Voice of Vietcong radio to open its office in the colony of Cambodia

The future Kingdom of Cambodia? (Cartoon by Sacrava, on the web athttp://sacrava.blogspot.com)

26 August 2010
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

The Voice of Veitcong Radio will inaugurate its office in the Yuon colony of Cambodia on 27 August. The inauguration will be presided by Nguyen Minh Triet, the Yuon president, a representative of the Xmer royal palace, and Khieu Kanharith, the Xmer minister of Information. Triet will arrive in Cambodia today to perform a 3-day official state visit. San Puthearith, the director of audio visual of the Xmer ministry of Information, said that the Voice of Vietcong is a foreign radio station that received the official authorization to open an office in the Yuon colony of Cambodia. He added that in the past, there were 3 other radio stations that opened their offices in Cambodia: Radio France Internationale (RFI), ABC Radio Australia, and BBC news. Nguyen Manh Hiep, the director of the Voice of Vietcong office in Cambodia, told Rasmei Kampuchea news the Voice of Vietcong is based in Hanoi, and it opened offices in 6 countries already: France, Laos, Russia, Egypt, the US and Thailand. He said: “The opening of the Voice of Vietcong in Cambodia is aimed at broadcasting developments in Cambodia so that the Viet people know about them.” (xic!)