The Vietnamese delegation was headed by Deputy Foreign Minister and Chairman of the National Border Committee Le Hoai Trung, while the Cambodian side was led by the Minister of State at the Ministry of Interior Sok Phal.

At the meeting, both sides reviewed the current operation of the border gates along the Vietnam-Cambodia land border. Accordingly, the development of the border gates has contributed to promoting economic, trade, service, and investment activities between border provinces, thus improving the lives of people in shared border areas.

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At the meeting

They agreed that it is necessary to complete the building and upgrading of border gates to meet the increasing cross-border exchanges of goods and people between Vietnam and Cambodia.

The two sides discussed ways to develop a system of land border gates in line with the real development situation in each locality as well as in accordance with law and development plans of each country.

In addition, the two sides will ask for their governments’ permission to jointly draft an agreement on border gates and regulations on the management of Vietnam-Cambodia border gates with a view to reinforcing and developing the bilateral traditional friendship, and promote cross-border trade exchanges.

Concluding the meeting, the two delegations signed the meeting’s records and agreed to hold the second meeting of the joint working group in the second quarter of 2020.

Translated by Chung Anh