Vietnam, Cambodia to Boost Tourism, Culture Ties

Vietnamese and Cambodian officials have met to discuss concrete measures to enhance the bilateral cooperation in tourism, culture and sports, state media said.

 

The two sides expressed their satisfaction of the bilateral cooperation in tourism, and agreed to in principle measures to attract tourists and encourage their citizens to visit the other countries in the coming years.

 

“We agreed to set up a committee in charge for developing tourism cooperation between Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos,” said Vietnamese Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh who is on a working visit to Cambodia from March 23-26.

 

The Cambodian side notably pledged to look into Vietnam’s suggestion of simplifying exit and entry procedures to facilitate the cross-border tourism, he added.

 

Working with the Cambodian Ministries of Culture and Fine Arts, and Education, Youth and Sports, Minister Anh Tuan and his Cambodian counterparts stressed the need to intensify the exchange of delegations in order to boost cooperation in culture and sports.

 

The Vietnamese side agreed to help train Cambodian workers in music, archeology and cinematography at Vietnam’s art schools and share experiences with Cambodia in hosting the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) and training athletics in preparations for the latter’s hosting the 27th SEA Games.

 

Vietnam welcomed more than 26,000 arrivals from Cambodia in the first two months of this year, down 6.4 per cent on-year. (Vietnam Economic Times)