(VOVworld) – The 8^th plenary session of the Conference on Cooperation and Development between Vietnamese and Cambodian provinces will open in HCM city on Wednesday. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Cambodia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs Xo Kheeng will co-chair the meeting.

Senior Vietnamese and Cambodian officials met on Tuesday to discuss preparations for the session. They reviewed cooperation between the two countries’ border provinces since the last session in March 2012 and discussed measures to remove obstacles and promote friendship and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries and their localities.