Vietnamese and Cambodian PMs highlight importance of deepening bilateral ties

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (left) meeting Cambodian PM Hun Sen at the event. - Vietnam News/ANN

BIN PHUOC, June 20 (Vietnam News/ANN): Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Monday attended a ceremony marking the 45th anniversary of Cambodian PM Hun Sen’s journey to overthrow the Pol Pot genocidal regime, held in Memot district of Cambodia’s Tbuong Khmum province.

On this day 45 years ago, after crossing the Cambodia - Vietnam border and arriving in Binh Phuoc, Hun Sen, who was then a lieutenant colonel and a regiment commander of Region 21 in eastern Cambodia, and his comrades decided to seek help from Vietnam to overthrow the Pol Pot genocidal regime to regain peace for his homeland.