Vietnamese President Arrives in Cambodia

A Vietnamese State President H.E. Mr. Nguyen Minh Triet accompanied by his wife and entourages, arrive at Phnom Penh International Airport yesterday afternoon, beginning a three-day State visit to Cambodia at the invitation of King Norodom Sihamoni.

H.E. Mr. Nguyen Minh Triet and his entourages were warmly greeted on their arrival at the airport by Deputy Prime Minister H.E. Kong Sam Ol, Minister of the RoyalPalace and other Cambodian high-ranking officials.

H.E. Mr. Nguyen Minh Triet President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and his entourages accompanied by Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister H.E. Tea Banh, National Defense Minister leaved the Independent Monument in Phnom Penh today after lays wreaths and pays respects in memory of those, who sacrificed their blood and flesh in cause national Independent.

Vietnamese State President H.E. Mr. Nguyen Minh Triet and his entourages accompanied by Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister H.E. Tea Banh, National Defense Minister leaved the Vietnamese-Cambodian Friendship Memorial in Phnom Penh today after lays wreaths and pays respects in memory of those, who sacrificed their lives in Cambodia.

During his stay in Cambodia, the Vietnamese president will be received in royal audience by His Majesty the King at the Royal Palace, said a press release of the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.

Besides, Mr. Nguyen Minh Triet will be respectively received courtesy calls by SamdechAkka Moha Thamma Pothisal Chea Sim, President of the Senate; Samdech Akka Moha Ponhea Chakrei Heng Samrin, President of the National Assembly; and Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, it said.

The Vietnamese president will also pay respects to His Holiness Buddhist Supreme General Patriarch Tep Vong, Buddhist Supreme Patriarch of Dhamma Mahanikaya and His Holiness Samdech Preah Abhisiri Sugandha Mahasangharajah DhipatiBour Kry, Great Supreme Patriarch of Dhammayuttikanikaya of the Kingdom of Cambodia.

He will also attend the opening ceremony of representative office of the Voice of Vietnam based in Phnom Penh and visit the Cambodian-Vietnamese Friendship School.

Born in 1942, Mr. Nguyen Minh Triet was elected by the Vietnamese Assembly to the post of President in June 2006.