Second Vietnam - Cambodia young officer exchange program held

Head of the Vietnamese young officers Deputy Political Chief of the Vietnam Border Guard Command Senior Colonel Nguyen Thanh Hai received the Cambodian young officers, led by Lieutenant General Sophonrnvong, Deputy Chief of Staff, Director of the Border Guard Department under the Cambodian Ministry of National Defense. 

Right after the reception, the two sides together planted friendship trees on the campus of the guest house in Loi Thuan commune, Ben Cau district, Tay Ninh province. Meanwhile, the two countries’ young officers conducted law dissemination activities and distributed documents to officials, people and students who are living and working along the Vietnam-Cambodia border.

On the occasion, the organizing panel granted scholarship to 40 Vietnamese and Cambodian disadvantaged students.

The People’s Army Newspaper Online would like to introduce some photos of the exchange program.

Sr. Col. Nguyen Thanh Hai presents flowers to the young officer delegation of the Royal Cambodian Army and Gendarmerie.

The Vietnamese young officers receive the Cambodian side at Moc Bai International Border Gate in Tay Ninh province.

Lt. Gen. Tien Sophonrnvong and Sr. Col. Nguyen Thanh Hai planting a friendship tree on the campus of the guest house in Loi Thuan commune, Ben Cau district, Tay Ninh province

Vietnamese and Cambodian young officers planting friendship trees

Young officers distribute documents to popularize the laws in border areas

Sr. Col. Nguyen Thanh Hai and Lt. Gen. Tien Sophonrnvong presenting scholarships to disadvantaged students from the two countries

Translated by Quynh Oanh