Phnom Penh (FN), Dec. 21 – President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived in Phnom Penh on Tuesday at the invitation of Cambodian king Norodom Sihamoni.

The president will be granted Royal Audiences by Cambodian king Norodom Sihamoni and Queen-Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk, at the Throne Hall and Preah Reach Damnak Kantha Bopha, in the Royal Palace Ground, respectively.

The president will also pay courtesy calls on Cambodian Buddhist supreme patriarch general Tep Vong, and great supreme Buddhist Supreme Patriarch of Dhammayuttikanikaya Bour kry; lay wreath at the Independence Monument and the basket of flowers to the Monument of late king-father Norodom Sihanouk.

Nguyen Xuan Phuc will receive separate courtesy calls by president of the Senate Say Chhum, president of the National Assembly Heng Samrin, and Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen.

His Excellency President will also preside over the Ground Breaking Ceremony of the new administrative building of the National Assembly.

The state visit of the Vietnamese president to the Kingdom will further strengthen and deepen bilateral relations under the spirit of good neighbourliness, traditional friendship, comprehensive cooperation, and long-lasting peace and stability between the two countries for the mutual benefits of the two peoples.
=FRESH NEWS