PM Hun Sen appreciated Vietnam’s financial assistance to the project, which he described as a new symbol of the friendship and cooperation between the two countries.

He said the project will help Cambodia’s north-eastern border provinces develop on a par with border provinces of Vietnam and Laos within their Development Triangle.

He also thanked Vietnam for providing heart-felt support and great assistance to Cambodia in driving away the Pol Pot genocidal regime and rebuilding the country.

The four-lane highway, which is 70km long linking Banlung city and Vietnam’s Le Thanh border gate, was built at a total cost of US$25.8 million in preferential credits from the Vietnamese government.