The Win-Win policy does not only benefit the Cambodian nation now and in the future, but also other countries in the region and the world.
The remarks were made by Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, while presiding over the 25th Anniversary of the Termination of Civil War in Cambodia and the Successful Implementation of Win-Win Policy (Dec. 29, 1998-Dec. 29, 2023), and the 5th Anniversary of the Construction of Win-Win Memorial (Dec. 29, 2018-Dec. 29, 2023), held at the memorial in Khan Chroy Changvar, Phnom Penh this morning.
‘The end of war in Cambodia has contributed to the strengthening of peace in the region and to the settlement of international affairs […],’ he underlined. ‘Protecting peace in Cambodia means protecting peace in the region.’
Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet stressed that with full peace, Cambodia has strengthened its role in maintaining regional stability and participating in regional economic development.
Cambodia also takes part in peacek
eeping missions in other countries, he said, adding that the Kingdom has so far dispatched nearly 10,000 forces to join peacekeeping operations under the UN umbrella, while its deminers have provided training courses on humanitarian mine clearance to war-torn countries.
Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse
Hanoi: Chairman of the Board of Directors of Viet A Technologies JSC Phan Quoc Viet has been sentenced to a total of 25 years in prison on charges of “abusing position and power while on duty” and ‘violating bidding regulations, causing serious damages’, in the COVID-19 test kit case at the Viet A Technologies JSC and the Vietnam Military Medical University (VMMU).
The military court of Hanoi capital announced the verdict on December 29, following a three-day trial and deliberation.
Ho Anh Son, former Deputy Director of the Military Medical Academy’s Institute of Biomedicine and Pharmacy, received a 12-year prison sentence while former Director of the Department of Science and Technology for Economic-Technical Sectors under the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) Trinh Thang Hung was sentenced to 15 years in jail.
Four other defendants, charged with “violating bidding regulations, causing serious damages”, faced jail sentences of between 4-7 years.
According to the indictment, amidst the COVID-19 ou
tbreak, the Board of Directors of the VMMU sent a document to the MoST, proposing the task of developing COVID-19 test kits.
The accused managed to engage the Viet A Technologies JSC into the test kit development project worth nearly 19 billion VND (over 781,400 USD) and helped it get a licence to illegally produce the test kits.
Their wrongdoings caused an economic loss of nearly 18.5 billion VND (762,260 USD)./.
Source: Vietnam News Agency