(VOVworld) - Ho Chi Minh City hopes to further expand collaboration with Cambodian localities, spotlighting notable joint projects, including the construction of the Cho Ray Hospital in Phnom Penh.

Vice Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong (R) meets with CPP External Relations Commission deputy head Sous Yara. (Photo: VNA)

Vice Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City’s Party Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong made the statement at a reception in the city on Monday for a delegation of the Cambodian People’s Party.

Phong, who is also a Party Central Committee member, said the traditional ties and comprehensive cooperation between the two neighbouring countries have made strong progress with regular high-level delegation exchanges.

Sous Yara, head of the Cambodian delegation, and deputy head of the CPP External Relations Commission, said that Cambodia has worked hard to strengthen the relations between the two parties and governments.

He said he hopes HCM City, as Vietnam’s largest economic hub, will foster development cooperation between the two nations.