The capital on the Mekong and Tonle Sap rivers: government, business and the country’s biggest city. · 542 articles
The new Phnom Penh international airport, known as the Techo International Airport, is expected to open in 2024. The $1.5 billion project, funded by the Cambodia Airport Investment Co., Ltd (CAIC), is being built on 2,600 hectares in southern Kandal and Takeo provinces by the China Construction Third Engineering Bureau Group Co., Ltd. The construction…
Cambodia’s Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen said on Saturday that peace has given the country “golden opportunities” to grow in all areas. Samdech Hun Sen said these words at an event in Phnom Penh commemorating the 44th anniversary of Victory Day, which was attended by more than 20,000 people. “For the past 44 years, peace…
“Visit Cambodia 2023” expects a tourism boom during the 32nd Southeast Asia (SEA) Games from May 5 to 17 and the 12th Asean Para Games from June 3 to 9, both of which will take place in Phnom Penh. The Cambodian SEA Games Organising Committee (CAMSOC) has already announced a 100-day countdown program for both…
Kampot is the capital of the Kampot province in southwest Cambodia. The city is considered one of Cambodia’s most important seaports, and the province has a 94-kilometer coastline. The center of Kampot, unlike most Cambodian provincial capitals, is composed of many 19th-century French colonial architecture buildings and has a laid-back feel, as the riverside city…
Slaprea, Cambodia’s biggest food festival is finally back with free entry at the National Stadium on December 10th and 11th from 4pm to 8pm . This year’s edition is powered by the only Singaporean-owned commercial bank – Philip Bank who are offering $4 in cash vouchers for every $10 deposited with Philip Bank at the…
The Japan Travel Fair will be held this Saturday and Sunday at Lively Plaza at the AEON Mall Phnom Penh, organized by the Japan National Tourism Organization and the Japanese Embassy. Hun Dany, Secretary of State for the Ministry of Tourism, and Taninai Ichitomo, Deputy Chief of Mission of the Japanese Embassy, will preside over…
On 2nd December 2022, Khmer Enterprise, a unit under the Ministry of Economy and Finance, and 500 Global, a Silicon Valley based venture capitalist, co-hosted the “Angkor 500 TURN UP” event which is a one-day showcase of talent and opportunity for the Cambodian and regional tech ecosystem at American University of Phnom Penh. This event…
Performers from three generations of the Chapei Dang Veng met on Wednesday in Sorya Market in Phnom Penh to celebrate the instrument’s sixth anniversary after it was included to UNESCO’s 2016 list of intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent protection. A group of singers from various age groups gave a performance while teaching the…
On November 26, 2022, about 700 people from businesses, government officials from various ministries, students, and the general public came together in Phnom Penh for the #ONESTEPNOPLASTIC campaign, which aims to raise awareness and abolish single-use plastic in Cambodia. Plastic waste equivalent to the size of a garbage truck is dumped into our ocean every…
#ONESTEPNOPLASTIC Phnom Penh is scheduled on 26th November 2022 . An exciting clean-up campaign with solidarity lunch with a performance by Phare, The Cambodian Circus – ល្ខោនសៀកកម្ពុជាហ្វារ and a music performance by Tos Yerng. Plastic pollution has emerged as one of the most pressing environmental issues, as the world’s ability to deal with it is…
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese unveiled an interactive Indigenous art exhibit in Phnom Penh after a day of summits and one-on-one diplomatic talks. At the ribbon cutting for the Walking Through a Songline pop-up exhibition, Mr Albanese was joined by Cambodian princess Her Royal Highness Norodom Arunrasmy, Senior Minister Ly Thuch and other members of…
Written by, H.E Samheng Boros Cambodia assumed the role of ASEAN Chair in 2002, only three years after joining the Association, and the country demonstrated its ability and capacity to carry out its mandate. Cambodia has helped to reduce tensions in the South China Sea (SCS) by successfully completing the Declaration of the Conduct of Parties in…
The 19th ASEAN-India Summit to Commemorate the 30th Anniversary of ASEAN-India Dialogue Relations was held this morning at the Sokha Phnom Penh Hotel in Cambodia, presided over by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Chair of ASEAN 2022, and Indian Vice President H.E. Jagdeep Dhankhar. Video: FB page of Samdech Hun Sen, Cambodian Prime Minister
