Vietnamese National Assembly Permanent Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong is joining top legislators and heads of delegations from 150 parliaments at the 141st Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Belgrade, Serbia, from October 13 to 17.
President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO), Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga presented insignia “For peace and friendship among nations” to outgoing Cambodian Ambassador PrakNguon Hong during a ceremony in Hanoi on August 23.
Vietnam and Cambodia signed a cooperation agreement covering specific collaboration programmes in 28 areas following the 17th meeting of their Joint Committee on Cooperation in Economy, Culture, Science and Technology.
The Vietnam–Cambodia and Cambodia–Vietnam friendship associations on July 29 issued a joint statement, strengthening friendly neighborliness, traditional friendship and long-term cooperation between the two nations.
A get-together was held in Ho Chi Minh City on July 20 to mark the 40th anniversary of Front 779 of Military Zone 7 and recalled the time the front’ soldiers had implemented international missions in Cambodia.
Five Vietnamese martyrs who voluntarily joined the Soviet Union’s Red Army during the war against the German fascists have been honoured at the Central Armed Forces Museum of Russia in Moscow.
The Buddhist Sangha of the northern border province of Ha Giang held a requiem for the souls of people who sacrificed their lives for the nation’s freedom, independence and integrity, at the Vi Xuyen’s National Martyrs’ Cemetery in Ha Giang province on July 7.
The labour union of the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) on July 5 presented gifts to 10 overseas Vietnamese in Cambodia who are wounded soldiers, relatives of war martyrs, and people who rendered services to the homeland.
A mural featuring Vietnamese and French flowers has been inaugurated in the Parisian suburb of Choisy-le-Roi to enhance the friendship between two countries.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on June 7 afternoon held telephone talks with Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan on remarks by Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on May 31.
The newspaper VietnamPlus of the Vietnam News Agency won the first prize at the 2018 National External Information Service Awards with a mega story on Vietnamese voluntary soldiers in Cambodia.
A delegation of Vietnamese former experts and volunteer soldiers, who helped free Cambodian people from the Pol Pot genocidal regime, is making a trip to Cambodia from March 21.
Permanent Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son affirmed that Vietnam always supports and treasures South – South cooperation in his speech delivered at the plenary session of the second High-Level United Nations Conference on South – South Cooperation in Buenos Aires, Argentina on March 20.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on March 14 called on Vietnam to help Cambodia complete a national cyber information safety monitoring centre in 2019, saying it is very essential to the country.
The visit to Cambodia by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and President Nguyen Phu Trong is an important opportunity for the two sides to promote their bilateral ties.
A delegation of the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) and the Cambodian Women for Peace and Development (CWPD) has visited Cao Thi Yen in Kien Giang province who was one of volunteer Vietnamese soldiers in the fight against the Pol Pot genocidal regime in Cambodia four decades ago.
The Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) and the Cambodian Women for Peace and Development (CWPD) organised an exchange in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang on February 23 to mark the 40th anniversary of the victory of Vietnam’s southwest border defence war and the fall of the genocidal Pol Pot regime.
Lieut. Gen Porfiry Ivashko, one of the first experts and advisors of the former Soviet Union (now Russia) sent to Vietnam right after the northern border defence war began in the country 40 years ago (February 17, 1979), has asserted the just struggle of Vietnamese people.
On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Vietnam’s war to defend its northern border, Dr Tran Huu Huy, member of the Vietnam Association of Historical Sciences, analysed the victory and historic lessons drawn from the war.
Officials from the Cambodian provinces of Svay Rieng and Pray Veng visited Vietnam’s southern province of Long An on January 29, on the occasion of the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.
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