Parties Sparring Over Vietnam Issue, Analysts say

PHNOM PENH (Khmer Times) – Over the past few months, the ruling Cambodian People’s Party has been working overtime to change perceptions that it kowtows to Vietnam, but members of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party continue to describe it as a “puppet of Hanoi.”

The CPP has been talking tough on border disputes and deporting undocumented Vietnamese migrants in high-profile fashion, but its critics say it has not gone far enough.

“The government must crack down on these illegals, clearly and widely,” CNRP spokesman Yim Sovann told Khmer Times.

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