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Another Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Monument inaugurated

A Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Monument was inaugurated in Steung Treng city of the province of the same name on November 15 after one year of restoration.
Another Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Monument inaugurated ảnh 1People take photo at the Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Monument (Source: nhandan.com.vn)

Phnom Penh (VNA) – A Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Monument was inaugurated inSteung Treng city of the province of the same name on November 15 after oneyear of restoration.

It is thetenth of the 17 monuments across Cambodia that have been upgraded under aproject funded by the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence, aiming to markthe 50th anniversary of  bilateral diplomatic ties.

Speaking atthe inaugural ceremony, Secretary of State at the Cambodian Ministry of Cultsand Religions Nhem Valy and Governor of Steung Treng province Mom Saroeunaffirmed that the monument commemorates patriotic Cambodians and Vietnamesevolunteer soldiers who laid down their lives for Cambodia’s liberation.

It is alsoconsidered as an everlasting symbol of the traditional solidarity andfriendship between the two countries, they stated.

They reconfirmedthat Cambodia can never revive and develop as it does today, without thesupport from Vietnam in overthrowing the Pol Pot genocidal regime with thehistoric victory on January 7, 1979.-VNA
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