Cambodia’s prime minister visits Vietnam to sign deals on trade and science

Vietnamese prime minister Pham Minh Chinh, left, and Cambodian prime minister Hun Manet inspect an honour guard in Hanoi (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

Cambodian prime minister Hun Manet met with his Vietnamese counterpart on Monday on an official visit to boost relations between the neighbouring Southeast Asian countries that are close but historically complicated.

Vietnam’s prime minister, Pham Minh Chinh, and Hun Manet attended a welcome ceremony in the capital, Hanoi, where they reviewed an honour guard before holding talks that Cambodian officials had said would cover co-operation in the fields of education, trade, security, defence and border affairs, among others.