Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet pledges to protect Vietnamese investors

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet pledged to President To Lam to continue supporting and protecting Vietnamese investors, considering this an important goal.

President To Lam shakes hands with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet before the talks - Photo: VNA

On July 13, within the framework of his state visit to Cambodia, President To Lam held talks with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet.

Deepening defense and security cooperation

According to information from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Prime Minister Hun Manet appreciated President To Lam's visit to Cambodia shortly after taking office, demonstrating the respect of the Party, State of Vietnam and the President himself for the country and people of Cambodia. The two leaders expressed satisfaction with the strong development of bilateral relations, comprehensively in all fields, and discussed in depth the direction and solutions to promote bilateral relations in the coming time. Notably, they continued to maintain and strengthen political trust, closely cooperate to preserve and promote solidarity between the two countries as well as increase regular exchanges of visits and contacts at high and all levels through all channels. The two sides agreed to soon arrange for a delegation of young Cambodian leaders to visit and conduct field trips in Vietnam. President To Lam and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet pledged to continue to deepen the pillar of defense and security cooperation. The two leaders emphasized the principle of not allowing hostile forces to use the territory of one country to sabotage the other. At the same time, cooperate more closely in preventing high-tech crimes and cross-border crimes, continue to build a peaceful, stable, cooperative and sustainable border, support each other in training officials and improve law enforcement capacity. The two sides agreed to coordinate well in implementing treaties, agreements and arrangements related to the border that the two countries have signed as well as continue to negotiate and find fair and reasonable solutions to promote the settlement of areas where border demarcation has not been completed in the coming time. Vietnam and Cambodia will strengthen cooperation to prevent human trafficking and drug trafficking across the border, ensuring security and safety for people in border provinces. Any arising issues will be jointly resolved in the spirit of solidarity and friendship.

Overview of the meeting - Photo: VNA

Promoting economic connectivity between Vietnam and Cambodia

Regarding the connection between the two economies, the two sides agreed to accelerate the implementation of signed agreements such as the Memorandum of Understanding on the development and connection of Vietnam - Cambodia border trade infrastructure, and the Agreement on promoting bilateral trade for the period 2025 - 2026. The two leaders also agreed to drastically accelerate traffic connections and border gate pairs. In particular, focusing on building and developing the border gate system, ensuring smooth traffic connections on both sides of the border to promote socio-economic development of the two countries in general and border localities in particular, effectively participating in regional and regional connectivity initiatives. The two countries will actively coordinate with Laos to effectively implement the "One journey, three destinations" tourism packages through Cambodia - Laos - Vietnam. At the same time, exploiting the newly opened direct flight route Hanoi - Phnom Penh - Hanoi of Vietnam Airlines, further promoting people-to-people exchanges, especially between the youth of the two countries... Thanking President To Lam for affirming that Vietnam encourages businesses to increase investment in Cambodia, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet pledged to continue creating favorable conditions for Vietnamese businesses and supporting and protecting Vietnamese investors, which is also an important goal of the Cambodian Government to strengthen the connection between the private sectors of the two countries.

This is the first time President To Lam and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet met in their new positions - Photo: VNA

Appreciating the importance of human resource development cooperation, the two leaders agreed to further strengthen cooperation in this important field, including Vietnam continuing to provide scholarships for Cambodian students to study in Vietnam. In addition to supporting each other to improve the capacity of officials, the two sides will also pay more attention to attracting students from both countries to study in each country in fields suitable for new development trends such as digital transformation, application of science and technology, etc. On this occasion, President To Lam thanked and appreciated Cambodia's recent granting of citizenship to three people of Vietnamese origin, creating a premise for the two sides to continue to coordinate in resolving subsequent cases. The President hoped that the Cambodian side would continue to pay attention and create favorable conditions for the Vietnamese community to feel secure and integrate into local life, continuing to be a bridge of friendship between the two countries.

Coordinating sustainable use of Mekong River water resources

Regarding regional and international cooperation, the two sides agreed to support Laos in fulfilling its role as ASEAN Chair and AIPA Chair in 2024, promoting cooperation in the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle and the Greater Mekong Subregion. Vietnam and Cambodia also agreed to cooperate in managing and sustainably using the Mekong River water resources for the benefit of the people in the basin, for the future of future generations and solidarity among riparian countries, in the spirit of mutual respect, understanding, equal cooperation and mutual benefit.

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