[Vietnamization: Military, Election, Occupation] In 1993, the UN tried to bring democracy to Cambodia. Is that dream dead?

With the Cold War ending, it was time to extricate foreign powers, and as Mr Carney puts it, "put politics back into Cambodian hands".

But ultimately the guerrillas boycotted the polls, choosing instead to ambush peacekeepers and carry out attacks. The run-up to the vote was also marred by a massive campaign of violence and intimidation carried out by Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party (CPP). He had been the presiding force in Cambodia during the latter years of the Vietnamese occupation and this was a taster of the coming decades, said Mr Carney.

"There wasn't much doubt", he said, that Hun Sen and the men around him would seek to hold onto power at any cost.

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In 1993, the UN tried to bring democracy to Cambodia. Is that dream dead?

BBC News | 28 July 2018

In the early 1990s, the international community - through what was then the largest-ever UN peacekeeping operation - made an idealistic attempt to remake broken, war-ravaged Cambodia into a functioning liberal democracy.

Twenty-five years later, Hun Sen, the man who ran the country before the UN arrived, remains in charge and Cambodia is on the eve of a one-sided election widely seen as marking the end of that era.

Sophorn understands the value of a free vote. His early years were spent in a children's work collective during the brutal Khmer Rouge regime, a four-year reign of terror in which some two million people died, including his own father. He muddled through school after Vietnamese forces toppled the radical Maoists and occupied his country.

Then in 1992, when he was in his last year of high school, the UN's blue helmets arrived in Cambodia. He stumbled into the international peacekeeping mission after using his rudimentary English to help an Indian officer and his wife buy things at a market in rural Prey Veng province.

"It was the first time that I could talk English with a foreigner in my life," he said. "He asked me, 'would you like to work for Untac [the UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia]?'"

More than 20,000 military, police and other personnel of all nationalities had flooded Cambodia, which had been largely cut off from the outside world since 1975. The international contingent was there to do something the UN had never done before: take control of an independent state's administration and set up and run national elections. It was also meant to help bring about a ceasefire between the various warring factions, disarm their forces and repatriate thousands of refugees languishing in camps on the Thai border.

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Image captionThe UN was unable to force the warring Cambodian factions to disarm

Tens of million of dollars poured into one of the world's poorest countries, sending inflation soaring. Thousands of women entered [trucked into Cambodia from Vietnam into] the sex trade due to the arrival of UN personnel, and HIV/AIDS infections spiked.

[Demographic Vietnamization: Border, Military] Kien Giang, Cambodia’s localities enjoy strong bonds

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang and Cambodian localities have joined hands to ensure social order in border area.
(Photo: VNA)

Kien Giang, Cambodia’s localities enjoy strong bonds

Vietnam Plus | 22 July 2018

Kien Giang (VNA) – The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang, and five Cambodian localities of Kep, Kampot, Preah Sihanouk, Koh Kong and Phnom Penh have enjoyed sound cooperation cross the fields of agriculture, aquaculture, trade, healthcare, education, culture-sports, tourism, and defence-security.

Chairman of the provincial People Committee Pham Vu Hong said that the collaboration has made significant contributions to the socio-economic development of each sides as well as the special friendship between the two countries in general and between Kien Giang and the Cambodian provinces and city in particular.

The parties have joined hands to ensure security and order along the border areas to build a shared border of peace, friendship, cooperation and sustainable development.

Remarkable achievements have seen in border trade, with total import-export revenue recorded at over 414 million USD from 2015. Kien Giang province shipped more than 202 million USD worth of products to the Cambodian localities, and splashed out 211 million USD to purchase coal, frozen seafood, and food additives from Cambodia.

Leaders from Kien Giang and Cambodia localities hold regular meetings to remove bottlenecks in border issues in the spirit of solidarity, friendship and mutual understanding.

Also, they delivered greetings and held exchanges on the occasion of each other’s national holidays while facilitating cross border travel and trade. 

In the coming time, they will push forwards with activities under the signed deal to help each other maintain political stability, develop the economy and stabilise local livelihoods.

The two sides vowed to intensify partnership for economic, social and cultural development, and for maintaining peace, stability, social order and security in border areas and at sea. 

The sides will bolster coordination to raise public awareness of illegal fishing in foreign waters while working to combat trade fraud and smuggling.-VNA

[Demographic Vietnamization: Military, PRK, Prey Veng, Border] Dong Thap, An Giang hold memorial services for fallen soldiers

Remains of Vietnamese soldiers are carried inside the Tam Nong district martyr cemetery (Photo: VNA)

Dong Thap, An Giang hold memorial services for fallen soldiers

Vietnam Plus | 20 July 2018

Dong Thap (VNA) – Ceremonies to commemorate and rebury remains of Vietnamese soldiers during wartime took place in the Mekong Delta provinces of Dong Thap and An Giang on July 20.

In Dong Thap, following a solemn requiem, 85 remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts, who died in Cambodia, were reburied at the Tam Nong district martyr cemetery. 

Speaking at the ceremony, Chanh Tha, deputy governor of Cambodia’s Prey Veng province, stressed the traditional friendship between Vietnam and Cambodia, adding that Prey Veng province will continue supporting the searching and repatriation of Vietnamese soldiers’ remains there.

Since 2001, search team K91 under the Dong Thap military command has carried out 17 searches, unearthing 1,713 sets of remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts.

In An Giang, a memorial and reburial service was held for 168 volunteer soldiers, who fell down during wartime.

Search team K90 of Military Zone 9 and K93 of the An Giang Military High Command found these remains during the 2017 – 2018 dry season. 

Of the 168 sets of remains, 130 were unearthed in Cambodia, while the remainder in Vietnam.-VNA 

[Demographic Vietnamization: Logging, Military, Border] ជំនួញ​ឈើ​ ឆ្លងដែន​ ទៅ​វៀតណាម ​នៅ​ខេត្ត ​រតនគិរី​ បន្ត​កើត​មាន​ ច្រើន​ អំឡុង​ពេល​ ឃោសនា ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត | Timber continue to cross into Vietnam in Ratanakiri in increasing measure during election campaign season

រថយន្ត​ដឹក​ឈើ​ជាប់​ផុង​នៅ​ភូមិ​ឃួន ឃុំ​កោះពាក្យ ស្រុក​វ៉ឺនសៃ ខេត្ត​រតនគិរី កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​២៧ ខែ​កក្កដា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៦។ Photo ADHOC

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ជំនួញ​ឈើ​ ឆ្លងដែន​ ទៅ​វៀតណាម ​នៅ​ខេត្ត ​រតនគិរី​ បន្ត​កើត​មាន​ ច្រើន​ អំឡុង​ពេល​ ឃោសនា ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត

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ពលរដ្ឋ​រស់នៅ​ក្បែរ​ព្រំដែន​

កម្ពុជា​វៀតណាម​ក្នុង​ឃុំ​ញ៉ាង ស្រុក​អណ្តូងមាស ខេត្ត​រតនគិរី ឲ្យ​ដឹង​ថា ជំនួញ​ឈើ តាម​ម៉ូតូ​រាប់សិប​គ្រឿងក្នុង​មួយ​ថ្ងៃៗ ឆ្លងដែន​ទៅ​លក់​នៅ​ប្រទេស​វៀតណាម នៅតែ​កើន​ឡើង​ឥត​ឈប់ឈរ អំឡុង​ពេល​យុទ្ធនាការ​ឃោសនា​បោះឆ្នោត។ អ្នកភូមិ​បារម្ភ​ថា ព្រៃឈើ​នៅ​ឧទ្យានជាតិ​វីរៈជ័យ ក្នុង​ស្រុក​អណ្តូងមាស នឹង​វិនាស​ហិនហោច បើ​អាជ្ញាធរ​មិន​ប្រញាប់​ទប់ស្កាត់​ករណី​នេះ​ទេ។

[Demographic Vietnamization: Military, Border] Soc Trang province to work to reinforce Vietnam-Cambodia ties

Officers of the Soc Trang Military High Command and the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces pose for a photo at the working session on July 17 (Photo: VNA)

Soc Trang province to work to reinforce Vietnam-Cambodia ties

Vietnam Plus | 17 July 2018

Soc Trang (VNA) – Officers of the Military High Command of southern Soc Trang province had a working session with visiting representatives of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces on July 17, stressing that the locality always respects the two countries’ bilateral traditional friendship and all-round cooperation.

Col. Tran Van Lau, head of the command, informed the Cambodian delegation of local socio-economic developments and defence-security situation, especially ethnic minority and religious policies, in the first half of 2018.

The province has implemented ethnic and religious policies well, particularly in rural areas inhabited by Khmer ethnic people. While the socio-economic developments and defence-security situation have been maintained, sustainable poverty reduction models have also been expanded, thus helping to improve locals’ material and spiritual life, he noted.

He affirmed that Soc Trang always treasures the sound neighbourliness, traditional friendship, and comprehensive and sustainable cooperation between Vietnam and Cambodia. It will work harder to promote the people-to-people diplomacy and solidarity between the two peoples.

For his part, Lt. Gen. Yong Mao, deputy head of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces’ development agency, said their working visit to Soc Trang was an occasion to enhance the fine cooperation between the two countries and affirm their time-honoured solidarity.

He thanked Vietnam, the Vietnam People’s Army and Soc Trang province for helping Cambodia get out of the Khmer Rouge genocidal regime [the CPP's Hallelujah chorus], voicing his hope that bilateral relations will become even stronger and reap more achievements in the future.-VNA

[Vietnamization: Border, Military] លោក សម រង្ស៊ី មិន​ ចាប់​អារម្មណ៍​​ សាលដីកា​ ដាក់​ទោស​លោក​ ករណី​ ព្រំដែន​ កម្ពុជា-វៀតណាម | Sam Rainsy unconcerned about judgment against him in case involving Cambodia-Vietnam border

អតីត​ប្រធាន​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ លោក សម រង្ស៊ី ថ្លែង​ក្នុង​សន្និសីទ​កាសែត​នា​ទីស្នាក់ការ​កណ្ដាល​គណបក្ស រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១១ ខែ​កក្កដា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៥។

លោក សម រង្ស៊ី មិន​ ចាប់​អារម្មណ៍​​ សាលដីកា​ ដាក់​ទោស​លោក​ ករណី​ ព្រំដែន​ កម្ពុជា-វៀតណាម

RFA / វិទ្យុ អាស៊ី សេរី | ១០ កក្កដា ២០១៨

លោក សម រង្ស៊ី ប្រធាន​ចលនា​សង្គ្រោះជាតិ ប្រតិកម្ម​ទៅ​នឹង​តុលាការ​កំពូល ដែល​បាន​ប្រកាស​តម្កល់​សាលដីកា​ដែល​បាន​កាត់ទោស​លោក ឲ្យ​ជាប់ពន្ធនាគារ​ចំនួន ៥​ឆ្នាំ ពាក់ព័ន្ធ​នឹង​បទ​ចោទ​សមគំនិត​ក្លែងបន្លំ​ឯកសារ​ព្រំដែន​កម្ពុជា​-​វៀតណាម។

លោក សម រង្សី ដែល​ជា​អតីត​ប្រធាន​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ មាន​ប្រសាសន៍​ប្រាប់​អាស៊ីសេរី តាម​ទូរស័ព្ទ ពី​ប្រទេស​បារាំង​ថា លោក​មិន​ចាប់អារម្មណ៍​ចំពោះ​ការ​កាត់ទោស​ទេ ព្រោះ​តុលាការ​កម្ពុជា ស្ថិត​នៅ​ក្រោម​បញ្ជា​របស់​លោក​នាយ​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន។ លោក​បន្ត​ថា នរណា​ក៏​ដឹង​ច្បាស់​ថា កម្ពុជា​បាន​បាត់បង់​បូរណភាព​ទឹកដី​ទៅ​ឲ្យ​ប្រទេស​វៀតណាម រួមមាន​កោះត្រល់​ជាដើម៖ «គ្មាន​អ្វី​ចម្លែក​ទេ​ក្នុង​រឿង​នេះ ពី​ព្រោះ​តុលាការ​ស្រុក​ខ្មែរ​ធ្វើ​ស​ទៅជា​ខ្មៅ ខ្មៅ​ទៅជា​ស។ អ្នក​មានទោស​រួចខ្លួន អ្នក​គ្មាន​ទោស​បែរជា​មាន​ទោស​ទៅវិញ​។ បញ្ហា​ព្រំដែន​នេះ ខ្ញុំ​នៅតែ​និយាយ​អះអាង​ថា អ្នក​ដឹកនាំ​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​សព្វថ្ងៃ​កាត់​ទឹកដី​កម្ពុជា ឲ្យ​ទៅ​ប្រទេសជិតខាង និយាយ​ឲ្យ​ចំ គឺ​ប្រទេស​វៀតណាម។ គ្រាន់តែ​និយាយ​ការពិត មាន​ឯកសារ​ត្រឹមត្រូវ បែរជា​ជាប់ទោស​ទៅវិញ ហើយ​អ្នក​កាត់​ទឹកដី​ឲ្យ​ប្រទេស​ជិតខាង ជា​ជន​ក្បត់ជាតិ រួចខ្លួន ដូចជា​កោះត្រល់។ ប្រទេស​យើង​បាត់បង់​កោះត្រល់ កាលពី​ទសវត្សរ៍​ឆ្នាំ​៨០​​។»

[Demographic Vietnamization: Elections, Military] Ambassador highlights good results in Vietnam-Cambodia economic ties

Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Vu Quang Minh (L) at a meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (Photo: VNA)

Ambassador highlights good results in Vietnam-Cambodia economic ties

Vietnam Plus | 10 July 2018

Phnom Penh (VNA) – Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Vu Quang Minh emphasised the goods results of the bilateral economic cooperation in an article published on the Khmer Times newspaper on July 10.

In the article, entitled “Cambodia-Vietnam economic cooperation yielding good results”, the diplomat highlighted some economic achievements of Cambodia in recent years. 

According to the latest figures of the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Cambodia, the country has made impressive economic performances over the last few years. Its gross domestic product (GDP) rose by nearly 7 billion USD from 2013 to 2017, reaching 22.1 billion USD last year and it is likely to reach 24.5 billion USD by the end of 2018.

Thanks to strong economic growth, the country’s per capita income has risen remarkably from 393 USD in 2013 to 1,435 USD in 2017 and is expected to rise to 1,568 USD by the end of this yar, he noted.

Ambassador Minh attributed Cambodia’s such impressive growth partly to the good results of economic ties with Vietnam in recent years.

Two-way trade between Vietnam and Cambodia in 2017 reached about 3.8 billion USD, up more than 25 percent from 2016.

Of the total, Vietnam’s exports to Cambodia was 2.77 billion USD, rising 26.1 percent against the previous year. Vietnamese key exports to Cambodia included steel and iron products (521 million USD, up 69.7 percent year-on-year) and oil and petrol (375 million USD, up 30 percent).

Meanwhile, Vietnam’s imports from Cambodia reached 1 billion USD, a year-on-year increase of 40.6 percent, mainly timber and wood products (214 million USD, up 16.9 percent), cashews (168 million USD, up 46 percent) and rubber (138 million USD, up 64 percent).

The ambassador wrote that leaders of Vietnam and Cambodia have agreed to enhance the comprehensive cooperation between the two nations. As a result, they intend to raise the bilateral trade value to 5 billion USD in the coming years.

With regards to investment, up to now, Vietnam has had 196 investment projects in Cambodia with a total registered capital of 2.94 billion USD, primarily focusing on agriculture and forestry. Vietnam is also among the top five foreign investors in Cambodia. Cambodia, in its turn, is running 18 projects in Vietnam with a total investment capital of 58.12 million USD.

About 835,000 Vietnamese tourists visited Cambodia in 2017, making Vietnam the second-largest source of tourists to Cambodia, after China.

Minh said the two countries signed the Framework Agreement on Vietnam-Cambodia Economic Connectivity in 2017, and they are working on the details of the Master Plan. On March 31, they signed the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement. The countries are also completing negotiations to sign the Agreement on Border Trade. 

Furthermore, the recent 16th Meeting of the Vietnam-Cambodia Joint Committee on Economic, Cultural and Scientific-Technological Cooperation took place in Hanoi on May 17 with great success. It laid out specific orientations for multi-faceted cooperation between Vietnam and Cambodia, especially in economic sectors.

The diplomat added: “I do believe that these economic frameworks will greatly help facilitate and further promote economic relations between the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Royal Government of Cambodia, especially in the fields of trade, investment and tourism.”-VNA

Vietnamese Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, right, poses with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen for a photo prior to a meeting at Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, July 20, 2017.

China in Vogue, But Vietnam Still Hun Sen’s Lifeline

Has Hun Sen’s embrace of Beijing loosened the CPP’s relationship with Vietnam?

The Diplomat | 26 June 2018

If the secret to notoriety in Cambodia’s fast-vanishing pro-opposition news media has long been to publish stories critical of Vietnam [T2P: not true! even the Khmer press over the years has been reluctant to write fully on the influence of Vietnam on Hun Sen and the CPP; for sure, not the English-language press, save the one article on the Vietnamese military takeover of parts of Ratanakiri by the Cambodia Daily in 2015; there are many reports of illegal logging and the mentioned of Vietnam is unavoidable as an aside] , the unwritten rule of the tightly government-controlled television news media has been to steer as wide as possible of them.

With every terrestrial station owned either by top officials from the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) or their allies, it’s a norm that those looking to stay in the good graces of leaders installed by Hanoi in January 1979 have done their best to heed.

That changed June 13 when Soy Sopheap, a well-known “fixer” for Prime Minister Hun Sen, used his chat show on on BTV News — a dedicated news station owned by Hun Sen’s daughter Hun Mana — to air the idea of anti-Vietnam protests [a political strategy, more likely than not with the blessing of the Vietnamese Embassy, to deflate air into the un-containable, what was once unknown--the Vietnamization of Cambodia (by this T2P Media, by Theary Seng, by Sam Rainsy's videos explaining about the Vietnamese origin of the CPP founding since Ho Chi Minh)--and now made obvious not only in the Khmer language but also for the foreign opinion makers on Cambodia].

[Demographic Vietnamization: Logging, Border, Military] សកម្មជន ព្រៃឈើ ថា ជនជាតិ​ វៀតណាម ​រាប់​រយ​នាក់ លួច​ចូល​ ដី​ខ្មែរ​ កាប់​ឈើ​ នៅ​តំបន់ ​ឧទ្យាន​ជាតិ ​វីរៈជ័យ | Environmental activists say hundreds of Vietnamese citizens cut down timber in protected National Park Virachey

សកម្មជន ព្រៃឈើ ថា ជនជាតិ​ វៀតណាម ​រាប់​រយ​នាក់ លួច​ចូល​ ដី​ខ្មែរ​ កាប់​ឈើ​ នៅ​តំបន់ ​ឧទ្យាន​ជាតិ ​វីរៈជ័យ

RFA / វិទ្យុ អាស៊ី សេរី | ២០ មិថុនា ២០១៨

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[Demographic Vietnamization: Military, Election, Border] Vietnam, Cambodia convene third Defence Policy Dialogue

Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh (Source: VNA)

Vietnam, Cambodia convene third Defence Policy Dialogue

Vietnam Plus | 21 December 2017

Hanoi (VNA) – The third Vietnam-Cambodia Defence Policy Dialogue at the deputy ministerial level was organised in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on December 21.

Vietnam’s Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh and Secretary of State at the Cambodian Defence Ministry Neang Phat co-chaired the event.

The two sides shared views on the issues affecting the stability and peace of both Vietnam and Cambodia, reviewed the outcomes of bilateral defence relations, and agreed on cooperation orientations in the future.

They agreed that the two countries have coordinated well in realising the Protocol and Plan on cooperation between the Defence Ministries. The border management and protection work was implemented actively, while the search for and repatriation of remains of Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts who died in wartime in Cambodia made progress.

A protocol on cooperation in regular search and rescue in land border areas was also signed.

Regarding cooperation orientations for 2018, both sides reached a consensus on intensifying high-level meetings, maintaining regular information exchanges, and continuing collaboration in political and ideological education and dissemination on the traditional friendship between the two countries and their armies.

They vowed to strengthen coordination between border management and protection forces in order to safeguard each country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

The priority will be given to boosting cooperation in the defence industry and coordinating in search and rescue operations in border areas to realise the protocol signed this year.

After the dialogue, representatives from the Vietnam Coast Guard High Command and the Cambodian National Committee for Maritime Security signed an agreement to set up a hotline between the two offices.

Earlier on the day, Vinh offered incense to martyrs at the Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Monument, and paid a courtesy visit to Prime Minister Hun Sen.

He also had a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Tea Banh.-VNA

[Vietnamization: Military, Border] Cambodian Deputy PM visits historical sites in Binh Phuoc

Cambodia’s Deputy Prime Minister Tea Banh visits a relic site in Binh Phuoc province on June 20 (Source: VNA)

Cambodian Deputy PM visits historical sites in Binh Phuoc

Vietnam Plus | 20 June 2018

Binh Phuoc (VNA) – Cambodia’s Deputy Prime Minister Tea Banh has affirmed that Vietnam’s wholehearted assistance during wartime helped Cambodia defeat the Pol Pot genocidal regime and regain peace.

Deputy PM Tea Banh, who is also Minister of National Defence, made the remarks during his talk with local residents in Loc Tan and Loc Thanh communes in Loc Ninh district as he visited several historical sites in southern Binh Phuoc province on June 20 to mark 41 years of “the path to overthrow the Pol Pot genocidal regime.”

The Cambodian delegation called at places where Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen hid his weapons, met the first Vietnamese person who led him to local militia and enjoyed his first meal in Vietnam 41 years ago.

Deputy PM Tea Banh thanked the Party Organisation, administration and people of Binh Phuoc in general and Loc Ninh district in particular for building a communal house in Thanh Tay hamlet with funding donated by PM Hun Sen, and preserving his keepsakes at the house.

These are important keepsakes of the Cambodian people during their struggle to topple the Pol Pot genocidal regime for the country’s revival, he said.

Secretary of the Party Committee of Loc Ninh district Tran Thi Anh Tuyet congratulated the Cambodia leaders and people on the 41st anniversary of “the path to overthrow the Pol Pot genocidal regime.”

She also affirmed that fine relations between Vietnam and Cambodia as well as between Binh Phuoc and Cambodia’s border provinces will be lasting forever.

Before visiting the historical sites, Deputy PM Tea Banh had a talk with military officers, officials and people of Vietnam and Cambodia.-VNA