Party leader extends sympathy to Cambodia over pandemic resurgence
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has sent a message of sympathy to Cambodian People's Party (CPP) President and Prime Minister of Cambodia Samdech Techo Hun Sen over the resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
Hanoi (VNA) 🔜– Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Tronghas sent a message of sympathy to CambodianPeople's Party (CPP) President and Prime Minister of Cambodia Samdech Techo HunSen over the resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
In the message, the Vietnamese Party leader, on behalf of theParty, State and people of Vietnam and in his own capacity, offered fraternalsentiments and heart-felt sympathy to Cambodia over the losses caused by thepandemic.
Noting that COVID-19 continues to wreck serious impacts on human health andevery aspect of socio-economic life in all countries, including Vietnam andCambodia, General Secretary Trong said Vietnam has been keeping a close watchon the pandemic situation in the neighbouring country and deeply understandingthe difficulties that Cambodia is facing.
🌱 “We value the measures that the CPP and the Cambodia Governmenthave undertaken to prevent and control the COVID-19 pandemic in the recent past,and believe that under the CPP’s sound leadership and the drastic governance ofthe Cambodian Government led by Samdech Techo Hun Sen, along with the supportand unity of Cambodian people, Cambodia will successfully contain the pandemic,”Trong wrote.
He went on to say that Vietnam has implemented a host of strongand timely measures to mobilise the involvement of the entire political systemand the entire people in containing the pandemic. Despite the complicateddevelopments of the pandemic, Vietnam has so far basically curbed the spread ofthe pandemic. This outcome has been appreciated by both the international and domesticcommunity, General Secretary Trong said, affirming that the Vietnamese Partyand State will continue with drastic measures to contain and minimize sourcesof infections, early detect infected patients and promptly give them treatment forearly recovery, while implementing a vaccination campaign against COVID-19. The Vietnamese Party leader stressed that with the tradition ofsolidarity and mutual support between the two Parties, States and peoples,Vietnam is always ready to cooperate with, support and share experience withinits capacity with Cambodia in the fight against COVID-19, so that the twocountries can stabilize the situation as early as possible.
He took the occasion to thank the CPP and the Cambodian Government forproviding COVD-19 vaccinations for staff members at Vietnam’s representativemissions and Vietnamese students, as well as support for the community ofCambodians of Vietnamese origin in COVID-19 prevention and control.
🍒 On the occasion of the Chol Chnam Thmey festival, the VietnameseParty leader wished Hun Sen, the CPP leadership and Cambodian people a happynew year with good health and prosperity./.
Phnom Penh capital of Cambodia has been placed under a lockdown for the first time since the emergence of COVID-19 cases in the country at the end of last year.
Deputy Director of the Department for External Affairs of Kien Giang province Nguyen Viet Thong on April 15 handed over 300 million VND (13,000 USD) to representatives from the Vietnamese Consulate General in Cambodia’s Preah Sihanouk province as a gift of the southern province for poor Vietnamese Cambodians.
Cambodia’s Phnom Penh capital city on April 17 decided to close the well-known vegetable market Doeum Kor for two weeks as about 100 vendors and security guards there were found infected with COVID-19.
Cambodia’s Ministry of Health on April 19 confirmed 624 new COVID-19 cases, the highest number of infections recorded in a day since the pandemic broke out in the Southeast Asian country.
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