Cambodia-Vietnam Friendship Monument

Local nameCambodia-Vietnam Friendship Monument
LocationPhnom Penh, Cambodia

The Cambodia–Vietnam Friendship Monument in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, is a large concrete monument commemorating the former alliance between Vietnam and Cambodia. It was built in 1979 by the communist regime that took power after the Cambodian-Vietnamese War, which overthrew the Khmer Rouge regime.

The monument is located at the Botum Park near the centre of Phnom Penh not far from the Royal Palace. It features heroic statues of Vietnamese and Cambodian soldiers in the "Socialist realist" style developed in the Soviet Union in the 1930s, together with images of a woman and baby representing Cambodian civilians. The monument is in a popular park in the middle of the city.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodia–Vietnam_Friendship_Monument

Address 25Z Blvd Samdach Sothearos, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Coordinates 11°33'31.32" N 104°55'58.034" E

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