President To Lam's visit to Laos and Cambodia is of great significance.

President To Lam's visit to Laos and Cambodia on his first overseas trip is of great significance, reflecting a very important message from the Party and State of Vietnam as well as from the President himself.

Message of solidarity and close bond between the three countries

At the invitation of Lao General Secretary and President Thoonglun Sisulith and Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni, President To Lam will pay a state visit to Laos and Cambodia from July 11 to 13. Speaking to the press before the visit, Deputy Foreign Minister Do Hung Viet said that this is President To Lam's first overseas trip since taking office.

President To Lam

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"The President's visit to Laos and Cambodia during this first working trip is of great significance, demonstrating a very important message from the Party and State of Vietnam as well as from the President himself," Mr. Viet emphasized. That is, the Party and State of Vietnam always attach importance to and give the highest priority to the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Laos and the good neighborly relationship, traditional friendship, comprehensive cooperation, and long-term sustainability between Vietnam and Cambodia. This is also a message affirming the solidarity and close bond between the three countries. Accordingly, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia are geographically close, have historical and cultural ties, and the three leading parties in the three countries have a common origin, the Indochinese Communist Party. The people of the three countries have also had solidarity, sacrificed blood and bones for the cause of national liberation, national reunification and national development as it is today. With the determination to promote the implementation of high-level agreements, especially the results of the annual meetings between the Politburo of our Party and the Politburo of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and the Standing Committee of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP), Deputy Minister Do Hung Viet said that the visit will mark a new stage of development in the Vietnam - Laos and Vietnam - Cambodia relations. This relationship is developed on the basis of equality, mutual benefit, effective cooperation, respect for each other's interests, contributing to strengthening strategic trust, deepening relations with the two countries, strengthening solidarity between Vietnam - Laos - Cambodia and the ASEAN bloc.

The visit created new momentum

Deputy Minister Do Hung Viet said that during the visit, President To Lam is expected to hold talks, meetings and contacts with all senior leaders of Laos and Cambodia. This is an opportunity for senior leaders to review high-level agreements, important areas of cooperation and outline future cooperation directions.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet

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"The visit will certainly create new momentum to develop more deeply, comprehensively and strongly the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Laos and the good neighborly relationship, traditional friendship, comprehensive cooperation and long-term sustainability between Vietnam and Cambodia," Deputy Minister Do Hung Viet affirmed. The visit also promotes cooperation within multilateral frameworks such as ASEAN, Mekong sub-regional cooperation mechanisms and the United Nations. According to the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Vietnam-Laos and Vietnam-Cambodia relations are developing well and comprehensively on the basis of increasing trust and closeness. Party channel cooperation plays a core role, has been guiding and leading the relationship to develop strongly. Defense and security cooperation between Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia is increasingly becoming a solid pillar of cooperation, contributing significantly to maintaining stability, security, politics and society in each country, especially in the border area. Accordingly, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia are all steadfast in the principle of not allowing hostile forces to use the territory of one country to carry out acts of sabotage against the other. The three countries are also promoting important cooperation mechanisms such as: the annual conference between the three Ministers of Public Security and Interior, the annual meeting between the three Ministers of Defense and the joint search and rescue exercise between the three armies. Economic, investment and trade cooperation continues to progress more positively and effectively, economic cooperation in border areas develops dynamically, not only increasing the cohesion between the three countries but also contributing significantly to improving the lives of people in border areas between Vietnam - Laos, Vietnam - Cambodia as well as between the three countries. Meetings of the Vietnam - Laos Intergovernmental Committee are held regularly to promptly exchange and find solutions to increase the effectiveness of cooperation in key areas. Vietnam continues to be one of the largest investors and trade partners of Laos and currently has 255 valid investment projects in Laos with a total capital of 5.5 billion USD. Vietnam is currently Cambodia's third largest trade partner and Cambodia's largest in ASEAN. Currently, Vietnam has 205 valid investment projects in Cambodia with a total registered capital of 2.94 billion USD, ranking first in ASEAN and among the five countries with the largest direct investment in Cambodia. Laos and Cambodia are both top countries among 79 countries and territories that Vietnam invests abroad. Education and training cooperation has received special attention from the leaders of the Party and State of the three countries... In addition, cooperation in areas such as transportation, culture - society, tourism, science - technology is also developing strongly. In particular, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs emphasized that the work of handling legal documents for people of Vietnamese origin in Cambodia has made new progress, which is a premise for creating increasingly better conditions for the Vietnamese community to live and do business in Cambodia. Recently, Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni signed a decree granting citizenship to 3 cases.

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