Party General Secretary and National Assembly (NA) Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong emphasized at a reception in Hanoi on June 30 for Sai Chhum, head of the Standing Board of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) Central Committee and second Vice President of the Cambodian National Assembly.

The Party leader expressed his pleasure with the increasing development of the good relationship between the two countries .

Mr. Trong congratulated the CPP and the Cambodian people on the achievements they have recorded over the past years.

He expressed his belief that the Cambodian people, under the management of the Senate, National Assembly and the Royal Government of Cambodia, with the CPP playing a core role, will gain new achievements in implementing the Party’s political platform for 2008-2013, successfully building a Cambodian state of independence, peace, democracy, neutrality, non-alignment and thriving development.

Mr. Sai Chhum informed Mr. Trong of Cambodia’s socio-economic and political achievements and thanked Vietnam for its whole-hearted support and assistance to the CPP and the Cambodian people over the past 60 years. He gave particular mention to how Vietnam the Cambodian people from the genocide regime and helped them in national recovery and development.

The CPP official said that the Party and Cambodian people will join efforts with Vietnam to maintain and foster their good neighbourliness, traditional friendship, and long-lasting sustainability.

Earlier, Sai Chhum and Truong Tan Sang, Politburo member and permanent member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, held talks, informing each other of their respective Party situation. They exchanged views on international and regional issues of common concern, discussed orientations and measures to boost solidarity.

Both sides signed a cooperation agreement between the two Parties for 2011-2012.