Vietnam's Party chief To Lam to co-chair Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam leaders' meeting during Phnom Penh visit

The visit will be made at the invitation of Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni, with Lam leading a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation.

As part of the visit, the Vietnamese Party chief will co-preside over a high-level meeting between the CPV Central Committee's Politburo and the Standing Board of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) Central Committee, at the invitation of CPP President Hun Sen, on the same day.

He will also co-chair a separate meeting of the leaders of the ruling parties of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos in Phnom Penh that day.

A day ahead of the Cambodia visit, Lam will pay a state visit to Laos at the invitation of General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith.

Previously, in February 2025, Lam held a high-level meeting in Ho Chi Minh City with Sisoulith and Hun Sen, who also serves as President of the Cambodian Senate.

Laos and Cambodia are close neighbors of Vietnam, sharing a common history of struggles for national independence as well as nation-building and development.

The visits to Laos and Cambodia, the first two foreign destinations undertaken by Party General Secretary Lam since his recent re-election for the 2026-31 term, underscore Vietnam's strong emphasis on relations with the two neighboring countries.

As in Vietnam-Laos relations, Party-to-Party cooperation plays a guiding role in Vietnam-Cambodia ties, with key bilateral mechanisms maintained regularly and continuing to deliver tangible results.

Defense and security cooperation remains a central pillar of Vietnam-Cambodia relations and has grown increasingly close and substantive.

Bilateral trade reached US$11.33 billion in 2025, and both sides are working toward the goal of raising two-way trade to $20 billion in the near future.

Vietnam currently has 229 valid investment projects in Cambodia with total registered capital of about $2.94 billion.

Cooperation in other areas, including education and training, transport, culture, healthcare and telecommunications, has been strengthened, while exchanges among mass organizations and people-to-people groups have been maintained and diversified in form.

Vietnam established diplomatic relations with Cambodia and Laos in 1967 and 1962, respectively.