On July 19, about1,800 Cambodians moved from the capital city of Phnom Penh to the borderarea between Long An and Svay Rieng. Later, around 800 of themtravelled to the area near border marker No 203.
The Long An and Svay Rieng authorities deployed competent forces toensure security and order. They agreed to allow some 100 Cambodiancitizens to approach marker No 203 provided that these people maintainorder and not violate Vietnam’s territory.
Afterexplanation efforts by both sides’ competent agencies, the 800-stronggroup left the border area and returned to Cambodia at around 5 pm thesame day.-VNA