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 reburial of remains of 17 volunteer Vietnamese soldiers who laid their lives down in Cambodia was held at the Martyrs’ Cemetery in Duc Co district, the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on May 31.
President of the Cambodian National Assembly Samdech Heng Samrin and his entourage made a trip to the northern province of Ha Nam on May 29 as part of their on-going official visit to Vietnam.
Chairwoman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan held talks with her Cambodian counterpart Samdech Heng Samrin following an official welcome ceremony for the latter in Hanoi on May 28 afternoon.
The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on May 16 held burial services for the remains of 17 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in Cambodia during wartime.
Senior officials of many countries have paid homage to Vietnam’s former President Le Duc Anh at the tribute-paying ceremony held by Vietnamese embassies.
Former President General Le Duc Anh’s death and his contributions to the Vietnamese revolutionary cause as well as helping Cambodia get rid of the Pol Pot genocidal regime received media coverage in Cambodia.
The passing of former President Le Duc Anh, who made great contributions to helping Cambodia get rid of the Pol Pot genocidal regime, has left deep grief in the hearts of many officers, generals and researchers of the country, according to a Cambodian scholar.
A Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Monument, was inaugurated in Serey Sophorn city of Banteay Meanchey, about 430km northwest of Cambodia’s Phnom Penh capital city on April 27.
Head of Vietnam’s Government Committee for Religious Affairs Vu Chien Thang said he wishes that the Cambodian Ministry of Cults and Religion would create favourable conditions for overseas Vietnamese following Buddhism and Caodaism in the country to join religious activities.
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.
The Vietnamese National Assembly will closely cooperate with the National Assembly and Senate of Cambodia to further expand and improve the efficiency of collaboration between the two governments as well as the two legislatures at regional and international parliamentary forums, the top legislator has said.
First Vice President of the Cambodian Senate Sim Ka hosted a reception for a delegation of former Vietnamese voluntary soldiers in Phnom Penh 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.
Khieu Kola, a leader of the Club of Cambodian Journalists, said he will never forget the memories of the terrible life when his country was under the rule of the bloodthirsty Pol Pot regime.
In Sep. 2017, the film “First they killed my father”, based on the memoirs of Loung Ung, was aired on Netflix, once again exposing the terrific crimes committed by the Pol Pot genocidal regime.
The victory over the Pol Pot regime 40 years ago on January 7, 1979, did not only revive Cambodia but also serve as a bright model of the international solidarity.
The southwestern border defence war and the war against the Pol Pot genocidal regime has passed four decades, however the pain of huge losses still deeply hurts the poor land of Ba Chuc in An Giang.
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