VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Thanh Son has been assured by Cambodian Home Affairs Secretary Prum Sokha of better conditions for Vietnamese living in Cambodia.
Phum Sokha made the pledge during their meeting in Phnom Penh on March 17 as part of a three-day visit to Cambodian by Son, who doubles as Chairman of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese.
Host and guest were of the view that living conditions of Vietnamese community in Cambodia have considerably improved in recent years thanks to the Cambodian Government’s assistance. They also recognised overseas Vietnamese’s great contributions to socio-economic development in Cambodia .
“Vietnamese people work very hard, live in line with Cambodian law and unite with the locals,” Sokha said.
He also promised that the Cambodian Government would consider and speed up the process to grant legal status for overseas Vietnamese based on Cambodian law, especially the law on immigrant management, and agreements on management of overseas Vietnamese in Cambodia signed by the two countries.
“The Cambodian Government has been flexibly enforcing the 1994 Migration Law and the 1996 Nationality Law with regard to the Vietnamese in Cambodia, thus providing better living conditions for them,” the senior official said.
The same day, Son visited the Association of the Vietnamese Community in Cambodia and met with expatriates in Phnom Penh.
He also visited to schools for overseas Vietnamese children.
Son is scheduled to visit Siem Reap and Battambang provinces to hold working sessions with expatriates over there and visited the Vietnamese community in Tong Le Sap. | 
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