Vietnam, Cambodia to boost cooperation between border provinces
(VOVworld) - Vietnam and Cambodia reached consensus on co-operation orientations in border areas during their eighth meeting on border province co-operation and development, which took place in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday. Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung told the Vietnam News Agency on the sidelines of the event that the two countries agreed to continue to work on policies and legal frameworks in trade, finance, transport, telecommunications, health care, national defense, and security. They will also support each other in education and training at border localities, facilitate trade along the border, and work to better manage the border. Trung said they also agreed to create optimal conditions for people-to-people exchanges and economic development in border localities. He added that Vietnam and Cambodia will implement agreements reached on border demarcation and marker planting while raising public awareness about the work.
Prum Sokha, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Interior, said meeting participants considered issues from trade and investment to people-to-people exchange, with special emphasis on economic co-operation. He said that through the meeting, the two sides gained a deeper understanding of each other and how to address shortcomings.