Cambodian King successfully concludes State visit to Vietnam

On the afternoon of November 29, Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni left Hanoi , successfully concluding his State visit to Vietnam at the invitation of President Luong Cuong.

President Luong Cuong and Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni pose for a photo. Photo: Lam Khanh/VNA

Seeing off the delegation at Noi Bai International Airport were: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son; representatives of Hanoi city leaders; Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Nguyen Huy Tang; and a number of officials from the Office of the President and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

During his visit to Vietnam, Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni laid flowers and visited President Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum; and laid flowers at the Monument to Heroes and Martyrs.

General Secretary To Lam met; President Luong Cuong presided over the official welcoming ceremony, met, hosted a reception and visited and enjoyed tea at the Temple of Literature - Quoc Tu Giam; Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man met with Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni.

At the meetings and receptions, Vietnamese leaders warmly welcomed King Norodom Sihamoni to Vietnam, bringing warm feelings to the Vietnamese people and sending best wishes for the health of the Queen Mother, President of the Senate Samdech Techo Hun Sen, President of the National Assembly Samdech Khuon Sudary, Prime Minister Hun Mannet and Cambodian leaders.

The Vietnamese leaders congratulated the great and important achievements in all fields that the Cambodian people have attained in the cause of national construction and development; believed that under the reign of the King, the leadership of the Senate, the National Assembly, and the Government, the Cambodian people would continue to achieve many new and greater achievements in the cause of building a peaceful, independent, democratic and socially progressive Cambodia; affirmed that Vietnam supports Cambodia's vision and development orientation in the new period.

The Cambodian King expressed his deep gratitude for the great, valuable, timely and effective support and assistance that Vietnam has given to Cambodia in the struggle to gain and protect independence and escape from the genocidal regime in the past, as well as in the current national construction; affirmed the desire and high determination of the Cambodian leaders and people to continue to foster and preserve the relationship between the two countries.

Also within the framework of the visit, Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni visited Quan Su Pagoda (Hanoi) and met with Most Venerable Elder Thich Thien Nhon, Deputy Supreme Patriarch of the Sangha Council and President of the Central Executive Council of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha.

This visit to Vietnam by Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni is a great source of encouragement for the development of bilateral relations; further consolidating the good neighborly relations between Vietnam and Cambodia; for the benefit of the two nations and the happiness of the people of the two countries.

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