Top legislator receives Cambodia’s NA Second Vice President

- NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan receives Vice President of the Cambodian NA Khuon Sudary, in Ha Noi,  March 22, 2019

At the reception, Khuon Sudary said Cambodia is making concerted efforts to step up national development to bring prosperity and wealthy to its people.

Cambodia always keeps in mind the great support of the Vietnamese people during the past struggle against the Pol Pot genocidal regime, helping the country revive and develop, she said.

The Cambodian NA will pay more attention to and create more favourable conditions for Vietnamese-Cambodians to live in the country and contribute to local socio-economic development, while ensuring their legal status, she said.

In turn, NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan said the Vietnamese National Assembly will closely cooperate with the National Assembly and Senate of Cambodia to further expand and improve the efficiency of collaboration between the two governments as well as the two legislatures at regional and international parliamentary forums.

The legislatures will exchange experience in gender equality-related affairs, including issues regarding female NA deputies, she said, adding that young parliamentarians will also share their expertise in the time ahead.

Ngan congratulated Cambodia on its successful organisation of the general election in 2018, and the Cambodian NA on its successful hosting of the 27th Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF-27) in Siem Reap in early 2019, contributing to raising the country’s position in the international arena.

She suggested that Viet Nam and Cambodia should closely coordinate with each other when Viet Nam assumes the ASEAN Chairmanship, and Cambodia hosts the 13th Asia-Europe Meeting in 2020.

The NA Chairwoman stressed that the Vietnamese legislature and people are delighted at the great, comprehensive achievements the Cambodian people have reaped over the past years. 

She said the two sides need to make greater efforts to soon fulfill the task.

By Hoang Ha