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Politburo member, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission and Defense Minister General Phan Van Giang and Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense General Tea Banh visit Hun Sen 2 Thnou Primary School in Snuol district, Kratie province, Cambodia in the framework of the first Vietnam - Cambodia border defense friendship exchange on May 15, 2022. |
November 9 this year marks the 69th founding anniversary of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces. On this occasion, the Vietnam People’s Army congratulated the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces on their great achievements over the past nearly 70 years of construction and development, contributing to heightening the prestige, status, and the role of the country.
Meanwhile, Vietnam is also proud of the cooperation between the two militaries over the past year, which makes active contribution to the development of the bilateral relations.
With the motto “sound neighborliness, traditional friendship, comprehensive cooperation, and long-term sustainability,” over the past time, the relationship between Vietnam and Cambodia has been continuously consolidated and developed extensively in all fields, in which defense cooperation has brought practical achievements and is one of the important pillars.
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Politburo member, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission and Defense Minister General Phan Van Giang and Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense General Tea Banh visit Hun Sen 2 Thnou Primary School in Snuol district, Kratie province, Cambodia in the framework of the first Vietnam - Cambodia border defense friendship exchange on May 15, 2022. |
Accordingly, the two militaries have grasped all instructions and directions of the two defense leaders, actively worked together to implement all cooperation contents, especially in political education, contributing to enhancing and promoting the bilateral friendship between the two peoples and militaries, ensuring security and safety in the shared borderline while preventing hostile forces’ plots.
In addition, both sides have also supported each other in searching, collecting and repatriating remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and advisors who laid down their lives in Cambodia during war time. Amid the complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, the two countries boosted cooperation in COVID-19 prevention and control, among others.
2022 is “the Vietnam - Cambodia Year of Friendship” in celebration of the 55th anniversary of the diplomatic relations (June 24, 1967). Since the beginning of the year, the two defense ministries have closely worked together to hold meaningful activities to display the friendship between Vietnam and Cambodia.
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At the program to provide free health check-ups and medicines to Cambodian people in Tbong Khmum province on May 9, 2022 |
On the occasion of the first Vietnam - Cambodia border defense friendship exchange in May 2022, a free health check-up program was held for thousands of Vietnamese and Cambodian people in border areas, together with inaugurating Vietnam - Cambodia friendship military-civilian medial facility, and presenting scholarships to needy students, among others.
“I am delight at the comprehensive and effective development of the Vietnam - Cambodia cooperation relations over the past 55 years, bringing practical benefits to both peoples. The sound relations have been increasingly developed in all fields, especially in defense cooperation. The cooperation contributes to further tightening the bilateral relations,” affirmed Ambassador of Cambodia to Vietnam Chay Navuth during an interview granted to the People’s Army Newspaper.
Translated by Minh Anh