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Tens of thousands of Cambodians attended a ceremony in Phnom Penh on January 7 to celebrate the 41st anniversary of the victory over the Khmer Rouge genocidal regime.

Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend a ceremony marking the 41st anniversary of the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime in Koh Pich island, Phnom Penh, on January 7.

Cambodian and Vietnamese soldiers will jointly hold a rescue exercise in Tuasday commune, Chanthrea district, Cambodia’s S’vay Rieng province that borders Vietnam’s southern Long An province.

The Solidarity Front for the Development of Cambodia Motherland (SFDCM) held a ceremony in Phnom Penh on December 2 to mark the 41st founding anniversary of the Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation, which was the beginning of the struggle to topple the genocidal regime and revive Cambodia.

Sen. Lieut. Gen Phan Van Giang, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Minister of National Defence, received General Chea Tara, Director of the National Defence University (NDU) of Cambodia, in Hanoi on November 19.

The Documentation Centre of Cambodia (DC-Cam) in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport will publish 500 books on genocide and mass atrocities to raise awareness of its horrors.

A Vietnamese high-level military delegation, led by Sen. Lieut. Gen. Phan Van Giang, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and Deputy Minister of National Defence, on November 2 concluded their four-day official visit to Cambodia.

Vietnam wants to promote its traditional friendship with Cambodia in the spirit of mutual cooperation and prosperity, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on October 16.

Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong hosted a reception on October 4 for visiting President of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and Prime Minister of Cambodia Samdech Techo Hun Sen.

The Vietnam - Cambodia Friendship Association of former volunteer soldiers of Front 479 held a ceremony in Hanoi on September 22 to mark 30 years of the fulfillment of their international mission in Cambodia.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia held a banquet in Phnom Penh on August 29 to celebrate the 74th National Day of Vietnam (September 2, 1945-2019).

Secretary of the Party Central Committee and chief of its office Nguyen Van Nen has affirmed that under any circumstance, Vietnam will, together with Cambodia, develop their fine neighborliness, traditional friendship, comprehensive cooperation and long-term sustainability for the sake of prosperity of each country.

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) has announced former senior Khmer Rouge leader Noun Chea, who has been convicted and sentenced to life in prison, died at the age of 93.

The Singaporean Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 7 gave explanations of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s remarks relating to Cambodia and Vietnam at the 2019 Shangri-La Dialogue.

The Vietnamese army was instrumental in defeating the Khmer Rouge regime, changing history in Cambodia, according to Executive Director of the Documentation Centre of Cambodia Youk Chhang.

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.

Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said on June 6 that Singaporean leader’s comment on “Vietnam’s invasion of Cambodia” is against the revival of the Cambodian people.

Prime Minister of Cambodia Samdech Hun Sen has criticized Singaporean PM Lee Hsien Loong’s recent statement on Vietnam’s position in the fight against Khmer Rouge.

The statement of Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in his recent post on Facebook is disrespectful to the Khmer Rouge victims, an article on the Khmer Times said on June 3.

Hun Many, a National Assembly member for Cambodia’s Kampong Speu province, has said he was “beyond surprised” at the recent remarks by Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong regarding the Vietnamese presence in Cambodia following the fall of the Khmer Rouge in 1979, the Phnom Penh Post reported.