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.