Participants in the ceremony pose for a group photo in front of the Cambodia - Vietnam Friendship Monument in Kampong Speu province on March 3. (Photo: VNA) Addressing the event, Yim Sokhom, member of the CambodianPeople’s Party (CPP) Central Committee and Standing Vice Chairman of the KampongSpeu Committee of the Solidarity Front for the Development of CambodianMotherland, said the monument repair and upgrade project started in February2020 and worked on different segments at the site. The monument alone covers anarea of 16.5 square metres and is 19 metres tall.
The project finished in December 2020, but its inauguration wasdelayed for several reasons, especially the COVID-19 pandemic, he noted.
The official thanked the Vietnamese Government, army, andpeople, particularly the Ministry of National Defence, for funding the repairand upgrade of the Cambodia - Vietnam friendship monuments across his country.
The monument in Kampong Speu province is one of 23 built and upgraded in Cambodia recently.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Nguyen Huy Tang said themonument in Kampong Speu and others across Cambodia are a demonstration of thesolidarity and cooperation between the two countries and militaries,who surmounted countless difficulties to gain independence and peace for theircountry, including defeating the genocidal Pol Pot regime in Cambodia.
He expressed his hope that the friendship monument in KampongSpeu will become a site for the countries’ youth to come to learn about thespecial friendship between the Vietnamese and Cambodian people and militaries,as well as the value of peace so as to contribute to national development.
The Vietnamese side is ready to work with the CambodianSolidarity Front’s National Council and administrations of localities tocomplete the building of friendship monuments, thereby helping affirm the countries’solidarity and reinforce cooperation, the diplomat said.
Nhem Valy, member of the CPP Central Committee, Secretary ofState at the Ministry of Cults and Religions, Standing Vice Chairman andSecretary-General of the Cambodian Solidarity Front’s National Council, highlightedthe flourishing bilateral relations.
On behalf of the CPP, State, Front, and people of Cambodia, heonce again thanked Vietnam for assisting his country to defeat the genocidalPol Pot regime and obtain the ultimate victory on January 7, 1979./.
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