Sports event helps bond Vietnamese, Cambodian rubber workers
The Vietnam Rubber Group Joint Stock Company (VRG) organised a sports event for its Vietnamese and Cambodian workers in Cambodia’s Kampong Thom province from June 24 to 26.
VRG workers compete in a tug-of-war game at the sports event in Cambodia’s Kampong Thom province. (Photo: VNA)
Phnom Penh (VNA)𒊎 – The Vietnam Rubber Group Joint Stock Company (VRG) organised a sports event for its Vietnamese and Cambodian workers in Cambodia’s Kampong Thom province from June 24 to 26.
The event saw the participation of 16 delegations with nearly 500 members from VRG affiliates across Cambodia, half of them Cambodians. They competed in six sports, namely football, volleyball, badminton, tug of war, tennis, and petanque.
VRG Deputy Director General Huynh Kim Nhut said that the event took place on the occasion of the 57th anniversary of the Vietnam - Cambodia diplomatic ties (June 24, 1967 - 2024) and on the threshold of the 95th anniversary of the Vietnamese rubber sector's traditional day (October 28, 1929 - 2024).
He emphasised that the success of this sports event demonstrated the group's care for workers at its member units in Cambodia.
Nhut also highlighted the member companies' role in joining hands with the administration and the people of Kampong Thom to build new-style rural areas, improve the quality of workers' life, and contribute to the friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and Cambodia, as well as between the VRG and the province.
Nguyen Tien Dung, Director General of the Chu Se-Kampong Thom Rubber Joint Stock Company - an affiliate of the VRG, said that it was his company's honour to host the event which provided an occasion for Vietnamese and Cambodian workers to strengthen solidarity.
Cambodia is currently home to 407,172 ha of rubber trees, of which 320,184 ha (79%) are being harvested. Enterprises are managing 226,840 ha of industrial-scale rubber plantations, 56%, while farming households 180,332 ha./.
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