Kon Tum strengthens cooperation with Cambodia’s Ratanakiri province
Leaders of the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum and Cambodia’s Ratanakiri province on October 19 signed a memorandum of understanding on bilateral cooperation for the 2023-2028 period.
Kon Tum (VNA) - Leaders of the Central Highlands province of KonTum and Cambodia’s Ratanakiri province on October 19 signed a memorandum ofunderstanding on bilateral cooperation for the 2023-2028 period.
Under the document, the two provinces' leaders showed theirdetermination to intensify development collaboration in the spirit offriendship, respect and trust.
They agreed to support the development of tourism and tradeservices, promote investment, encourage business incentives, and support and speedup the organisation of exhibitions and trade fairs. The two provinces willpromote the connection of Kon Tum's tourism sector with Cambodian provinces onthe basis of the Tourism Development Plan in the Cambodia - Laos - VietnamDevelopment Triangle Area for the 2021 - 2025 period, with a vision to 2030.
In the socio-culture field, the two sides will increase the organisationof exchange activities, and the sharing of experiences in developing traditionalculture; and strengthen cooperation in human resources training and development.Accordingly, Kon Tum will continue to provide 10 scholarships for the 2024 -2029 period for students in Ratanakiri province. Ratanakiri will continue creatingfavourable conditions for the Vietnamese province in searching and repatriating remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who died in Cambodia; andhelp protect legal rights and interests of Vietnamese citizens living andworking in Ratanakiri.
Regarding defence and security, the two provinces will continueto promote the dissemination of information about treaties and protocols on land border demarcationand marker planting between the two countries to their people; and coordinatein preventing all terrorist activities, illegal border crossing, theplantation, production, transport, trading, storing, and use of drugs,human trafficking, the trading of weapons and explosives, and the illegal loggingand transportation of wood.
Secretary of the Kon Tum Party Committee Duong Van Trang proposed Ratanakiri to continue supporting and creating favourable conditionsfor Vietnamese people and businesses in the province.
Nhem Sam Oeun, Chairman of the Ratanakiri provincial CambodianPeople's Party (CPP) Committee and the province’s Governor, said that the twoprovinces have many similarities such as airport and expressway planning, whichwill be a favourable condition for them to promote cooperation activities inculture and tourism./.
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An overview of the signing ceremony (Photo: VNA) 
