Preah Sihanouk: Cambodia and Vietnam signed a cooperation agreement at the provincial hall on the afternoon of October 7, 2025, for phase 25, covering the 2025–2026 dry-season search, exhumation and repatriation of the remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who died during wartime in Cambodia.
The ceremony was co-chaired by សុខ ភា, Deputy Governor and head of Preah Sihanouk's specialised committee, and ឡេ ទ្រុងហូ, Vice-Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and head of An Giang province's specialised committee in Vietnam.
សុខ ភា warmly welcomed and commended the presence of ឡេ ទ្រុងហូ and the accompanying delegation, who had come on a national mission to attend the meeting in coastal Preah Sihanouk province.
សុខ ភា said both sides had carefully implemented the minutes between their governments and provinces on searching for, exhuming and repatriating the remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who died during wartime in Cambodia. Acting in a spirit of solidarity, cooperation and friendship, they had jointly implemented the agreed work and achieved continued results. Each year the two provincial committees discussed and expanded cooperation, strengthening close and lasting friendship in all circumstances.
ឡេ ទ្រុងហូ, representing An Giang's Provincial People's Committee, sincerely thanked Preah Sihanouk Governor Mang Sineth, committee chairman សុខ ភា and all the province's residents for facilitating the An Giang committee's K92 team's work in the province and helping resolve obstacles promptly.
ឡេ ទ្រុងហូ said that, with support from Preah Sihanouk's specialised committee, armed forces and residents of Prey Nob and Kampong Seila districts, An Giang's K92 team recovered one set of remains of a Vietnamese volunteer soldier or expert who died during wartime in Cambodia in the 2024–2025 dry season. The remains had already been repatriated to Vietnam.
The work is based on the treaty signed by the governments of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Kingdom of Cambodia in Phnom Penh on August 28, 2000, and the minutes of the 24th meeting of their government specialised committees, signed in Ho Chi Minh City on September 26, 2025, on continuing the search, exhumation and repatriation of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers' and experts' wartime remains in Cambodia.
Written by: ចិន្តា ទីទិ
Photos: Pai Sokhim
