Cambodia’s Ministry of Defence inaugurated a new Vietnam-funded
barrack for army training units under the elite Brigade 70 of the Royal
Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) on March 31.
Attendants at the opening ceremony included Cambodian RCAF
Commander-in-Chief General Pol Saroeun and Vietnamese Defence Attaché to
Cambodia Colonel Nguyen Anh Dung.
General Pol
Saroeun thanked Vietnam’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) on behalf of the
RCAF for its support and significant contributions to the forces’
development in recent years.
The two nations
have maintained strong defence cooperation, facilitating the growing
traditional bilateral ties, he said.
According
to Colonel Nguyen Anh Dung, the barrack was the sixth of its kind to be
constructed in Cambodia using 100,000 USD in financial aid from
Vietnam’s MOD.
The facility comprises a residential area, a catering place and tank garages.
Vietnam will provide an additional 4 million USD to the RCAF for its
capital construction under the Vietnam-Cambodia protocol for defence
cooperation as inked earlier this year.-VNA