Phnom Penh: PM Hun Sen encourages focusing on tourism between Ho Chi Minh City and Phnom Penh.

On the afternoon of December 17, 2022, PM Hun Sen met with Nguyen Van Nen, a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, to discuss work at the Peace Palace of Phnom Penh.

PM Hun Sen's personal assistant, Eang Sophalleth, told reporters that Mr. Van Nen mentioned the previous cooperation between Ho Chi Minh City and Phnom Penh in preventing the spread of COVID-19 and cooperation in other sectors such as tourism and connections of infrastructure between the two cities, as well as people.

In response, Prime Minister Hun Sen expressed his support for cooperation between Phnom Penh and Ho Chi Minh City, urging a focus on tourism via all modes of transportation and boosting trade between the two countries.