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| Vietnamese Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung (right) and his Cambodia counterpart signed the document of the meeting. |
Vietnam, Cambodia boost bilateral cooperation
Minister
of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung and Cambodian Minister of
Planning Chhay Than co-chaired the 8th ministerial-level meeting in
Phnom Penh on February 23.
Vietnam Net Bridge | 23 February 2017
The event aimed to assess the cooperation between the two ministries
and effective implementation of commitments and instructions of the two
countries’ high-ranking leaders in 2016, looking towards celebrating the
50th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties in 2017.
During the
meeting, the two sides noted with pleasure that the two ministries’
cooperation in the past years, especially in 2016, contributed to
boosting social-economic development and strengthening the traditional
relationship between Vietnam and Cambodia.
They agreed that
despite changes in world and regional situation, with efforts from both
sides, agreements between the two governments have been implemented
effectively and seen significant outcomes.
The two countries have coordinated in removing difficulties hindering the land border demarcation and marker planting.
In 2016, two-way trade reached about 2.8 billion USD and nearly one million tourists travelled cross border.
Vietnam
continued providing an aid of 290 billion VND (13 million USD) for
Cambodia to develop education and training, including 1,090 scholarships
worth 171 billion VND (7.7 million USD).
On cooperation in 2017,
the two sides agreed to further cooperation in planning, in which
Vietnam will assist Cambodia in training, surveying and data collection
to calculate GDP for some provinces in the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam
development triangle.
They also consented to speed up the drafting
of the joint agreement on connecting Vietnamese and Cambodian economies
to submit to the two governments for approval.
From this year,
the two ministries will hold annual deputy minister-level meetings to
boost collaboration and the sharing of experience and professional
knowledge.
During his stay in Cambodia, Minister Dung paid a courtesy visit to Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong.
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