Posts Tagged ‘ Cambodian ’

Vietnam did not invade, but revived Cambodia: Hun Sen 

January 9, 2012
Vietnam did not invade, but revived Cambodia: Hun Sen 

  Genocidal Khmer Rouge regime was backed by the US in ‘shameful foreign policy episode’ The skulls of Khmer Rouge victims are displayed in a memorial to the genocide at the Killing Fields Museum outside of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Vietnam had saved his country in the 1970s, not invaded [...]

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Pol Pot victory monument opens in Vietnam 

January 7, 2012
Pol Pot victory monument opens in Vietnam 

PM Nguyen Tan Dung and Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen cut the inauguration banner for the Pol Pot victory monument on January 2. Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen on Monday attended the inauguration of a monument in southern Vietnam commemorating the victory over Pol Pot. The monument is the [...]

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Cambodian casino releases Vietnamese girl it kept as ransom 

December 30, 2011
Cambodian casino releases Vietnamese girl it kept as ransom 

  A 13-year-old girl, who had been detained in a Cambodian casino as ransom for her father’s gambling debts for more than a month, was released on December 26, the Sai Gon Tiep Thi newspaper reported. Nguyen Thi Thuy Kieu of Ho Chi Minh City’s Cu Chi District was released after successful negotiation between her [...]

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Cambodian casino releases Vietnamese girl it kept as ransom 

December 29, 2011
Cambodian casino releases Vietnamese girl it kept as ransom 

  A 13-year-old girl, who had been detained in a Cambodian casino as ransom for her father’s gambling debts for more than a month, was released on December 26, the Sai Gon Tiep Thi newspaper reported. Nguyen Thi Thuy Kieu of Ho Chi Minh City’s Cu Chi District was released after successful negotiation between her [...]

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Khmer Rouge genocide trial opens in Cambodia 

November 21, 2011
Khmer Rouge genocide trial opens in Cambodia 

  A Cambodian looks at pictures of former Khmer Rouge leaders “Brother Number Two” Nuon Chea (L), ex-head of state Khieu Samphan (2nd L), ex-deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs Ieng Sary (2nd R) and ex-social affairs minister Ieng Thirith (R) during their trial in Phnom Penh on November 21, 2011 Three top [...]

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Dengue Fever to return to Hanoi 

November 14, 2011
Dengue Fever to return to Hanoi 

The Cambodian-American psych-rock powerhouse Dengue Fever. The Cambodian-American psych-rock powerhouse Dengue Fever will return to Southeast Asia for their 2011 Electric Mekong tour - with shows in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia – to promote their new album. The show in Hanoi on November 26 is the band’s second visit to the capital, following its performance at [...]

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Police arrest Vietnamese gamblers’ creditor at Cambodian border 

August 6, 2011
Police arrest Vietnamese gamblers’ creditor at Cambodian border 

Pham Thi Kim Oanh after her arrest at the Moc Bai Border Gate. Phan Thi Kim Oanh, 37, was arrested at the Moc Bai Border Gate on Wednesday for allegedly detaining Vietnamese debtors after they lose everything at Cambodian casinos. According to police, Oanh provided loans to dozens of Vietnamese gamblers at Cambodian casinos. When [...]

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Cambodia repatriates Vietnamese MIA remains 

June 23, 2011
Cambodia repatriates Vietnamese MIA remains 

A ceremony held in Kongpong Chnang Province, Cambodia, to repatriate the remains of Vietnamese soldiers missing in action during the war against the Khmer Rouge regime. Cambodia on Tuesday repatriated the remains of 11 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who died during the war against the Khmer Rouge regime.   It was the last repatriation under an agreement [...]

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Vietnam PM chairs investment conference in Cambodia 

April 26, 2011
Vietnam PM chairs investment conference in Cambodia 

PM Nguyen Tan Dung chairs the second Vietnam-Cambodia Investment Promotion Conference in Phnom Penh on April 24. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his Cambodian counterpart Samdech Hun Sen co-chaired the second Vietnam-Cambodia Investment Promotion Conference in Phnom Penh on Sunday. “The second Vietnam-Cambodia Investment Promotion Conference is significant and necessary for the current period [...]

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Thai soldiers killed in border clash with Cambodia 

April 22, 2011
Thai soldiers killed in border clash with Cambodia 

Cambodia's Prime Minister's son Hun Manet (L), talks with Cambodia's Defense Ministry spokesman Chhum Socheat after a news conference at the Council of Ministers in Phnom Penh April 22, 2011. Thai and Cambodian soldiers fought with rocket-propelled grenades and guns on their disputed border on Friday in a morning clash that killed three Thai soldiers [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...