November 08, 2017 | 20:58 (GMT+7)
Cambodia’s 64th Independence Day marked in Ho Chi Minh City
The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations and the Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Association in Ho Chi Minh City held a ceremony on November 8 to mark Cambodia’s 64th Independence Day (November 9).
Speaking at the event, President of the association Truong Minh Nhut affirmed that Vietnam and Cambodia hold good neighborliness, time-honored friendship and comprehensive cooperation.
Cambodian Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Im Heng. Source: voh.com.vn
The two countries have striven to consolidate and develop the friendship and cooperation and coordinated closely at international forums in order to lift the bilateral relations to a new height, for the interests of the two peoples and for peace, stability, development cooperation in the region, Nhut added.
Cambodian Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Im Heng recalled the struggles for national liberation of the Cambodian and Vietnamese people.
The sacrifice of the two nations has created traditional friendship and solidarity which have become a valuable treasure and nurtured by the two countries’ leaders and people.
He took the occasion to thank Vietnam for helping his country escape from the Pol Pot genocidal regime and gain independence.
Source: VNA