunhandan.vn

Last week, the outgoing ambassador had bid farewell to President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.

At the reception for Cambodian Ambassador Chay Navuth, President Phuc highlighted the two countries’ cooperation achievements, including increasingly consolidated political trust and the building of a shared border of peace, stability, friendship, and cooperation for common development.

Appreciating his guest’s efforts during the last tenure, he noted despite the Covid-19 pandemic, meetings between Vietnamese and Cambodian leaders have been maintained while bilateral trade in the first 11 months of 2022 increased 13.2% year-on-year to nearly USD 10 billion.

The State congratulated Cambodia on its successes in holding communal-level council elections in June and serving as Chair of ASEAN and the 43rd General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) this year.

Ambassador Navuth thanked the Vietnamese Party, State, and people for assisting Cambodia during the pandemic, noting that Cambodia highly values Vietnam’s coordination in organizing practical activities to reinforce the two countries’ traditional friendship.

Meanwhile, the top legislator expressed a hope that the Cambodian Government and Parliament will continue removing obstacles, creating more favorable conditions for investors and businesses of each of the two countries to operate in the other's markets.

The NA Chairman also said he hopes that on the basis of the established mechanisms, the Vietnamese and Cambodian legislatures will step up delegation exchanges at all levels.

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