Despite COVID-19, the bilateral trade surged nearly 80 per cent to reach US$10 billion last year. In 2021, Vietnamese companies poured more than $88.9 million in four new projects in Cambodia. This raised Việt Nam’s total investment to over $2.84 billion, making it one of the five largest foreign investors in the neighbouring country. The two FMs agreed to strengthen cooperation and enforce agreements reached by both countries’ leaders on land border demarcation and marker planting. It is necessary to push for talks to finalise a Code of Conduct in the South China Sea, he said.

Source: The Nation Bangkok January 22, 2022 02:10 UTC