According to a VNA correspondent in Cambodia, on July 20, at the Command Headquarters of Brigade 70, Royal Cambodian Army, in Kandal province, the Military Region 7 Command, Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam and Brigade 70, Royal Cambodian Army held an inauguration ceremony for the Command Headquarters, housing and warehouse built with aid funds from the Military Region 7 Command, Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam.

Headquarters of Brigade 70. (Photo: Xuan Khu/VNA)

Attending the ceremony were General Pol Saroeun, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Cambodian Army; Major General Phan Tan Tai, Deputy Commander of Military Region 7; Colonel Nguyen Van Chung, Deputy Defense Attaché of Vietnam in Cambodia, along with many generals, officers and soldiers of the Royal Cambodian Army.

The projects were built with aid funds from Military Region 7, Vietnam's Ministry of National Defense, including a 3-storey office building on an area of ​​300m2; a barracks with an area of ​​270m2 and a military warehouse with an area of ​​450m2.

Brigade 70 is a rapid combat unit, considered the most elite main force of the Cambodian infantry, with the main mission of protecting Phnom Penh and key targets. This is also a unit that has had a good traditional friendly cooperative relationship with Military Region 7 for many years.

Speaking at the ceremony, General Pol Saroeun, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Cambodian Army, expressed his sincere gratitude for the wholehearted support of Military Region 7 in particular and the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense in general for Brigade 70 and the Royal Cambodian Army.

According to General Pol Saroeun, the support and assistance from Military Region 7 and the Vietnamese army have significantly contributed to the work of protecting Cambodia's security and defense, enhancing the combat capability of the Royal Cambodian Army in the new period.

According to the Defense Cooperation Protocol signed by the leaders of the Vietnamese and Cambodian Ministries of Defense, in 2015, the Vietnamese Army will continue to support the Royal Cambodian Army with about 4 million USD for basic construction activities./.

(According to VNA/VN+)