The two leaders underscored the need to further deepen defence and security cooperation, maintain a border of peace, stability, cooperation and development, and accelerate the handling of border areas where demarcation and marker planting remain unfinished

Both sides also agreed to encourage Vietnamese and Cambodian businesses to expand investment and production cooperation, develop cross-border industrial and agricultural value chains, promote processing industries, improve infrastructure and logistics connectivity, and facilitate border trade and people-to-people exchanges, thereby making practical contributions to socio-economic development of each country.

As Việt Nam enters a new phase of national development, diplomacy is being asked to reach deeper into societies, connect communities and turn goodwill between peoples into practical cooperation.

Sports should not be viewed merely as a socio-cultural activity, but as part of the strategy for human development, population and human resources quality, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Central Committee and State President Tô Lâm said.

Speaking at the working session with with a delegation from the Nanko patent attorneys club of Japan, Chief Judge of the People’s Court of Hà Nội - Region 2 Hoàng Ngọc Thành said the meeting provided an opportunity for the two sides to share practical experience in judicial activities.

Việt Nam proposed the South African Parliament encourage the government to facilitate greater market access for Vietnamese goods and create favourable conditions for major Vietnamese enterprises to invest and cooperate in promising sectors such as electronics, telecommunications, minerals, renewable energy, textiles and supporting industries, as well as emerging fields including artificial intelligence (AI) and innovation.

Expressing his hope that relations between Việt Nam and the Holy See would continue to develop positively, Archbishop Nwachukwu said that a future visit to Việt Nam by the Pope would be a landmark event in relations between the two sides.

The event took place in Berlin on Thursday, bringing together leaders and representatives from the Communist Party of Việt Nam and the Social Democratic Party of Germany.