A memorial and burial ceremony was held on December 31 at Tong Khao Martyrs’ Cemetery in Thanh Nua commune, the northern province of Dien Bien, for the remains of 10 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who laid down their lives in Laos during wartime.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia and the Cambodian Ministry of National Defence jointly organised a ceremony at the Vietnam-Cambodia friendship monument in Phnom Penh on July 26, observing a minute of silence and offering flowers and incense to commemorate fallen heroes.

The Royal Cambodian Army Command has recently held a ceremony to award 470 Friendship Orders of the Vietnamese State and certificates of merit to Cambodian police and military officers, and officials of localities.