Phnom Penh (VNA) - AVietnam-Cambodia Friendship Monument was inaugurated in the Cambodiannortheastern province of Kratie on February 23.
The inauguration ceremony was attendedby Standing Vice Chairman and General Secretary of the National Council of theSolidarity Front for the Development of Cambodian Motherland Nhem Valy,Governor of Kratie Va Khon and Vietnamese Military Attaché in Cambodia Colonel NguyenThanh Chinh, among others.
Speaking at the event, Nhem Valy,who is also Secretary of State at the Cambodian Ministry of Cults andReligions, expressed his deep gratitude toward the Vietnamese Party, State,army and people for sending eminent soldiers to help Cambodia escape the PolPot genocidal regime.
The wholehearted and promptassistance of Vietnam helped to bring long-standing freedom and peace to Cambodia,he stressed.
The official affirmed that theconstruction of friendship monuments across Cambodia aims to commemorate theservices of Cambodian and Vietnamese heroes who laid down their lives forCambodia’s liberation.
Vietnam and Cambodia are continuingto promote the traditional fine relations for peace, stability, and people’sbetter living standards in their respective country and in the region, headded.
Colonel Chinh thanked theCambodian authorities for their collaboration in completing the friendshipmonument.
This is the 14th monumentcompleted under a project to build and upgrade 17 Vietnam-Cambodia FriendshipMonuments across Cambodia, with funds provided by the Vietnamese Ministry ofNational Defence.
The monument was inaugurated onthe threshold of the State visit to Cambodia by General Secretary of theCommunist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President Nguyen Phu Trong,which will take place from February 25-26.-VNA
