The visit to Vietnam by President of Cambodia's National Assembly Heng Samrin will help reinforce and expand solidarity, and friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries.

Nguyen Phu Trong, president of Vietnam's National Assembly, the country's highest legislative body, made the statement when holding talks with his visiting counterpart on Friday.

The friendly and cooperative ties between Vietnam and Cambodia "are developing very finely," and will further develop within a framework of "good neighborliness, traditional friendship, comprehensive cooperation and durable stability," Trong said.

The Cambodian top legislator said his visit, made at the invitation of the Vietnamese legislative leader, is an opportunity for Cambodia to get to know achievements gained by Vietnam in general and by its National Assembly in particular, and seek ways of fostering the bilateral relations.

After the talks, the Cambodian top legislator met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. The two sides mentioned issues of mutual concern.

Since the establishment of their diplomatic relations in 1967, Vietnam and Cambodia have developed bilateral ties in various spheres, including economy and trade. Their import-export turnovers rose 30 percent to roughly 692 million U.S. dollars in 2005.

The two countries agreed to a target of gaining two-way trade of one billion U.S. dollars in 2006 during an official visit to Cambodia by former prime minister Phan Van Khai in March.

Source: Xinhua