Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Duc, Director of the Department of Propaganda and Training (General Political Department of the Vietnam People’s Army), chaired the briefing, with Major General Leang Sovannara, Defense Attaché of Cambodia to Vietnam, and representatives from several units of the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense in attendance.

In his opening remarks, Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Duc highlighted that following the successful first Border Defence Friendship Exchange in 2022 in Vietnam’s former Binh Phuoc province and Cambodia’s Kratie province, this year’s event is a key defence diplomacy activity of 2025 for the armed forces of both countries.

Scheduled for November 12-14, 2025, in the shared border area of Vietnam’s Tay Ninh province and Cambodia’s Svay Rieng, the exchange is expected to demonstrate the solidarity, friendship, and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Cambodia, and directly consolidate political trust, enhance practical cooperation among border management forces, local authorities, and residents on both sides, contributing to a peaceful, friendly, stable, and cooperative Vietnam-Cambodia border.

Regarding the program, Colonel Dang Thanh Minh, Deputy Director of the Ministry’s Department of External Relations, said major activities in Vietnam will include an official welcome for the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence of Cambodia; a tree-planting ceremony; joint military medical exercises; inauguration of the Binh Cau Primary School boarding area (Thuan Lam Hamlet, Ben Cau Commune, Tay Ninh province); twinning of border community clusters between Long Cuong Hamlet (Long Thuan Commune, Tay Ninh province, Vietnam) and O Ta Mo Hamlet (Mo No Rum Commune, Svay Teap District, Svay Rieng province, Cambodia); meetings and signing of cooperation documents between the two ministries; and a visit to the 5th Division Museum (Military Region 7).

In Cambodia, main activities will include welcoming and seeing off the Vietnamese Minister of National Defence; a ceremony at Sovereignty Marker 171; tree planting; joint border patrols; groundbreaking for the Sang Sovan Primary School friendship project (Svay Teap District, Svay Rieng province); and a visit to the provincial Gendarmerie Command in Svay Rieng.

Prior to the official exchange, activities will cover joint medical services, providing free treatment and medicines to residents on both sides of the border, and a Vietnam-Cambodia young officers’ exchange.

The young officers’ exchange highlights the unity and shared commitment of Vietnamese and Cambodian border management forces, reinforcing trust among residents, border forces, and local authorities. Thirty young officers from the Cambodian Royal Army’s Land Forces and 30 Vietnamese officers from the Army and Police, including Border Guard units, will participate in activities such as youth tree-planting, sports exchanges, legal education for border residents, and cultural and political discussions.

8th Vietnam-Cambodia Defence Policy Dialogue strengthens bilateral ties

VOV.VN - Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien, Deputy Minister of National Defence of Vietnam, and General Chay Saingyun, Permanent State Secretary of the Ministry of National Defence of Cambodia, co-chaired the 8th Vietnam-Cambodia Defence Policy Dialogue in Ho Chi Minh City on the morning of October 29.