Vietnam, Cambodia to intensify cooperation among border provinces

Government officials of Vietnam and Cambodia said the two countries will keep on reinforcing and fostering cooperation at national level as well as among border provinces for their common development, Vietnam News Agency reported Monday.

Vietnam and Cambodia will broaden and deepen the bilateral cooperation in all fields, including politics, economics, society, defense and security to make their border areas stable in security and politics, and prosperous in economy and society, meeting aspirations of people in the areas, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung said at the third meeting of border provinces of the two countries opening in Vietnam's southern An Giang province on Monday.

At the two-day meeting, government officials and leaders of sectors and border provinces of the two countries are to jointly discuss orientations and measures to fully tap potential of border provinces for their socioeconomic development, especially in the fields of economy, trade, agriculture, rural development, energy, healthcare, culture and tourism, and ensure defense and security at border areas, including the completion of their border demarcation and landmark planting by the end of 2008.

The meeting is co-chaired by Hung and Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng.

Source: Xinhua