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Vietnamese president cancels Cambodian trip Vietnam's President has cancelled a planned visit to Cambodia in the aftermath of a bloody clash between anti-communist rebels and security forces in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. The Vietnamese diplomats say next week's visit has been cancelled because of President Tran Duc Luong's busy schedule at home. The move came after the worst violence seen in the Cambodian capital in years. Eight people died and 14 others were wounded when anti-government rebels stormed state offices and a military barracks in the early hours of the morning. A police spokesman says the attackers belonged to an anti-communist group known as the Cambodian Freedom Fighters...also known to be virulently anti-Vietnamese. Cambodian security forces are said to be sweeping through the city in a mopping up operation and more than 50 suspected rebels have been captured so far. Radio Australia News - November 24, 2000.

Cambodia, Vietnam border row resurfaces PHNOM PENH - A longstanding border dispute between Cambodia and Vietnam resurfaced ahead of a state visit to Phnom Penh next week by the Vietnamese president. Cambodia's Interior Ministry has asked the Foreign Affairs Ministry to review alleged Vietnamese encroachment onto Cambodian farmland in eastern Kampong Cham province, according to a letter obtained on Wednesday by The Associated Press. In the letter dated Nov. 16, Interior co-Ministers, Sar Kheng and You Hockry said local Cambodian officials had failed to reach a solution with their Vietnamese counterparts over the disputed land in Memot district. However, a Cambodian foreign ministry official said on Wednesday that border issues would not be discussed during the two-day visit by Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong that starts Monday. "This is not an issue for the head of state," said Long Kim, the director of the Asia department. He said a joint committee set up in 1996 handles border disagreements. Long Kim confirmed that the Foreign Ministry received the letter but played down the significance of the dispute, noting that local disagreements are commonplace along the border. Cambodians traditionally fear encroachment by their much larger eastern neighbour. Associated Press - November 23, 2000.

Cambodian students urge Vietnam immigrants PHNOM PENH - A Cambodian student group urged Vietnam on Tuesday to help reduce the number of Vietnamese illegal immigrants. A letter from the Democratic Front of Khmer Students and Intellectuals also drew attention to unresolved border disputes and called, without elaboration, for Vietnam to withdraw intelligence agents operating in Cambodia. Several members of the group went to the Vietnamese Embassy to deliver the letter, but no diplomat came out to receive them. Anti-Vietnamese feeling is widespread among Cambodians, who hold a traditional distrust of their much larger neighbor to the east, popularly believed to covet Cambodian territory. The sentiment was fueled by Vietnam's military occupation of Cambodia from 1979-89. It is not clear how many Vietnamese live illegally in Cambodia Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong is to visit Cambodia on November 27-28. Associated Press - November 22, 2000.