VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese and Cambodian Government leaders on June 24 unveiled marker 314, the last one in numerical order on the two countries’ land borderline.

Cementing Vietnam-Cambodia ties

The marker lies on the border between My Duc commune, Ha Tien town, in the southern Vietnamese province of Kien Giang and Russey Srok Khang Lech commune, Kampong Trach district, in the Cambodian province of Kampot.

Addressing the ceremony, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung stressed that the event marks a joint success of the two nations in building a borderline of peace, friendship and cooperation for development. It satisfies the fundamental interests and desires of both peoples and creates a new dynamic for the two countries to early fulfil all work related to land border demarcation and marker planting.

The inauguration also facilitates economic cooperation, brings stability for people in Kien Giang and Kampot provinces in particular, and contributes to promoting friendship and comprehensive cooperation, especially in economics, trade, investment and tourism between the two countries’ border provinces in general.

Echoing Mr Dung’s view, Prime Minister Hun Sen spoke highly of the event and described recent achievements in border demarcation and marker planting work as a new chapter in the history of the two countries’ relations.

This is the second time the two have attended the inauguration of land border markers.

Vietnam and Cambodia have to date installed 287 border markers and demarcated about 653km of borderline, meeting 76 percent and 51 percent of the total work, respectively.

Meeting marks Vietnam-Cambodia diplomatic ties

A meeting was held in Hanoi on June 24 to mark the 45th anniversary of Vietnam-Cambodia diplomatic ties (June 24).

When addressing the ceremony, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc stated that when Vietnam and Cambodia first established diplomatic ties on June 24, 1967, it marked a new chapter in the history of the relationship between the two neighbouring countries.

Over the past 45 years, both peoples have stood side by side and assisted each other in resistance wars against imperialism for national independence in the past and in the cause of national construction at present, he said.

The Vietnamese and Cambodian people always embedded in their mind the Cambodian Revolution’s resounding victory on January 7, 1979 over the genocidal Pol Pot regime that has helped Cambodia escape from the catastrophe of destruction and revive the country, the deputy PM said.

He added the great services and sacrifice of both nations in the struggle, including those of Vietnam’s volunteer soldiers and experts, contributed to boosting the solidarity and traditional friendship between the two countries and people.

Deputy PM Phuc also said the two countries’ relations have turned to a new development step.

With the aim of building a “good neighbourliness, traditional friendship, comprehensive cooperation and long-lasting stability” relationship, ties between two countries have been unceasingly consolidated and developed in all fields, bringing in practical benefits to the two people and making positive contributions to peace, stability and cooperation in the region, Phuc said.

He also affirmed that the solidarity and traditional friendship between Vietnam and Cambodia became an invaluable asset of the two nations.

On behalf of the Cambodian government’s delegation, Sim Vanna, Secretary of State at the Council Ministers, stressed the fine, long-lasting relations between the two countries even before the official establishment of their diplomatic ties.

The two people are nourishing the sound solidarity, traditional friendship and cooperation, he said.

On this occasion, Sim Vanna expressed his profound thanks to Vietnamese volunteer soldiers for their valuable assistance while standing side by side with the Cambodian Solidarity Front for National Salvation in the struggle against the genocidal Khmer Rouge as well as to the Vietnamese people for their support for Cambodia’s socio-economic development.

He said he believes that the close friendship and good neighbourliness and mutual respect between the two countries will be further consolidated and strongly developed, thus serving the two nations’ interests as well as maintaining peace, stability and prosperity.

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