President meets former Vietnamese expert who helped Cambodian revolution

On the morning of December 14, at the Presidential Palace, President Tran Dai Quang met with a delegation of the Liaison Committee of former Vietnamese experts who helped the Cambodian revolution.

Towards the 38th anniversary of the day Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and Vietnamese experts helped the Cambodian people overthrow the genocidal regime (January 7, 1979 - January 7, 2017), on the morning of December 14, at the Presidential Palace, President Tran Dai Quang met with the delegation of the Liaison Committee of former Vietnamese experts helping the Cambodian revolution.

President Tran Dai Quang met with the delegation of the Liaison Committee of former Vietnamese experts who helped the Cambodian revolution.

Speaking at the meeting, President Tran Dai Quang stated that exactly 37 years ago, a major event took place in the brotherly country of Cambodia: On January 7, 1979, the capital Phnom Penh was liberated and after 25 days, all cities, towns and townships in Cambodia were completely liberated. The Cambodian revolutionary forces led by the Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation coordinated and fought closely with the Vietnamese Volunteer Army to overthrow the brutal Pol Pot - leng sary genocidal regime, closing the dark history, bringing the Angkor country out of the genocide disaster, opening an era of revival and development for the Cambodian people.

After Cambodia was completely liberated from the genocide regime, imbued with the teaching of the great President Ho Chi Minh: "Helping friends means helping yourself", in the spirit of noble proletarian internationalism, the Party, State and people of Vietnam continued to help the brotherly Cambodian people rebuild the country from the ashes caused by the genocide; sending Vietnamese experts to help friends in the fields of politics, economics, culture, education, health, society, national defense, security... from the central to the grassroots levels.

“The sacrifices of our former experts are very valuable. Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts have not been afraid of hardships and sacrifices, shared joys and sorrows, and stood shoulder to shoulder to help the Cambodian revolution in the cause of building, protecting, restoring and developing the country. The heroic feats, outstanding achievements, great contributions and sacrifices of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts for the Cambodian revolution have been respected, recognized, highly appreciated by the Cambodian State and people as well as the Party, State and people of Vietnam, and have been awarded many noble awards and titles,” the President emphasized.

President Tran Dai Quang speaks at the meeting

The President stated that the Liaison Committee has proactively advised and proposed to the Party and State many important issues, including the work of rewarding former experts. At the same time, it has actively participated in summarizing history, compiling memoirs, and educating traditions for the younger generation.

The President highly appreciated the Liaison Committee for actively participating in people-to-people diplomacy activities, especially sponsoring Cambodian students studying in Vietnam and closely coordinating with the Vietnam - Cambodia Friendship Association to organize practical activities to celebrate the 37th anniversary of the day the Vietnamese people helped the Cambodian people overthrow the genocidal regime and revive the nation. Thereby, it has contributed to consolidating and developing the traditional neighborly friendship and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Cambodia.

President Tran Dai Quang expressed his appreciation for the meaningful activities of the Liaison Committee in visiting and encouraging former experts when they were sick, seeing them off when they passed away, visiting wounded and sick soldiers, families of martyrs, etc.

“These noble acts demonstrate the humanity, morality, and fine traditions of the Vietnamese people. This is very valuable. In this meeting, I once again affirm that over the years, the Liaison Committee has made many contributions to the cause of national construction and development. You, comrades, are truly role models for the younger generation to admire, learn from, and follow,” the President affirmed.

President Tran Dai Quang also emphasized that the great contributions and achievements of the Liaison Committee are very valuable and deserve to receive noble awards from the Party and State. Regarding the proposals and recommendations of the Liaison Committee, the President requested the Office of the President to coordinate with ministries, departments, branches and localities to urgently study and resolve them./.

According to VOV