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.