DAP: The breaking news in Cambodia: “Cambodian patients appreciate free medical service from Chinese doctors” plus 2 more

PHNOM PENH, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian local patients highly valued the free clinic services from the Chinese doctors specialized in traditional Chinese medical treatment here on Friday, saying that helps relief their physical pains and financial burdens.

Assigned by Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, a group of seven traditional Chinese medical doctors arrived in Cambodia on Thursday, planning to offer five free clinic services in both the capital of Phnom Penh, and Siem Reap, the kingdom's famous tourist city, in the coming six days.

Besides, for promoting Chinese traditional medication overseas, the doctors will also deliver one seminar in both cities respectively about the Chinese traditional medicine and treatment, as well as their effects on human health.

A 24 year-old local patient told Xinhua on the condition of anonymity that she highly appreciated the medical service from the Chinese doctors, hoping the prescription from Chinese doctors will eventually cure her gynecological disease.

Another local Cambodian of 76 year-old said that he had been suffering the pain on his back for years. Knowing the arrival of Chinese doctors weeks ago, he does hope he can get help from Chinese acupuncture and moxibustion.

Zhou Xiaobao, the delegation head, told Xinhua that their free clinic services in Cambodia aim at both helping the local patients by Chinese traditional treatment and elevating the exposure of Chinese medication to the local people, promoting the culture of traditional Chinese medication as well.

Starting from 2000, about 20 of such Chinese medical delegation had stepped abroad, offering charge-free services to over 35,000 patients in 20 different countries.

PHNOM PENH, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen will lead a high-level delegation to attend the 16th Summit of the Non-aligned Movement to be held on Aug. 30-31 in Tehran, the Islamic Republic of Iran, according to a press release from Cambodia's Foreign Ministry on Friday.

The participation is made at the invitation of Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the press release said.

The delegation will include Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong and other senior members of the government.

On the sidelines of the summit, Hun Sen will hold a bilateral talk with Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and have a meeting with Kim Yong Nam, president of Presidium of Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, it said.

After the summit, Hun Sen will attend the 2nd China-Eurasia Expo to be held on Sept. 1-5 in Urumqi Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China.

During his stay in Urumqi, Hun Sen will hold a bilateral talk with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.

PHNOM PENH, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Norodom Ranariddh Party on Friday changed its name to the Nationalist Party and elected its secretary-general Sao Rany as the president to replace Prince Norodom Ranariddh, who announced to quit politics earlier this month.

The change was made during the party's general assembly, which was attended by some 200 core members of the party.

Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Sao Rany said the Nationalist Party will merge with the royalist party Funcinpec on Aug. 25 in order to reunite the royalists ahead of the general election in July next year.

Keo Puth Rasmey, president of Funcinpec, said that the reunification will end the rifts among the royalists and Sihanoukists.

"We hope the merger will make the royalists stronger in the general elections next year," he told reporters.

The two parties won 2 seats each in the 123-parliamentary seats in the elections in July 2008.

The Funcinpec party was founded in 1981 by retired king Norodom Sihanouk. Currently, it is the only coalition party of the ruling Cambodian People's Party of Prime Minister Hun Sen.

The change of the Norodom Ranariddh Party to the Nationalist Party and the merger follow the announcement of Prince Norodom Ranariddh to quit politics on Aug. 10.

The prince's departure was made after the failure of his attempt to reunite the royalist parties -- the Norodom Ranariddh Party and the Funcinpec. As a result, there was an internal rift among his party's top leaders.

Prince Nanariddh is the son of former King Norodom Sihanouk and is the elder brother of the present King Norodom Sihamoni.

He became the first prime minister in 1993 and the president of the National Assembly in 1998.