Cambodian Senate President begins visit to Vietnam

This is an important political activity between the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) and the Cambodian Senate in 2022 – also the “Vietnam - Cambodia, Cambodia - Vietnam Friendship Year”, on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations (June 24, 1967).

The visit is hoped to contribute to strengthening the political cohesion and trust between the two parties, the two states and the two legislatures.

Following the exchange of high-level delegations between the two sides during the Vietnam - Cambodia Friendship Year 2022, including the visit to Vietnam by President of the Cambodian National Assembly Samdech Heng Samrin, and the visit by the high-ranking delegation of the National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia, the visit of President of the Cambodian Senate Samdech Say Chhum is an opportunity for the two sides to exchange and evaluate the results of cooperation between the two legislatures in the past time.

The visit is expected to contribute to promoting the good neighborliness, traditional friendship, comprehensive and long-term sustainable cooperation between the two countries.

This is also the exchange of high-ranking delegations between the National Assembly of Vietnam and the Cambodian Senate after the COVID-19 pandemic, and the first direct meeting between the President of the Cambodian Senate Say Chhum and NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.

In recent years, the relationship between Vietnam and Cambodia has grown steadily.
After both nations reopened their doors post the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year, the exchange of delegations at all levels has increased, and the two countries have boosted close coordination in launching a wide range of activities in celebration of the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties, and the 45th anniversary of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s journey to overthrow the Pol Pot genocidal regime.

Last year’s two-way trade reached US$9.54 billion, representing a year-on-year rise of 79.1%, and US$7.08 billion during the past seven months of this year, up 17.8% year-on-year.

Vietnam has so far run 188 valid investment projects in Cambodia with a total registered capital of US$ 2.8 billion, maintaining its leading position in ASEAN and in the top 5 countries with the largest direct investments in Cambodia.

Cooperation in defence, security, border, education and training, science and technology, tourism, and people-to-people exchanges continue to be strengthened.

Concerning the relations between the two legislatures, over the years, the relationship has been well developed on both bilateral and multilateral levels. The two sides have maintained and well carried out the Cooperation Agreement between the two NAs signed in May 2019.