The three-day celebration of the 73rd Anniversary of Cambodia’s Independence Day concluded yesterday afternoon after King Norodom Sihamoni extinguished the Victory Flame he lit on Monday at the Independence Monument in Phnom Penh.

Senate President and President of the Supreme Privy Council to the King Hun Sen, National Assembly President Khuon Sudary, Prime Minister Hun Manet and senior officials attended the ceremony, alongside civil servants, armed forces, Phnom Penh residents and students.

Foreign ambassadors to Cambodia were also present at the annual ceremony, which was broadcast live on local television and radio stations.

Cambodia gained full independence from France on November 9 1953 under the royal leadership of the late King-Father Samdech Preah Norodom Sihanouk, Preah Borom Ratanak Kaudh, the father of national independence, territorial integrity and national unity. AKP