Over 400 delegates representing people from all walk of lives of Vietnam and Cambodia gathered in Ho Chi Minh City on October 2 for a friendship and co-operation meeting.

Addressing the opening ceremony, Vu Mao, Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Committee for External Relations and Head of the Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Association highlighted the important role the meeting would play in enhancing the friendship and co-operation between the people of Vietnam and Cambodia in the new period for the development of the friendship and comprehensive co-operation between the two countries.

Min Khin, Vice President and Secretary General of the National Council of the Solidarity Front for the Development of the Cambodian Motherland took the occasion to express sympathy with the Vietnamese people over the losses in life and property caused by Typhoon Xangsane.

The meeting received messages of greetings from Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hunsen. The two PMs spoke highly of the meeting and wished it a success.

The friendship meeting will last through October 6. (VNA)