Cambodian PM Hun Sen to visit Vietnam next month
Friday, 30/11/2018 15:20 (GMT+7)
Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen will lead a high-ranking delegation of the Cambodian Government on an official visit to Vietnam from December 6th to 8th.
Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen (Photo: AFP/VNA)
The visit will be made at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, according to a statement released by the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 29th.
Vietnam and Cambodia officially established diplomatic relations on June 24th, 1967. The two nations have regularly maintained the exchange of visits at all levels.
Vietnam has become one of Cambodia’s leading economic partners with two-way trade reaching nearly USD3.8 billion in 2017, up more than 25 percent year-on-year. The two countries are striving to raise the figure to USD5 billion in the coming years.
Vietnam has to date invested in 206 projects in Cambodia with combined registered capital of USD3.02 billion, ranking in the top five foreign investors in Cambodia. Meanwhile, Cambodia has poured USD58.1 million into 18 projects in Vietnam.
In 2017, up to 835,000 Vietnamese visited Cambodia while 222,000 Cambodians went on tours of Vietnam./.
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