[Vietnamization: Military, Elections] ខួប មួយឆ្នាំ ដែលគណះប្រតិភូ កងទ័ពយួន មកគោរព វិញ្ញាណក្ខន្ធ សព ប្តី ម៉ែន សំអន | A delegation of Vietnamese military leaders come to pay their respects to Men Sam An on the one-year anniversary death of her husband

ខួប មួយឆ្នាំ ដែលគណះប្រតិភូ កងទ័ពយួន មកគោរព វិញ្ញាណក្ខន្ធ សព ប្តី ម៉ែន សំអន (៣ មិនា ២០១៦ - ៣ មិនា ២០១៧)។​ 
[A delegation of Vietnamese military leaders come to pay their respects to Men Sam An on the one-year anniversary of the death of her husband, 3 March 2016 - 3 March 2017]

- Chham Chhany

[Related / Background]

President Truong Tan Sang (R) meets with Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister Men Sam An (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam values ties with neighboring countries

Vietnam Breaking News | 3 September 2015

CAMBODIA: How Viable the Heng Samrin Regime? CIA Intelligence Assessment, 1986 

Men Sam-an [Men Sam An]

Politburo member since October 1985 and most influential woman in PRK leadership . . . alternate member of Central Committee since 1981, full member since 1984 . . . protege of Le Duc Anh, major factor in meteoric rise to Politburo . . . Defense Minister Bou Thang also may be patron . . . has received unusually large amount of foreign publicity as occasional party spokesperson . . . head of KPRP's Propaganda and Education Commission, 1984-85 . . . chairman of Central Organization Committee of party Central Committee since last October, powerful position in charge of building party and making all party appointments. . . joined Khmer Rouge in 1970 . . . studied Communist doctrine in Vietnam . . . in mid-1970s apparently worked as agent in Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge for anti—Khmer Rouge Cambodians . . . after 1979 ouster of Khmer Rouge, served as chairman of a unit in PRK Ministry of Defense . . . about 33 years old . . . married to Peng Patt, who possibly is Vice Minister of Economic Cooperation.

See: Honorable Exit Strategy for Hun Sen -- till Vietnam intervened with Men Sam An [click to watch video]

Vietnam's hidden hand in Cambodia's impasse

[T2P Media, Sept. 2015: Hanoi's current favorite is Deputy Prime Minister Men Sam An, first woman to this post.  Remember when earlier in June of this year when the culture of dialogue was at its most promising point, Hun Sen showed openness revisiting the 2005 and other border treaties with Vietnam and when the 'Foreign Affairs Ministry last week sent a strongly-worded missive to Vietnam demanding it “respect the borderline”', Hanoi reacted and threatened to replace Hun Sen with their (wo)man, Men Sam An.  The culture of dialogue began to unravel from that time onward.  And Hun Sen returned to his cowering position of prostrating before Big Brother Vietnam and violence against his own people.]