Overseas Vietnamese in Cambodia receive gifts from Vietnamese Prime Minister

PANO – Five tons of rice as a gift of the head of the Vietnamese Government were allocated to Vietnamese nationals living in Siem Reap province, Cambodia...

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc decided to offer the amount of rice to Vietnamese overseas on the occasion of his recent visit to Cambodia from November 21 to 23 to attend the ninth Cambodia – Laos – Vietnam (CLV) Development Triangle Area.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc presenting rice to Vietnamese Cambodians in Siem Riep

The rice was delivered to needy Vietnamese families in Siem Reap City, Kampong Khleng fishing village and Mac La Fishing Village on Tonle Sap Lake, by the Vietnamese General Consulate in Cambodia’s Battambang province and the Association of Cambodians of Vietnamese Origin in Siem Reap province on December 3 – 4.

There are about 1,600 Vietnamese Cambodians households with 6,500 people in Siem Reap province. Most of them live on fishing and small business with low income.

The beneficiaries expressed deep gratitude to the care of the Vietnam’s Party and State in general and the Prime Minister's gift in particular, which help them overcome their difficulties and stabilize their lives.

Translated by Chung Anh