Dak Lak and Mondulkiri sign cooperation Memorandum for 2026-2030

On the afternoon of August 26, the Dak Lak provincial People’s Committee and the Mondulkiri provincial administration (the Kingdom of Cambodia) held a conference to review the implementation of their 2024-2025 cooperation memorandum and sign a new memorandum for 2026-2030.

Overview of the conference

The Conference was attended by Mr. Do Huu Huy, Alternate member of the Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of Dak Lak Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of Dak Lak Provincial People's Committee; Mr. Y Giang Gry Nie Knong, Deputy Secretary of Dak Lak Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of Dak Lak provincial Committee of Vietnam Fatherland Front; along with representatives of leadership from relevant agencies, units and localities.

On the Mondulkiri side, attendees included H.E.Kong Kimny, member of the Central Committee of the Cambodian People's Party, Chairman of Mondulkiri provincial Cambodian People's Party, President of the Cambodian Front for National Development of Mondulkiri , and Governor of Mondulkiri province; and Men Nguy, member of the Central Committee of the Cambodian People's Party, Vice Chairman of the provincial Cambodian People's Party and Chairman of the Mondulkiri Provincial Council, along with representatives of provincial departments, agencies and forces.

Under the 2024-2025 MoU on cooperation and development, Dak Lak together with Mondulkiri actively coordinated initiatives across a wide range of fields. The two provinces have maintained regular delegation exchanges, with 14 delegations taking part in political, cultural, diplomatic and festival activities. These exchanges have helped strengthen mutual understanding, trust and cooperation.

Economic and trade ties have also received greater attention. In 2024, Dak Lak businesses attended a trade fair in Mondulkiri during the Chol Chnam Thmay traditional New Year celebrations. In June 2026, the two provinces held a forum to promote economic and trade cooperation between businesses, providing opportunities to exchange information, showcase products and explore partnerships.

In investment, the Dak Lak Mondulkiri Rubber Development Company (Dakmoruco) has continued to operate its rubber planting, cultivation, harvesting and latex processing project in Busara Commune, Pech Chenda District, with 1,623.92 hectares of rubber currently under exploitation.

The two sides have also maintained cultural, tourism and people-to-people exchanges, including art and sports programmes and tourism promotion activities. Dak Lak organised two editions of the “Song of friendship” art programme in Mondulkiri in December 2024 and December 2025.

Border cooperation remains a key area. The two provinces share a 71.972-kilometre border and have maintained close coordination in managing and protecting the shared border. In August 2026, they completed the identification of 40 subsidiary marker locations along the section between markers 41 and 44.

Security forces from both sides have continued information sharing and joint efforts to prevent and combat crime. The two provinces have also cooperated in searching for and repatriating the remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who died in Cambodia. During the 2023-2025 dry seasons, the remains of 50 people were recovered and repatriated.

Building on these achievements, for the 2026–2030 period, the two localities agreed to sign a cooperation memorandum focusing on strengthening delegation exchanges and sharing experience in governance and socio-economic development; promoting trade and investment cooperation; sharing experience in sustainable agriculture and agricultural raw-material areas; cooperating in the production and processing of key agricultural products; and coordinating on forest protection, wildfire prevention, biodiversity conservation and environmental protection.

In addition, the two sides will strengthen cooperation in border management and protection, information sharing and coordination to maintain security and order in border areas; promote exchanges between border communes and neighboring districts, as well as cultural, artistic and sporting activities. Cooperation will also focus on preserving traditional cultural values, sharing experience in education, healthcare and disease prevention, searching for and repatriating the remains of Vietnamese fallen soldiers, volunteer troops and experts who died in Cambodia during past wars, and promoting people-to-people exchanges between mass organizations, friendship associations and social organizations.

Leaders of the two provinces sign the cooperation memorandum for 2026–2030.

Speaking at the conference, Mondulkiri Governor Kong Mimny thanked Dak Lak for its support and called on the province to further facilitate investment by businesses from Mondulkiri.

Chairman of the Dak Lak provincial People’s Committee Do Huu Huy called for closer exchanges between leaders and specialised agencies, stronger economic, trade and investment cooperation, and expanded collaboration in agriculture, forestry, environmental protection, education, healthcare, culture and tourism.

He expressed hope that the two provinces would turn their agreed priorities into practical programmes, creating more tangible progress in bilateral cooperation and contributing to the strengthening of the good-neighbourly, traditional friendship and comprehensive, sustainable cooperation between Viet Nam and Cambodia.

Thanh Huyen