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Cambodia-Vietnam Monument |
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វិមានមិត្តភាព កម្ពុជា វៀតណាម |
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The Cambodia-Vietnam Frienship Monument stands in a normally
peaceful park near the center of Phnom Penh. But that peace has
been shattered on a number of occasions, by political activists
who see the monument more as a memorial to the Vietnamese
occupation.
On December 25, 1978, Vietnam invaded the
state of Democratic Kampuchea in present-day Cambodia. Its
ultimately successful goal was the removal of the Khmer Rouge
government from power, but the invasion also led to a 10-year
occupation of the country.
In 1979, the occupying
Vietnamese built a large concrete monument in Botum Park, not
far from the Royal Palace in the heart of Phnom Penh. Built in
the distinctly communist socialist-realist style, it features
two soldiers standing side-by-side, one Vietnamese and one
Cambodian, with a Cambodian woman holding a baby as she stands
under their protective gaze. Behind them rises the concrete
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Phnom Penh |
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11.55871, 104.93277 |
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