VIETNAM: On the afternoon of December 11, Prime Minister Hun Manet presided over the signing ceremony of three cooperation agreements with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

The three agreements included a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in science, technology and innovation between the two countries’ Ministries of Science and Technology; one on diplomacy and international relations; and one between the Cambodian and Vietnamese Chambers of Commerce.

The PM will hold a bilateral meeting with his Vietnamese counterpart, Pham Minh Chinh to discuss cooperation in education, trade, investment, connectivity, tourism, culture, security, defense and border affairs, and more. The two Prime Ministers will oversee the signing of several agreements, and co- preside over the Cambodia-Vietnam Trade and Investment Promotion Forum.

Prime Minister Hun Manet will also pay separate visits to the head of Vietnam’s Communist Party, Nguyen Phu Trong, Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong, and National Assembly President Vuong Dinh Hue. He will also receive courtesy calls from Nguyen Thi Thanh, Chairwoman of the Cambodia-Vietnam Friendship Association, and leaders of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union. The PM will also deliver a keynote address at the Foreign Trade University in Hanoi on the Cambodian government’s development policy and the economic relations between Cambodia and Vietnam.