Vietnamese, Cambodian National Assemblies enhance cooperation
Standing Vice Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Tran Thanh Man held talks with First Vice President of the Cambodian NA Cheam Yeap in Phnom Penh on November 11.
Standing Vice Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Tran Thanh Man (R) and First Vice President of the Cambodian NA Cheam Yeap. (Photo: VNA)
Phnom Penh (VNA) – Standing Vice Chairman of the VietnameseNational Assembly (NA) Tran Thanh Man held talks with First Vice President ofthe Cambodian NA Cheam Yeap in Phnom Penh on November 11.
The talks took place on the sidelines of the ASEAN Leaders' Interface with Representatives of the ASEAN Inter-ParliamentaryAssembly (AIPA) within the framework of the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits and Related Summits.
Man congratulated the Cambodian legislature on successfullyorganising the interface, thus helping to enhance the roles andpositions of AIPA and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
He thanked the Cambodian leaders and people for their valuable support and assistance to theVietnamese people in their past struggle for national liberation and reunification, and thepresent cause of national construction, defence and development.
Vietnam always attaches importance to and gives top priorityto enhancing the fine neighbourliness, traditional friendship, comprehensivecooperation and long-term sustainability with Cambodia, as well as the solidarity among the three Indochinesenations of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, Man said.
Vietnam also treasures cooperation with the CambodianPeople's Party (CPP), support its long-term ruling role in Cambodia, and is willing to assist the CPP in Party building, the NA leader said.
He told the host that Vietnamese NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Huewill lead a high-ranking delegation to pay an official visit to Cambodia andattend the 43rd AIPA General Assembly.
The visit, the first trip to Cambodia of Hue in his capacity as the NA Chairman, will contribute to developing the bilateral relations in a more intensive, practical and effective manner, andconsolidating political trust between the two Parties, States and people of the two nations, Man added.
Cheam Yeap thanked the Vietnamese Party, Government andpeople for donating 25 million USD to the Cambodia NA to build its new headquarters.
He also expressed his gratitude to Vietnam’s support forCambodia’s sound cause, and standing side by side in its efforts to protectsovereignty, independence and territorial integrity and peace, and boostsocio-economic development and poverty reduction./.
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Standing Vice Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Tran Thanh Man (R) and First Vice President of the Cambodian NA Cheam Yeap. (Photo: VNA) 
