Deputy PM lauds links with Cambodian news agency

Hanoi (VNA) - Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung has praised the close cooperation between the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and its Cambodian counterpart, the AKP, as an effective tool in boosting relations between the two countries.

He made this statement during a meeting with Deputy General Director Chhin
Yuon of AKP in Hanoi on November 24 in the presence of the VNA's
Executive Deputy General Director Tran Mai Huong.

Hung said that the exchange of information and images between the two news
agencies has contributed to an increase in mutual understanding between the
two peoples and has successfully promoted the traditional friendship and
comprehensive cooperation between the two countries.

He emphasised the need to further develop links in personnel training
through the exchange of visits, jointly-organised training courses and the
provision of technical assistance whenever Cambodia requires help in
such matters.

Vietnam will do its utmost to help Cambodia , while the VNA will
assist the AKP in its development in order to ensure reporting of a high
standard covering all issues of national and regional importance, Hung
pledged.

AKP's Deputy General Director Yuon expressed thanks to Deputy PM Hung and
the VNA for their cooperation in personnel training and assistance with
technical transfer procedures.

Earlier that day, Executive Deputy General Director Huong led a senior VNA
delegation to hold talks with an AKP delegation led by Deputy General
Director Yuon.

Both host and guest discussed a range of measures to boost the mutual
exchange and use of news and pictures as well as steps to deploy a
VNA-funded technical project to assist the AKP and to develop cooperation in
personnel training and the exchange of experiences between the two news
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