KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has left for the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Kingdom of Cambodia, today.

PM Oli is visiting Vietnam at the invitation of Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, and Cambodia at the invitation of his Cambodian counterpart Prime Minister Hun Sen.

The Prime Minister will be staying in Vietnam from May 9 to 13 and in Cambodia from May 13 to 15. He is accompanied by his spouse Radhika Shakya.

Speaker of the House of Representatives Krishna Bahadur Mahara, National Assembly Chair Ganesh Prasad Timalsena, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Ishwar Pokharel, ministers and high-level officials bade farewell to PM Oli at VVIP longue in Tribhuvan International Airport.

A contingent of Nepal Army offered a guard of honour to the Prime Minister on his departure.