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Khanh Hoa’s Command strengthens tie with Cambodia’s Stung-Treng

Friday, 13/02/2009
Voice of the Armed Forces and People, Vietnam (Hanoi)

PANO – Military Commands of two provinces of Vietnam and Cambodia have agreed to continue increasing their cooperation to protect the social security in their localities.

This agreement was reached during the first meeting between the military authorities from the two commands to review their cooperative tasks in 2008, and to sign a MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) for cooperation this year.

The Cambodian military partner also agreed to continue help Vietnamese teams in their search for the graves of Vietnamese soldiers who sacrificed their lives in Cambodia during military campaigns there.

Earlier, Khanh Hoa’s Military Command asked the Provincial People’s Committee to help support Cambodia’s Stung-Treng Province’s Military Command in building an 200 square-metre office for the unit and to provide other needed equipment.

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Vietnamese PM: Vietnam, Cambodia should promote military cooperation

The armies of Vietnam and Cambodia should promote cooperation to protect and develop their countries, and contribute to keeping peace in the region and the world, local newspaper Vietnam News on Wednesday quoted Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung as saying.

The cooperation is very important to preventing crimes and defeating hostile forces to ensure national stability, Dung said while meeting with visiting Ke Kim Yan, Commander-in-Chief of the Cambodia Royal Army on Tuesday.

The two armies should continue their joint sea patrols and support the two countries' relevant agencies in planting border markers, Dung said.

Yan said the Cambodia Royal Army would closely cooperate with the Vietnamese Army to keep peace, stability and development in the region and the world.

Also on Tuesday, Yan met with Nguyen Khac Nghien, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army. The two sides agreed to strengthen exchanging military staff and defense information, and returning remains of Vietnamese soldiers and experts who died in Cambodia during wars.

They also informed each other about the two countries' situations regarding security, national defense, socioeconomic development and army expansion.

Source:Xinhua