Cambodian delegation pays pre-Tet visits to Vinh Long province
A delegation from Cambodia’s Kampong Speu province led by Deputy Governor Horn Pheakdey on January 19 visited the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long on the occasion of the Tet (Lunar New Year), the biggest traditional festival in Vietnam.
A delegation from Cambodia’s Kampong Speu province led by Deputy Governor Horn Pheakdey visits the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long on the occasion of the Tet. (Photo: VNA)
Vinh Long (VNA) – A delegation from Cambodia’sKampong Speu province led by Deputy Governor Horn Pheakdey on January 19 visitedthe Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long on the occasion of the Tet (Lunar NewYear), the biggest traditional festival in Vietnam.
At the meeting, Vice Chairman of Vinh Longprovincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Liet briefed the guests on the locality’ssocio-economic situation, with its GRDP estimated at 40 trillion VND (1.7 billionUSD) in 2022, up 11.28% year-on-year, the highest growth over the past decade, andranking 10th nationwide and third in the Mekong Delta region.
The province’s GRDP per capita stood at 69 millionUSD, up 12 million USD from 2021, and its export turnover was estimated at 793million USD, he added.
Vinh Long is home to about 22,000 Khmer people or 2.2%of its population, the official said, stressing that the province has paidattention to implementing policies on ethnic groups of the Party and the State,helping Khmer people improve their material and spiritual lives.
Liet expressed his hope that the traditional friendshipand comprehensive cooperation between the two countries and the localities willgrow more sustainably in the time ahead.
Pheakdey congratulated Vinh Long on its socio-economicachievements, and affirmed that Cambodian people always keep in mind the greatsacrifice of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers in the past struggle for nationalliberation in Cambodia.
The official extended his New Year wishes to the localParty organisation, authorities and people, and his hope that the solidary,friendship and cooperation will prosper the years to come./.
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A delegation from Cambodia’s Kampong Speu province led by Deputy Governor Horn Pheakdey visits the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long on the occasion of the Tet. (Photo: VNA) 
