Encroachment Unaddressed at Vietnmese Border Ceremony

O’YADAV, RATANAKKIRI – Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Vietnamese counterpart, Nguyen Tan Dung, pledged their commitment to peace along the border on Saturday and praised progress made in demarcating the border separating the two countries.

More than 100 people – including government officials from both countries and Oknha Try Pheap, who owns Mittapheap casino and hotel at the border – gathered Saturday at the O Yadav border crossing in southern Ratanakkiri province to commemorate the construction of a nearby border post and the opening of a 450-meter long road along the border. After the ceremony, the prime minister and other officials took off on a plane for another border marker inauguration in Takeo province.

According to the prime minister, the two countries still need to demarcate another 17 percent of the 1270 kilometer-long border. After this is finished, he said, Vietnam and Cambodia will focus on solving their maritime boundaries.

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