Cambodia, Vietnam meets to discuss on border development

Source: Xinhua
August 03, 2010

Cambodia and Vietnam opened talks on Tuesday in Cambodia's capital city of Phnom Penh to discuss border cooperation and development.

The meeting, co-chaired by Sar Kheng, deputy prime minister and minister of interior of Cambodia, and Pham Gia Khiem, deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs of Vietnam, is the 6th of its kind that focuses on border cooperation and development between the two countries.

The meeting is called "Meeting on cooperation and development between border provinces of Cambodia and Vietnam," and is focused on many issues of cooperation and development including the building of infrastructure, investment, trade and services, markets development, health, tourism, education, border demarcation, security and public order.

At the opening of the one-day talk, Sar Kheng said, "The existing mechanism for cooperation is becoming an effective way for actual implementation between the two governments which is aimed at fostering and strengthening solidarity, friendship and brotherly cooperation between Cambodia and Vietnam."

He added, "Our countries have cooperated well and supported one another in the struggle against the global economic crisis for the purpose of reducing the impact from this crisis."

Pham Gia Khiem echoed Sar Kheng's speech and expressed his confidence that the meeting will further promote the bilateral cooperation in various fields.

In addition to the border cooperation and development between Cambodia and Vietnam, Laos, another neighbor of the two nations also has joined in another forum known as CLV which represents Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.

The forum has its own format of CLV Triangle Development Zone which binds all the three nations to consider developing their joint borders together.

Such forum was last held on March 12-18 in Cambodia's northeastern province of Rattanakiri.

Meeting on cooperation and development between border provinces of Cambodia and Vietnam is held annually and last year it was held in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.