By Reuters Staff
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PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia launched its coronavirus inoculation drive on Wednesday, using 600,000 vaccine doses donated by China, with the sons of long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen and government ministers among the first recipients.
The Southeast Asian nation of about 16 million has managed to limit the spread of the disease, reporting just 478 infections and no deaths, although a rare cluster of cases emerged in November.
Hun Sen had vowed to take the first dose, but later said that at 68 he was above the age to get the vaccine, made by Sinopharm. His sons and the justice and environment ministers were among the first to get it instead.
Cambodia Postpones Annual Joint Drill with China Indefinitely
04 February 2021
VOA Khmer
FILE PHOTO - Cambodia s Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Tea Banh (2nd R) inspect tanks inside the Army Institute after a graduation ceremony at Army Institute in Kampong Speu province on March 12, 2015. (REUTERS/Samrang Pring)
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PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA
Cambodia’s Defence Minister Tea Banh said the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces will postpone the annual Golden Dragon infantry exercise with the Chinese army because of the COVID-19 pandemic and lack of preparations in the aftermath of the October floods.
Tea Banh first made the announcement on Monday when he was at an inaugural ceremony for a live-fire training facility with Chinese Ambassador Wang Wentian.
Thursday, 12:08, 04/02/2021
VOV.VN - The High Command of the Border Guard under the Ministry of Defence of Vietnam, and the Army Command of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces on February 3 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on border defence co-operation.
The Cambodian delegation is headed by General Hun Manet, deputy commander of the Army Command of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces
Those in attendance at the signing ceremony included Major General Le Duc Thai, member of the Party Central Committee and Commander of the Border Guard, along with General Hun Manet, deputy commander of the Army Command of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, and Senior Colonel Nguyen Thanh Chinh, Vietnamese Defence Attaché in Cambodia.