Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh backed his Cambodian counterpart Hun Manet’s suggestion of forming the “Three Countries One Destination” initiative, which will include Laos, to boost tourism, as the leaders of the two neighbouring countries met on October 20, on the sidelines of the ASEAN-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Manet’s social media team announced after the meeting that Minh Chinh also supported Manet’s calls to link Phnom Penh-Bavet and Vietnam’s Bavet-Ho Chi Min expressways, along with rail connections.
The Cambodian prime minister requested negotiations of the expressway development project be expedited, during a meeting with Vo Van Thuong, President of Vietnam, when the two attended the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing, earlier this week.
