Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen (L) holds a glass of wine while chatting with Vietnamese diplomat Mai Phuoc Dung after a signing ceremony at the Government Office in Hanoi November 4, 2008. REUTERS/KhamPremier To Sign Trade, Visa Deals in Hanoi
By Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
04 November 2008
Prime Minister Hun Sen left for Hanoi Tuesday for a two-day official visit, where he is expected to improve cross-border trade with visa exemptions for Cambodians.
The premier will discuss the economy, trade, investment and the acceleration of border demarcation with his counterpart, Nguyen Tan Dung.
During Hun Sen’s visit, his first since the July elections, the two are expected to sign an agreement that will allow all passport holders to cross between the two countries without a visa, which will ease imports and exports.
“These agreements really promote the economics between the two countries, especially cross-border trade and free visas, so that ordinary people can make business along the border and travel,” said Koy Koung, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The two are also scheduled to sign an agreement to link the countries by rail, as part of a pan-Asean railway initiative, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The two countries will also seek greater cooperation between their two national stations, National Radio of Cambodia and the Voice of Vietnam.
“We will allow the news in Vietnamese to be broadcast on Cambodian national radio for 15 minutes each day, and Vietnam will help train Cambodians to use material and equipment for the radio in the studio,” Information Minister Khieu Kanharith said.
Both sides will share with each other music and background broadcasts from national festivals and events, he said.
In Hanoi, Hun Sen will also join economic summits with Burma, Laos and Vietnam.
Trade between the two countries increased from $180 million in 2000 to $1.2 billion in 2007, Vietnamnet reported Tuesday. From January to June this year, the two have traded $903 million. Both countries hope trade to reach $2 billion annually by 2012. Meanwhile, investment from Vietnam in Cambodia was $100 million in 2007.
The premier will discuss the economy, trade, investment and the acceleration of border demarcation with his counterpart, Nguyen Tan Dung.
During Hun Sen’s visit, his first since the July elections, the two are expected to sign an agreement that will allow all passport holders to cross between the two countries without a visa, which will ease imports and exports.
“These agreements really promote the economics between the two countries, especially cross-border trade and free visas, so that ordinary people can make business along the border and travel,” said Koy Koung, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The two are also scheduled to sign an agreement to link the countries by rail, as part of a pan-Asean railway initiative, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The two countries will also seek greater cooperation between their two national stations, National Radio of Cambodia and the Voice of Vietnam.
“We will allow the news in Vietnamese to be broadcast on Cambodian national radio for 15 minutes each day, and Vietnam will help train Cambodians to use material and equipment for the radio in the studio,” Information Minister Khieu Kanharith said.
Both sides will share with each other music and background broadcasts from national festivals and events, he said.
In Hanoi, Hun Sen will also join economic summits with Burma, Laos and Vietnam.
Trade between the two countries increased from $180 million in 2000 to $1.2 billion in 2007, Vietnamnet reported Tuesday. From January to June this year, the two have traded $903 million. Both countries hope trade to reach $2 billion annually by 2012. Meanwhile, investment from Vietnam in Cambodia was $100 million in 2007.
24 comments:
Well! If Hun Sen and Nguyen Tan Dung are true to their words on the issue of visa exemption and I want to see Monk Tim Sakhorn in Cambodia as soon as possible! There is no reason why Monk Tim Sakhorn can't come to Cambodia!
It doesn't apply to Ah Criminal (Sakhorn).
while the Siamese Khmer conflict extends, hun and Hanoi tie their love story together. Yuon eternal love, bilateral visit, commerce trade, military tied and what more…? The Siamese will eat it own shit soon
Khmer people always complained about viet crimes and viet plundering of their richness or natural resources in Cambodia but they cant imagine it is worse in Laos, deforestation and the rest of Laos natural resources are massively pillage daily by the viets and all the crimes and persecutions committed by viets against local people yet no voice rise against the viets. The Vietnamese become one of biggest exporter of wood, all kind of objects made of woods and other richness from its expansionist and neo colonial policy against people around it.
This is another great day for Cambodia. Two countries joining together to build a nation of cooperation. Hun Sen is by far the best leaders, honorable man and most of all a man who will continue to grow Cambodia out of the jungle of the past.
In honor of him, I propose the capital city be renamed to Hun Sen city.
There is a similar agreement with Laos on the lifting of the visa. Guess what happen? Laotians were barred from coming into Vietnam while Vietnamese freely flooded into Laos. Fuck the Vietnamese filth, it is time they had a population control.
As far as I am concerned the Vietnamese leaders are trying to find ways to relieve economic pressure in Vietnam before the mass Viet population revolt against them!
Stupid Cambodian leaders are asking for more problems because once the Cambodian border open to the Viet population and the Viet population will flood Cambodia with myriad of problems and the quality of life in Cambodia will reduce due to massive migration of the Viet population which will increase competition for housing, for food, for land, for job, ...for all other limited resource which Cambodia is currently having problem with!
Stupid Cambodian leaders have a lot to learn from Laos instead of jump the gun after seeing the million and the billion of dollars in trade because to achieve such astronomical number the Vietnamese leaders require that Cambodia must be sacrificed and the stupid Cambodian leaders are a willing animal to be on the altar! Why stupid Cambodian leaders become the beast of burden for the Vietnamese leaders?
Watch out! The Vietnamese are coming!
Anyone live outside want to go along with Hun Sen to Hanoi? Want to knee down front Youn Hanoi like CPP? We in USA no Way! In Phnom Penh IT O.K,But in USA no Way! If You Live In Cambodia You Must Follow Hun Sen , If You Not Follow You Have no Govern. Job/ No Money to Spend? If You Not Follow The Leader You Will Died Soon?
Remember?
3-5 millions Khmer people Died because they did not follow Preah Karuna Preah Bat Samdech Praeh Norodom Shanouk Praehmahaviraksat from Hanoi , helped Hanoi,see Not Long ago!
Now, We have Samdech Akkak Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen from Hanoi again!So,be careful again they must follow ,Whoever not follow will died to.Who said that?We think Samdech Jayavarmen VII Oeurn Sarath from Americ Said!
Nor does it apply to your F* mother, you F* Viet parasite 5:36AM.
Sra vietnam pith jea soth heuy jgnaj teat. Ber dek kun jong bann iey brap yeung kjom mok tean!
Do You Think Vietcong/Vietnamese help CPP for free?
Nothing for free!
We have to pay for it!
We have to work for it!
We have to sacrifice for it!
And We have to died for it!
So Samdech Hun Sen Has no choice,But Hanoi Blvd!
It time tell Khmer People The truth!
Samdech Jayavarmen VII Oeurn Sarath Said too!
Vietcong/Vietnamese was/had/is coming all the time before 7 Jan. 1979?
no question ask! look Kampuchea Krom gone! border now what happened Who Know? Even Sinahouk Helped Vietcong,Even Lol Nol Sign paper ship Gun for Vietcong in China back in Nov.25 1965 in bejin,Even Pol Pot live with Vietcong Camp in Kampongcam? So please don't blame Hun Sen Just get in Business not long ago? So to Hanoi It Time?
Did he drinks alone? with Who? any body see?
5:36 AM
You still not dead ah tep vong?
You didn't not drown in the flood in hanoi?
hun sen is dangerous for cambodia....
hun sen is also dangerous for ah yuon.
ផឹកទៅ....ផឹកទៅ....អាខ្ញុំកញ្ជៈយួន ព្រោះ
ថ្ងែចុងក្រោយរបស់អាឯងនឹងមកដល់ហើយ៕
Hun Sen, the Viet's slave, executes the systematization of the Vietnamization of Cambodia.
How many Khmer/Cambodian people can afford to do anything freely in Vietnam???
This is absolutely a one-way street for Khmer/Cambodian people. What a shame!
The Visa Exemption agreement will help eliminate bureaucracy and corruption. This should be done with all neighboring countries.
So all of you in this forum want to be enemies to all of any countries in the world or what? So all of you in room don't want to be friend with someone and just want live far away from khmer community.
9:28 AM, 10:32 AM
You two should get naked and start fucking each other in the ass as a symbol of your freedom. To put your idea in practice.
STFU, pervert (10:52)!
HUN SEN looked at the glass with his crossed-eye.
HUN SEN=SADDAM HUSSEIN
Khmer PP,
To 10:32AM
Shut the fuck up mother fucker! Who said that Cambodian want to be enemy to all countries in the world?
Do like your friends to enter your house anytime they want? So tell me that you don't care about your children inside your house all alone with your so called friends!
In fact the Vietnamese population had been entering Cambodian land so freely since 1949 and now the Vietnamese leaders are asking to enter of all Cambodian land?
Cambodian people must not forget Cambodian monk Tim Sakhorn who was in his country Cambodia and the Vietnamese leaders dare to tell the Hun Sen government to get him deported on the ground that he is entering Cambodia illegally? Cambodian enter Cambodia is illegal?
Fuck the Viet leaders!
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