Prince Ranariddh to visit Vietnam

Prince Ranariddh to visit Vietnam

PHNOM PENH (Kyodo): Cambodian First Prime Minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh will pay an official visit to Vietnam from Sunday through Tuesday, an Information Ministry spokesman announced Wednesday.

Ung Tea Seam said Prince Ranariddh will be accompanied by Foreign Minister Ung Huot, who plans to make a subsequent official visit to Laos from Jan. 20 to 22.

The prince is expected to meet in Hanoi with Vietnamese Prime Minister Vo Tan Kiet, who visited Phnom Penh last April.

Thorny issues between the two countries include the legal status of ethnic Vietnamese in Cambodia, delineation of the two countries' disputed border, commerce along the Mekong River and fishing disputes.