Wednesday, 4 March 2009

Indonesia to provide cultural scholarship for Cambodian students

PHNOM PENH, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia will soon start to provide scholarship for Cambodian students in the fields of dance, cinematography and fine arts, said the official news agency AKP (Agence Kampuchea Presse) on Tuesday.

Minister of Culture and Fine Arts Him Chhem made this announcement upon his recent return from Bali, Indonesia, where a memorandum on Cambodia-Indonesia Cultural Cooperation was signed.

"The memorandum is very important. It helps strengthen our cultural cooperation, human resource development and the close relations between both countries," he said.

In the near future, there will be students, art performance and cultural delegation exchanges between Cambodia and Indonesia, he added.

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