The area where the Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Monument (in the back) is located in Kep province, Cambodia (Photo: VNA)
Phnom Penh (VNA) – A Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Monument was inaugurated in Kep, thecapital city of Cambodia’s Kep province on October 20, which is the 11th of its kind built under the direction of Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech TechoHun Sen and his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
The inaugurationceremony was attended by Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister ofNational Assembly - Senate Relations and Inspection Men Sam An, who is alsohead of the Cambodia-Vietnam Friendship Association. On the Vietnamese sidethere were Ambassador Vu Quang Minh; Vietnamese Consul General in Kep NguyenThe Cuong, and Vietnamese Military Attaché Colonel Nguyen Anh Dung.
Despite the heavyrain, many officials of the province, locals, and students came to the event indroves.
Addressing theceremony, Deputy PM Men Sam An said that the construction and inauguration ofthe monument is to commemorate and show gratitude to Vietnamese volunteersoldiers and Cambodian soldiers who shed blood for the liberation and salvationof Cambodian people from the genocidal disaster.
Men Sam An stressedthat the monument is a symbol for the friendship between the military and peopleof the two countries as well as their solidarity in liberating and revivingCambodia.
For his part, ColonelNguyen Anh Dung said that Vietnamese and Cambodian leaders’ consensus inrepairing, restoring and building Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship monuments invarious localities in Cambodia demonstrates the sound traditional friendshipbetween the military and people of both nations.-VNA
