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Hanoi - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva departed Bangkok Friday for a one-day visit to Vietnam to discuss the rice trade, tourism, transport links and protection of the Mekong River with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, officials said. The talks in Hanoi are also to focus on coping with the global economic crisis.
In addition to talks with Dung, Abhisit, who is making his first visit to Vietnam since becoming prime minister in December, was scheduled to meet with President Nguyen Minh Triet and other high-ranking Vietnamese officials, Thai Foreign Ministry sources said in Bangkok.
Topics for discussion include collaboration in the rice trade. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of the grain while Vietnam is ranked second.
The Mekong was also on the agenda as Vietnam faces threats to its ecology, food security and the livelihoods of its people as upstream countries like China, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia build major dams on the river.
Laos, Thailand and Cambodia are planning 11 large hydropower dams, which Vietnam said would limit the deposit of silt, acidify agricultural land and decimate fish stocks, affecting hundreds of thousands of fishermen and their households.
The Mekong flows through China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia before ending its journey to the sea in Vietnam.
It is diplomatic etiquette for Thai prime ministers to visit the member states of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) soon after their appointments.
Thailand this year chairs ASEAN, which also includes Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines and Singapore.
In addition to talks with Dung, Abhisit, who is making his first visit to Vietnam since becoming prime minister in December, was scheduled to meet with President Nguyen Minh Triet and other high-ranking Vietnamese officials, Thai Foreign Ministry sources said in Bangkok.
Topics for discussion include collaboration in the rice trade. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of the grain while Vietnam is ranked second.
The Mekong was also on the agenda as Vietnam faces threats to its ecology, food security and the livelihoods of its people as upstream countries like China, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia build major dams on the river.
Laos, Thailand and Cambodia are planning 11 large hydropower dams, which Vietnam said would limit the deposit of silt, acidify agricultural land and decimate fish stocks, affecting hundreds of thousands of fishermen and their households.
The Mekong flows through China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia before ending its journey to the sea in Vietnam.
It is diplomatic etiquette for Thai prime ministers to visit the member states of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) soon after their appointments.
Thailand this year chairs ASEAN, which also includes Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines and Singapore.
25 comments:
i hope abshit gets shot in vietnam.....................fucking siem FUCK THAILAND
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9tnzt_repas-de-solidarite_news
I don't think that they will talk about rice trade.... but they will discuss about the rice field... how to divide khmer land for each other, it is just all ?
You will see the result from this talk soon...
We have to be strong for to confront another tactics of Yuon and Siem...
khmer france
They just wanted to tell the world that nothing happens in Thailand, but we have a Khmer say "even if you blow the wind under the water, you still can not hide".
S.
Vietnam is Hun Sen big brother, but Vietnam will look for his own profits, Viet will give pressure to Hun Sen to silent the border issue with both sides.
5:01 PM
Vietnam will always be our brother to every Cambodia people.
PPU
Abhisit is smart in order to face with Hun Sen, he has to talk with Hun Sen's boss first...
youn and thai talk is like a crook to crook talk.
Now it is time for Cambodia to do the same thing. We must create a video footage of Khmer Empire history to show to our younger generation to wake them up about nationalism and patriotism.
Khmer ruled 99% of present day Thailand. We must teach our young to do the same. And this is not twisting history like Thailand did.
Khmer Pride,
and Proud to be Khmer!!
Be prudent Mr. Hun Sen. Let me tell you something. Before attacking Vietnam for invading Cambodia, China went to USA to get the endorsement. Thailand may be using the same strategy. Thai troops may be preparing a quick offensive at the border to humiliate us and boost the moral of their people.
Vietnam may give green light for Thailand to attack us at the border if the offensive will be short and quick. Hanoi will use that offensive to put pressure on your government and show Cambodia public that we need Vietnam friendship to face Thailand. What’s devil neighbours we have!
Put our troops on high alert and prepare to strike back with full strength. If the Thais know we are prepare to retaliate massively, they will back down. This is typical Thai’s game, and we must play hard ball with them
Only China can come to rescue us from the Viets and Siams.
7:16 PM,
I'm with you brother! Good point!
Khmer love Khmer,
Thailand thinks this is 40-50 years ago that one country can attack one another whenever they want. This is so uneducated and barbarian in a civilize nation as Thailand.
I don't think UN will endorse Thailand to invade Cambodia.
I DON'T THINK SO!!!
he Khmer Empire was the second largest empire of South East Asia (the largest empire is Srivijaya), based in what is now Cambodia. The empire, which seceded from the kingdom of Chenla, at times ruled over and/or vassalised parts of modern-day Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, and Malaysia. During the formation of the empire, Khmer had close cultural, political and trade relations with Java, and later with Srivijaya empire that lay beyond Khmer's southern border. Its greatest legacy is Angkor, which was the capital during the empire's zenith. Angkor bears testimony to the Khmer empire's immense power and wealth, as well as the variety of belief systems that it patronised over time. The empire's official religions included Hinduism and Mahayana Buddhism, until Theravada Buddhism prevailed after its introduction from Sri Lanka in the 13th century. Modern satellites have revealed Angkor to be the largest pre-industrial urban center in the world, larger than modern day New York.
The history of Angkor as the central area of settlement of the historical kingdom of Kambuja is also the history of the Khmer from the 9th to the 15th centuries.
From Kambuja itself - and so also from the Angkor region - no written records have survived other than stone inscriptions. Therefore the current knowledge of the historical Khmer civilization is derived primarily from:
The best-known tells of Ukondafu Kazufusa, who celebrated the Khmer New Year there in 1632.
802 AD Founding of the Khmer empire.
802-50 Reign of King Jayavarman II, founder of the Khmer empire
875-93 Building of Preah Ko
877-89 Reign of King Indravarman I, builder of the first Angkor reservoir, Preah Ko and Bakong
889-910 Reign of King Yasovarman I, who moves the capital to Ankgor and builds Lolei and Phnom Bakheng
893-925 Building of Bakheng Temple
928-42 Reign of King Jayavarman IV, a usurper who moves the capital to Koh Ker
944-68 Reign of King Rajendravarman II, builder of Eastern Mabon, Pre Rup and Phimeanakas
947-65 Pre Rup built
965-1010 Kleang temple built
967-1000 Banteay Srei built
968-1001 Reign of King Jayavarman V, who oversaw construction of Ta Keo and Banteay Srei
1002-49 King Suryavarman I expands the Khmer empire to its greatest extent
1010-80 Construction of Baphuon temple
1049-65 Reign of King Udayadityavarman II, who completes Baphuon and the Western Mabon
1066-1100 Angkor divided, with several contenders for the throne
1112-52 Reign of King Suryavarman II, builder of Angkor Wat and Beng Mealea. He extended Khmer influence to Malaya, Burma and Siam (Thailand) and distinguished himself religiously from former kings through his devotion to the Hindu deity Vishnu (to whom Angkor Wat is dedicated).
1100-75 Construction of Angkor Wat
1117 The Chams of southern Vietnam, long annexed by the Khmer empire, rise up and sack Angkor, burning the wooden city and plundering its wealth
1177-1230 Construction of Bayon Temple
1181 King Jayavarman VII defeats the Chams
1181-1219 Reign of King Jayavarman VII, who defeated the Chams and builds Angkor Thom, Preah Khan and Ta Prohm. Upon his death, the emprei begins to decline.
1351 Thais sack Angkor
1431 Thais sack Angkor again
1432 End of Khmer empire. Angkor abandoned to the jungle. Buddhist monks care for it over the following centuries.
16th cent Khmer court return briefly to Angkor, restoring Angkor Wat as a Buddhist shrine
16th cent Portugese travellers encounter Angkor and call it "the walled city"
17th cent A Japanese pilgrim draws a detailed plan of Angkor Wat, although he mistakenly recalls it was India
1864 Cambodia becomes a French protectorate
1860s "Rediscovery" of Angkor by the French (although it was never lost)
1868 Publication of Mouhot's Voyage à Siam et dans le Cambodge causes a public sensation, and soon Mouhot is lauded as the discoverer of the "lost city of Angkor."
1901 The École Française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO) begins a long associated with Angkor by funding an expedition to the Bayon Temple.
1907 Angkor, until then under Thai control, is returned to Cambodia. The EFEO clear and restore the site, and in the same year the first tourists arrive - 200 in three months.
1930 First major restoration carried out, on Banteay Srei
1947 Siem Reap and other provinces sized by the Thais during Japanese occupation (since 1942) are returned to Cambodia
1960s Massive restoration project on Angkor Wat
1970-85 Khmer Rouge and Cambodian civil war stops restoration at Angkor
1992 Angkor is named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO
2003 Angkor is removed from UNESCO's list of world heritage sites in danger
Wow, I love KI Media. Thank you so much 10:33PM for posting an important summary of our great history.
Can you provide some references. When I mentioned anything to the Thai, they always insist where I get the info from?
Thanks!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_Empire
This place said them all.
Khmer Empire , ancient kingdom of SE Asia. In the 6th cent. the Cambodians, or Khmers, established an empire roughly corresponding to modern Cambodia and Laos . Divided during the 8th cent., it was reunited under the rule of Jayavarman II in the early 9th cent.; the capital was established in the area of Angkor by the king Yasovarman I (r. 889-900). The Angkor period (889-1434), the golden age of Khmer civilization, saw the empire at its greatest extent; it held sway over the valleys of the lower Menam (in present-day Thailand) and the lower Mekong (present-day Cambodia and Vietnam), as well as N into Laos.
The Khmer civilization was largely formed by Indian cultural influences. Buddhism flourished side by side with the worship of Shiva and of other Hindu gods, while both religions coalesced with the cult of the deified king. In the Angkor period many Indian scholars, artists, and religious teachers were attracted to the Khmer court, and Sanskrit literature flourished with royal patronage.
The great achievement of the Khmers was in architecture and sculpture. The earliest known Khmer monuments, isolated towers of brick, probably date from the 7th cent. Small temples set on stepped pyramids next appeared. The development of covered galleries led gradually to a great elaboration of plan. Brick was largely abandoned in favor of stone. Khmer architecture reached its height with the construction of Angkor Wat by Suryavarman II (r. 1113-50) and Angkor Thom by Jayavarman VII (r. 1181-c.1218). Sculpture, which also prospered at Angkor, showed a steady development from relative naturalism to a more conventionalized technique. Bas-reliefs, lacking in the earliest monuments, came to overshadow in importance statues in the round; in the later stages of Khmer art hardly a wall was left bare of bas-reliefs, which conveyed in the richness of their detail and vitality a vivid picture of Khmer life.
The Khmers fought repeated wars against the Annamese (see Annam ) and the Chams; in the early 12th cent. they invaded Champa , but, in 1177, Angkor was sacked by the Chams. After the founding of Ayuthia (c.1350), Cambodia was subjected to repeated invasions from Thailand, and the Khmer power declined. In 1434, after the Thai captured Angkor, the capital was transferred to Phnom Penh ; this event marks the end of the brilliance of the Khmer civilization.
The Khmer Empire was a powerful Kingdom in South-East Asia. Its major architectural works (temples and sculptures) are located in present day Cambodia, where the capital of the empire was located. However, during long periods of time the Khmer ruled over parts of present day Thailand, Laos and Vietnam.
Like other major ethnic groups in the history of South-East Asia (the Thais, the Mons, The Chams) the Khmer are thought to have descended in the prehistoric period from the river valleys in Eastern Tibet and Southwest China. The Khmer appear first on the scene (in Chinese records) in the second half of the 6th century A.D. with the Kingdom known as Chenla.
[Prasat Hin Khao Phanom Rung, Buriram Province, Thailand]
Ascent to Phanom Rung (Buriram Province). Phanom Rung was built on between the 10th and 13th century A.D., but mostly during the reign of King Suriyavarman II (1113-1150 A.D.)
The Angkor era became the central area of settlement from the early 9th century up to the demise of the Khmer Empire in the early 15th century. The Empire itself had its ups and downs, and remained a single authoritarian state for only limited time periods, when strong military leaders where on the throne. Important leaders contributed by building new temple complexes in the Angkor area. Angkor Wat was constructed in the early 12th century under Suryavarman II. Jayavarman VII, considered to be the last great leader of the Khmer, built his new capital at Angkor Thom.
[Vishnu Lintel at Phanom Rung, Buriram province, Thailand]
Famous Vishnu Anantasayin lintel at Phanom Rung
During the reign of Suryavarman II the Khmer Empire incorporated most of present day Thailand. The Mon Kingdom of Haripunchai in Northern Thailand (Lamphun) was conquered. After the death of King Suryavarman II the Khmer Empire was somewhat in disarray and suffered military defeats at the hand of the Chams, who briefly incorporated Kambuja into the Champa Kingdom.
[Muang Tam, Buriram province, Thailand]
Muang Tam (Buriram Province). Muang Tam is located close to Prasat Hin Khao Phanom Rung. Muang Tam dates to the late 10th century A.D. (King Jayavarman V)
Jayavarman VII reasserted the Khmer and carried out many building projects. After Jayavarman VII the Khmer Empire entered into decline. The Thai Kingdom of Sukhothai managed to repel the Khmer. The Empire was threatened by the Mongols (but not annexed) under Kublai Khan in 1283.
The Thais became the persistent enemy of the Khmer in the following few centuries. The Kingdom of Ayutthaya conquered Angkor in 1431. Thereafter the center of the remaining Khmer Kingdom moved south to present day Phnom Penh.
[Buddha with Naga, Prasat Hin Phimai, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand]
Buddha (with Naga) at Prasat Hin Phimai (Nakhon Ratchasima Province). Prasat Hin Phimai was built around the turn of the first millenium, mainly by King Jayavarman V and King Suriyavarman I.
Since the Khmer reigned for long periods over extended areas of present day Thailand, Thailand has a substantial number of important Khmer monuments on its territory, mainly in its Northeastern Region (such as Phonom Rung and Muang Tam in Buriram Province, Phimai in Nakhon Ratchasima province, Muang Singh in Kanchanaburi province). Any look around the old temples of Sukhothai, Lopburi and Ayutthaya will also reveal strong Khmer architectural influences.
[Prasat Muang Singh, Kanchanaburi province, Thailand]
Prasat Muang Singh (Kanchanaburi).
Prasat Muang Singh all to the west of present Thailand, was built under the reign of Jayavarman VII ( (1181-around 1220)
More history and historical monuments of Thailand :
Ban Chiang Culture | Dvaravati Culture and Art | The Khmer Empire in Thailand | The Kingdom of Sukhothai | The Kingdom of Ayutthaya | With Bangkok as the Capital : Rattanakosin Period 1 | Rattanakosin Period 2 | Outside Rattanakosin
Historical Parks of Thailand : Sukhothai | Si Satchanalai | Kamphaeng Phet
Source (modified and abbreviated) : Wikipedia
Images by G.V., Bangkok, copyrighted.
Ab-shit and Dung meet each other for what? They both the same.
We all know that Dung and Shit will do.If you have doubt just smell the duds.
The Viet play game with us just like they did to Champa and the Cham people.
know the fact, the mekong river doesn't flow through thailand it formed international border lines with thailand and laos, hello. write correctly! on the same note, i'm wondering how long is this ah bishit guy going to last in office; he's just a trouble-maker, inexperience spoiled brat who probably knows nothing about the history of southeast asia.
Laisses Khmer tranquille et en paix mon cher PPU. Retournes chez-nous à Hanoi. Tu dois m'aimer sinon tu dois mourir, PPU!
Depuis Hanoi, ta plus jeune 7ème concubine Yuon, PPU!
Dung=Shit!
Poop=Uch!!
These fucking pathetic sorry asses potatoes diggers are nothing but ara a bunch of fucking retarded gorillas.
Pi Anh: PPU
abhshit and dung want to cut off hun sen legs.
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