Kien Giang intensifies connections with Cambodian localities
The cooperation between the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang and Cambodian localities has been enhanced in recent years thanks to the Vietnamese side carrying out more diplomatic activities.
Border guards of the Ha Tien International Border Gate of Kien Giang meet with their Cambodian counterparts at the location of a Vietnamese border marker (Photo: VNA)
Kien Giang (VNA) – The cooperation between theMekong Delta province of Kien Giang and Cambodian localities has been enhanced inrecent years thanks to the Vietnamese side carrying out more diplomaticactivities.
According to the local administration, KienGiang has promoted the friendship with Cambodian provinces and cities,especially border ones, to help build a border of peace, friendship anddevelopment.
Director of the provincial Department ofExternal Relations Van Cong Dau said the two sides have regularly held meetingsto discuss common issues and paired Kien Giang’s border villages with Cambodianpeers to support each other, maintain security and order in border areas andstrengthen neighbourliness.
Notably, the provincial Vietnam Fatherland FrontCommittee has worked with the committees of the Solidarity Front for theDevelopment of the Cambodian Motherland in Kampot and Kep provinces to step upcommunications and raise awareness of the need for a border of peace andfriendship.
Ha Tien city and Giang Thanh district of KienGiang signed cooperation agreements with Kampong Trach and Banteay Measdistricts of Kampot to hold friendship activities. Six pairs of theirresidential areas have been formed to tighten connections in social andcultural aspects, along with the fight against sabotage schemes targetingborder security.
Dau noted that the Kien Giang Women’s Union andthe Cambodian Women for Peace and Development committees of Kampot, Kep andPreah Sihanouk provinces also inked cooperation deals for 2015-2020.
They have helped each other organise activitiesand educate their members and local residents on the two countries’ traditionalsolidarity. Mutual visits, meetings to share experience in healthcare, crimeprevention and poverty reduction, and cultural activities have also been held duringthe countries’ traditional festivals.
Additionally, the Vietnam Youth FederationCommittee of Kien Giang has also maintained ties with the youth organisationsof Kampot, Kep, Preah Sihanouk and Koh Kong provinces through variousactivities, including experience sharing, cultural and sports exchanges,presentation of gifts to disadvantaged families, caring for orphans and HIVpatients and providing free medicine for poor people.
Kien Giang authorities said they will keepfostering external activities with border provinces of Cambodia.-VNA
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Border guards of the Ha Tien International Border Gate of Kien Giang meet with their Cambodian counterparts at the location of a Vietnamese border marker (Photo: VNA) 
