The event saw the attendance of Senior Lieutenant General Phan Van Giang, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Defense Minister, and General Vong Pisen, Commander-in-Chief of the RCAF.
Authorized by the Vietnamese State President, General Giang bestowed the noble order on over 140 RCAF’s individuals and units for their contributions to consolidating and expanding traditional friendship and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries’ peoples and militaries.
In his remarks, General Giang highlighted the progress in the bilateral defense relationship over the past time, which is considered an important pillar in Vietnam-Cambodia relations and embodies the spirit of “good neighbors, traditional friends, comprehensive cooperation, and long-term sustainability.”
The outcomes of the defense cooperation between the two militaries have contributed to safeguarding independence and territorial integrity and building a peaceful environment along with political and social stability for economic development in each country as well as to defeating reactionary and hostile forces' schemes to sabotage the solidarity between the two sides, he added.
The Vietnamese State granted the noble order to the RCAF’s recipients in recognition of the force’s efforts and contributions to the Vietnam-Cambodia relations in general, while continuing to expand the bilateral time-honored solidarity, the Vietnamese general concluded.
    |
 |
|
Delegates in a group photo |
On this occasion, on behalf of the Central Military Commission and Defense Ministry of Vietnam, General Giang presented the Cambodian Defense Ministry with 400 books and 500 CDs containing outstanding literary and art works for the contest themed “Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia solidarity in combat” launched in 2017.
For his part, General Pisen expressed his thanks to Vietnam’s Party, State, people, and military for the award, adding that this was such an honor for the RCAF in general and its officers and affiliated units in particular.
The Cambodian general pledged that in the time to come, the RCAF Command would do their utmost to further the sound relationship between the two countries and militaries.
Translated by Van Hieu