On the afternoon of Wednesday, October 22, 2025, His Excellency Lieutenant General DOK Sopha, Rector of the National Defence University, received a courtesy visit from Lieutenant Colonel Paul Payne, Chief of the Canadian Defence Attaché Office, and Sergeant Marc-André Sauvé, Assistant to the Defence Attaché Office in the Kingdom of Cambodia, based in Hanoi, Vietnam. During the meeting, both sides discussed two main topics: 1. The progress of preparations for the 27th ASEAN Regional Forum Heads of Defence Universities, Colleges, and Institutions Meeting, which Cambodia will host and co-chair with Canada in late November 2025; and 2. Plans to organize a workshop on the International Law of Armed Conflict at the National Defence University in early December 2025.