Cambodia recognises contributions of Vietnamese banking specialists

Former specialists of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) who were assigned to Cambodia to assist the reconstruction of the country’s banking sector between 1979 and 1989 (Team K) were awarded the fifth-class Royal Order of Sahametrei and Certificates of Appreciation from the Royal Government of Cambodia and the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) at a ceremony in Hanoi on March 25.

Cambodian Ambassador to Vietnam Chay Navuth (R) and Permanent Deputy Governor of SBV Dao Minh Tu (L) award the Royal Order of Sahametrei to specialists of Team K. (Photo: SBV)
Cambodian Ambassador to Vietnam Chay Navuth (R) and Permanent Deputy Governor of SBV Dao Minh Tu (L) award the Royal Order of Sahametrei to specialists of Team K. (Photo: SBV)

The event saw the presence of Cambodian Ambassador to Vietnam Chay Navuth; Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly’s Committee for External Relations and former Governor of the SBV Nguyen Van Giau; SBV Governor Nguyen Thi Hong; and 33 Team K officials.

On behalf of the Cambodia Government and people, Chay Navuth expressed his deep gratitude to the Government and people of Vietnam, especially the Vietnamese experts who were sent to help Cambodia in the past struggle for national liberation and the cause of post-war national development.

Cambodia always remembers the significant support of Vietnam in rescuing Cambodia from the genocidal Pol Pot regime and helping the country with its national reconstruction and development after the war, he affirmed.

Cambodian Ambassador to Vietnam Chay Navuth speaks at the ceremony. (Photo: SBV)

The SBV sent Team K specialists to assist Cambodia in training banking human resources, while sharing equipment with the NBC to use during the working process, such as safes, locks and other banking devices, the ambassador said, attributing the NBC’s current achievements to the valuable support offered by the SBV specialists.

At the ceremony, Chay Navuth, as authorised by the Royal Government of Cambodia, presented the fifth-class Royal Order of Sahametrei and Certificates of Appreciation from the Cambodian Government and the NBC to 33 specialists of Team K in recognition of their important contributions to the construction of the Cambodian financial-banking system in the 1979-1989 period.

SBV Governor Nguyen Thi Hong speaks at the event. (Photo: SBV)

In her remarks, SBV Governor Nguyen Thi Hong expressed her pride in Team K officials’ contributions and efforts to rise above difficulties in the development cause of the country and the banking sector, as well as in developing the friendly cooperation between Vietnam and neighbouring Cambodia.

She thanked the Royal Government of Cambodia and the NBC for their recognition and presentation of noble awards to former experts of the Vietnamese banking sector, affirming the SBV’s continued efforts to further enhance friendship and multifaceted collaboration with the NBC, thus contributing to tightening Vietnam-Cambodia solidarity and friendly cooperation.