Project tightening Vietnam-Cambodia friendship inaugurated

Monday, 21/06/2021 16:25
A complex of monuments commemorating Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s journey to seek ways to save his country from the Pol Pot genocidal regime was inaugurated in Loc Ninh district, Vietnam’s southern border province of Binh Phuoc, on June 20.

Practical cooperation towards 55th anniversary of Vietnam – Cambodia diplomatic relations

Vietnamese and Cambodian leaders cut the ribbon to inaugurate the monument complex in Binh Phuoc Province. (Photo: NDO)

The complex marks the first step to find a way to save the country of Prime Minister Hun Sen in Vietnam. In particular, at 2:00 am on June 21, 1977, Mr. Hun Sen and his associates, after crossing the Cambodia - Vietnam border, stopped at this area to wait for morning to determine the direction to go and meeting with the Vietnamese army and people, with the aim of asking Vietnam to help build Cambodia's armed forces to overthrow the genocidal Pol Pot regime.

Thanks to the Vietnamese Party, State, and people’s assistance, they took gradual steps to set up the Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation and, together with Vietnamese volunteer soldiers, completely defeat the genocidal regime on January 7, 1979, saving millions of Cambodians from the genocidal disaster.

The work for the first stop has an area of 5ha and the highlight is the "independence tree" and the place where the monolithic stele with the image of a lotus flower is placed. On the stele, there are national flags of the two countries and historical content engraved in the two languages of Vietnamese and Cambodian.

There is also a construction site where Prime Minister Hun Sen and his associates hid weapons and a point of meeting with Vietnamese army and people.

Addressing the ceremony, Chairman of the Binh Phuoc provincial People’s Committee Tran Tue Hien said construction of the monument complex started on May 8 this year. The complex features a stone stele, the place for weapons concealment at that time, the site where Hun Sen and his comrades met the Vietnamese militia and people, and an exhibition hall.

The official said the complex is expected to help people, including the young, learn more about the odyssey to save Cambodia from the Pol Pot genocidal regime, as well as the Vietnamese Party, State, and people’s support for the mission.

The complex is also hoped to serve as a contribution to the solidarity, friendship, cooperation, and mutual assistance between the two countries, including between Binh Phuoc and neighbouring Cambodian provinces./.

Compiled by BTA

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