Localities celebrate victory over genocidal regime
The southern province of
Binh Phuoc on January 6 organised a meeting to celebrate the 35th
anniversary of the victory in the southwest border defence war and the
joint victory of Vietnam and Cambodia over the genocidal Khmer Rouge
regime (January 7, 1979-2014).
The
meeting also saw the attendance of authorities and military officers
from the Cambodian provinces of Kratie, Mundukiri, Kongpongthom and
Kongpongcham, which border Binh Phuoc province.
The participants recalled the time when the Vietnam People’s Army stood
side by side with Cambodian people to fight for the latter’s freedom
from the Khmer Rouge regime led by Pol Pot.
January 7, 1979 will always be remembered in the glorious history of the
Vietnamese and Cambodian peoples, whose solidarity, friendship and
all-around cooperation have since then been unceasingly fostered.
A representative from Kongpongcham province, on
behalf of the participating Cambodian localities, expressed his profound
gratitude to the Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who laid down their
lives for Cambodia and its people.
In power from
1975-1979, the Khmer Rouge regime killed nearly three million Cambodian
civilians, destroyed all social facilities and pushed the Cambodian
nation to the brink of perdition.
It also distorted the history of Vietnam and mobilised most of its
military strength to launch an invasion at Vietnam’s southwest border.
Besides ravaging villages and
brutally killing local people, including the elderly, children and
women, the regime seriously violated the independence, sovereignty and
territorial integrity of Vietnam.
Together with the armed forces and people of Cambodia as well as the
support of international friends, the Vietnamese army overthrew the
regime on January 7, 1979.
Following the victory, thousands of Vietnamese experts and volunteer
soldiers continued to stand side by side with the Cambodian people in
the country’s revival and reconstruction.-VNA