The official welcome ceremony for President Nguyen Xuan Phuc takes place in the Royal Palace of Cambodia in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on December 21, 2021. - Photo: VNA

Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc is paying an official visit to Cambodia on December 21-22 at the invitation of Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni. This is the first visit of the Vietnamese State President to Cambodia after the 13th National Party Congress with the formulation of the nation's new leadership. - Photo: VNA

Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni (R) hosts the welcome ceremony. The Vietnamese President is the first foreign head of state to visit the Kingdom in 2021. - Photo: VNA

The visit will kick off a series of activities within the Viet Nam-Cambodia Solidarity and Friendship Year and the Cambodia-Viet Nam Solidarity and Friendship Year and the 55th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries (June 24, 1967-June 24, 2022). - Photo: VNA

In the first ten months of 2021, the two-way trade hit US$7.87 billion, representing a year-on-year increase of 87.5 percent. Viet Nam ranked fifth out of FDI investors in Cambodia by pouring US$ 2.88 billion of register capital and 188 projects. - Photo: VNA

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc's State visit to Cambodia aims to create an opportunity for both sides’ leaders to assess the outcomes of the bilateral cooperation and discuss measures for fostering ties in the upcoming time as well as exchange regional and international issues of mutual concerns..- Photo: VNA