Vietnamese, Cambodian armies build up cooperation

The armies of Vietnam and Cambodia have vowed to continue exchanges of experience and visits of military delegations in the future to foster their cooperation.

The consensus was reached by Senior Lieutenant General Le Van Dung, General Director of the General Politics Department of the Viet Nam People’s Army, and visiting General Neang Phat, Secretary of State of the Ministry of National Defence of Cambodia, at their talks held in Hanoi on June 11.

General Neang Phat is head of a delegation from the General Military Services Department of Cambodia, who started their official visit to Vietnam on June 10.

The two sides informed each other of the recent development of their armed forces and agreed to continue cooperation in those areas put forward in a protocol signed between the two Defence Ministries.

They also committed to carry out joint sea patrols and increase efforts in locating and repatriating Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who had died during the wars in Cambodia.

Earlier, at a reception for the Cambodian delegation, Sen. Lt. Gen. Dung applauded their visit to Vietnam, saying that it would help to boost mutual understandings between the two countries.

On the same day, the Cambodian military officials paid a courtesy visit to Defence Minister Sen. Lt. Gen. Phung Quang Thanh.