Phnom Penh (VNA) – Construction of a Vietnam-CambodiaFriendship Monument began in the Cambodian province of Kampong Speu on March 2.
This is the 20th out of 22 friendship monuments to beupgraded or built across Cambodia, aiming to affirm the great historicalsignificance of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers’ assistance to the neighbouringcountry in the fight against the Pol Pot genocidal regime.
The new friendship monument is built on the foundation of theprevious one that had existed in Kampong Speu since the 1980s.
The groundbreaking ceremony saw the attendanceof Vice Chairman and General Secretary of the National Council of theSolidarity Front for the Development of Cambodian Motherland Nhem Valy,leaders of Kampong Speu province and Vietnamese Defence Attaché in Cambodia Colonel NguyenThanh Chinh, among others.
Sam Saophal, Director of Kampong Speu’sDepartment of Cults and Religion, described the monument as a demonstration ofthe traditional solidarity between Vietnam and Cambodia.
People in Kampong Speu always keep in mind thegreat support of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers in reviving Cambodia, theofficial stressed./.