Cambodia's leader holds talks in neighboring Vietnam on first visit since becoming prime minister

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet (left) and Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh wave to supporters ad the media during their meeting at the Government Office in Hanoi on December 11, 2023. - AFP

HANOI, Vietnam (AP): Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet met with his Vietnamese counterpart on Monday on an official visit to boost relations between the neighboring South-East Asian countries that are close but historically complicated.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Hun Manet attended a welcome ceremony in the capital, Hanoi, where they reviewed an honor guard before holding talks that Cambodian officials had said would cover cooperation in the fields of education, trade, security, defense and border affairs, among others.