HANOI: Vietnamese soldiers have already started dismantling tents they set up at a disputed border stretch in Kandal province’s Koh Thom district in Cambodia, provincial governor Kong Sophorn said. “They are removing the tents from areas where both sides have not yet reached an agreement for demarcation of border posts,” he said. During the inspection, they found that Vietnamese soldiers had erected tents in nine locations along the disputed border stretch in Koh Thom district’s Dambok Chev station, which is situated next to Vietnam’s An Giang province. Phearom said the Vietnam side had said they set up tents in the disputed area to prevent the spread of coronavirus and prevent people from crossing the border. He said based on an agreement between the two countries, Vietnam has to inform Cambodia about what they plan to do but it was not done in this case.

Source: Manila Times May 08, 2020 17:03 UTC