A Viet Nam-Cambodia Friendship Monument was inaugurated in Serey Sophorn city of Banteay Meanchey, about 430km northwest of Cambodia’s Phnom Penh capital city on April 27.

Viet Nam-Cambodia Friendship Monument in Serey Sophorn city of Banteay Meanchey of Cambodia (Photo: nhandan.com.vn)

This is the 15^th monument completed under a project to build and upgrade 17 Viet Nam-Cambodia Friendship Monuments across Cambodia. It is built in a nearly 5,000 sq.m campus.

The inaugural ceremony drew Standing Vice Chairman and Secretary General of the National Council of the Solidarity Front for the Development of Cambodian Motherland and Secretary of State at the Cambodian Ministry of Cults and Religions Nhem Valy; Vietnamese Consul General in Battambang province Le Tuan Khanh; Vietnamese Military Attaché in Cambodia Colonel Nguyen Thanh Chinh; leaders of local authorities and armed forces, students and locals in the province.

Addressing the event, Nhem Valy recalled the struggle of the army and people of Cambodia, with the support of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers, to overthrow the Pol Pot genocidal regime and revive Cambodia.

He underscored that Viet Nam-Cambodia Friendship Monuments built in many localities of Cambodia aim to remember the services of heroic martyrs of Viet Nam and Cambodia who laid down their lives for Cambodia’s liberation.

He expressed his deep gratitude towards the Party, State and people of Vietnam for sending eminent soldiers to help Cambodia escape the Pol Pot genocidal regime.

“Cambodian people always remember that without the 1 January, 1979 victory, we would not have today,” said Nhem Valy.

For his part, Colonel Nguyen Thanh Chinh stressed that the Viet Nam-Cambodia Friendship Monuments across Cambodia and in Banteay Meanchey in particular will help younger generations to understand the value of peace and freedom as well as the solidarity and mutual support between the two nations of Viet Nam and Cambodia.

(Source: VNA)