PHNOM PENH: President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Nguyen Xuan Phuc is scheduled to pay an official visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia on Tuesday and Wednesday. One of the top priorities of his official visit is to pay homage to King Norodom Sihamoni and Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk at the Throne Hall and Preah Reach Damnak Kantha Bopha, in the Royal Palace Ground.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuch is also expected to pay courtesy calls on the Buddhist Supreme Patriarch of Dhamma Mahanikaya General Tep Vong and Great Supreme Buddhist Supreme Patriarch of Dhammayutiikanikaya Bour Kry. He will lay wreath at the Independence Monument and the basket of flowers at the Monument of His Majesty the late King Norodom Sihanouk.

The Vietnamese president will also receive separate courtesy calls by the Senate President Say Chhum and National Assembly President Heng Samrin as well as Prime Minister Hun Sen.

Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuch’s visit is expected to further strengthen and deepen bilateral relations under the spirit of good neigbourliness, traditional friendship, comprehensive cooperation, and long lasting peace and stability between the two countries for the mutual benefits of the two people.

In addition, he will preside over the ground breaking ceremony of the new administrative building of the National Assembly.