Friday, November 06, 2009

Border cooperation to allow more Viet encroachment?

Vietnam, Cambodia encourage border provinces to enhance cooperation

11/06/2009
VNA/VOVNews (Hanoi)

Cambodian Consul General in HCM City Luon Kim Khuon has reaffirmed the Vietnamese and Cambodian Governments’ pledge to create the most favourable conditions for bilateral cooperation in economics, culture, communications and tourism development.

At a meeting to mark Cambodia’s 56th National Day (November 9) in HCM City on November 5, Consul General Luon Kim Khuon said that the two countries consider trade promotion and the exchange of experiences in poverty reduction and hunger eradication as the best ways to help their people enjoy a better life.

He took the occasion to express the deep gratitude of the Cambodian Royal Government and people towards Vietnam for its sincere assistance to the nation to escape from genocide and restore it to life.

The President of the HCM City chapter of the Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Association, Truong Minh Nhat, said that Vietnam’s investment in Cambodia reached US$114 million in the first nine months of the year, an increase of more than 20 percent compared with 2008.

Both sides were committed to promoting trade and service activities to increase two-way trade to US$2 billion next year, he said, adding that trade activities between HCM City and Phnom Penh have increased significantly with at least three fairs held each year.

Last June, the fifth conference on cooperation and development between Vietnam-Cambodia border provinces was co-chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng in HCM City.

At the conference, 22 Vietnamese and Cambodian border provinces reached a consensus on priority fields and measures to boost cooperation between their localities.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

hey, this is not the dark ages, you know. no favor or gratitude to any cambodia's historical enemies like during the dark ages, really, because that is so illegal in cambodia's law and constitution, really! nowadays, cambodia is run by the rule of law, not the jungle or dark ages law, you know! wake up, people. get rid of those outdated mentality that serves no purpose or useless in cambodia for khmer people, you know! khmer people can think for themselves, really! just teach us how to fish and we'll fish for ourselves, really!