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The remains of 49 Cambodian soldiers that were repatriated to Cambodia from Vietnam were interred in a stupa at the Koh Thmor X-16 historic military site in Tonlong commune’s Koh Thmor village of Tbong Khmum province’s Memot district.
Cambodia's daily newspaper Rasmei Kampuchea (Light of Cambodia) has run an article that highlighted the deep friendship between Vietnam and Cambodia, emphasising the significance of the January 7 victory 44 years ago as well as the role of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers in the liberation and revitalisation of Cambodia today.
The Ministry of National Defence has begun construction of a new stupa which will contain the remains of 49 members of the Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation – known by its French acronym FUNSK and established to liberate the country from the Khmer Rouge genocidal regime – at the military historical site of Techo Koh Thmor X-16 in Tbong Khmum province’s Memot district.
The government has allocated 11.76sq km of a former battle zone in eastern Tbong Khmum province near the Vietnamese border for a special economic zone (SEZ), in a bid to stimulate development in the area and trade with Vietnam, according to Prime Minister Hun Sen.
The Phnom Penh-based English-language newspaper Khmer Times has reported on the ceremony marking the 45th anniversary of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s path to overthrow the Pol Pot genocidal regime, which took place on June 20.