Phnom Penh (VNA) – A delegation from the PartyCentral Committee’s Mass Mobilisation Commission led by its Deputy ChairmanPham Tat Thang visited the Khmer-Vietnam Association in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and presented gifts to Vietnamese-originCambodian community in the country.

President of the Khmer-Vietnam Association Sim Chy briefedthe delegation on the operations of the association recently, and underlinedthat the majority of Cambodian people of Vietnamese origin are facingdifficulties in getting legal documents and settling down, especially thoseliving on Tonle Sap and along the Mekong River.

He suggested that the commission and relevant agencies of Vietnam continue towork with Cambodian authorities to help ensure the legitimate rights andinterest of the community.

For his part, Thang hailed the role of the Khmer-VietnamAssociation in connecting the Vietnamese community in the country and their fellowsat home, and reinforcing the Vietnam-Cambodia relations.

He underlined that the Party and State of Vietnam always consider the Vietnamesecommunity abroad as an integral part of the Vietnamese nation. The PartyCentral Committee’s Mass Mobilisation Commission encourages the community to overcomedifficulties, promote their solidarity and well abide by Cambodian policies andlaws, and integrate into the host society, he said.

On this occasion, the delegation presented gifts to 25 poor Vietnamese-origin Cambodianhouseholds in Phnom Penh.

Earlier the same day, the delegation visited and worked withthe Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia./.