Navies mark traditional friendship in Cambodia

HA NOI — Two Vietnamese naval ships have been anchored off Cambodia's Sihanoukville since Friday, on a four-day official visit to Cambodia.

The visit is being led by a Deputy Chief of Naval Staff, Captain Nguyen Van Kiem, to strengthen the traditional friendship between the naval forces of the two countries.

The visitors were welcomed by Vice Governor of Preah Sihanouk province Meas Vuthy and Rear Admiral Ruas Viasana of the Cambodian naval force who emphasised the friendship between the navies and the importance of traditional relations between the two nations.

Kiem said the visit marked a step forward in relations between their nations' armed forces, especially naval forces.

The Vietnamese naval delegation is scheduled to leave for Phnom Penh today to call on the General Command and the Naval Command of the Cambodian Royal Army and pay a courtesy visit to Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Minister of Defence Tea Banh.

PM celebrates police mission in Ca Mau

CA MAU — Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday attended a ceremony to celebrate the 26th anniversary of the unveiling of a spy plot by the Ministry of Public Security in the southern most province of Ca Mau.

The mission, which was successfully executed in 1984, played a key role in stopping international reactionary elements from creating instability in Viet Nam's political system and overthrowing the current socialist system.

The plot was hatched in 1981 and was led by Le Quoc Tuy and Mai Van Hanh, who founded a reactionary organisation named The United Front of Patriotic Groups to Liberate Viet Nam.

Dung urged the police to use the success of the mission as a shining example in their vital role of protecting national security. — VNS