Students from Cambodia traveled to England to participate in the Teeneagle Global Final stage, which is only open to the best competitors. Participants compete in the Knowledge Quiz, Writing Challenge, Spelling Bee, and Persuasive Speech competitions over the period of eight days in London, UK. Eighty Cambodian students participated in the Teeneagle tournament from July…
The Royal Group, Cambodia’s largest diversified conglomerate and holding company with investments in various industries in the country, including telecommunication, media, banking, insurance, resorts, education, property, trading, and agriculture, signed a partnership agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) premier consulting partner eCloudvalley to localise and expand cloud service expertise in the Kingdom of Cambodia. The…
As of July, of this year, there were 1,947 factories registered in Cambodia, producing everything from clothing to electronic devices, employing more than 1 million people, of them some 76 percent are women. The statistics were presented by the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology, and Innovation at a news conference held recently by the Royal Government…
A normal sunrise in Siem Reap is transformed into a special moment when the morning sun covers Angkor Wat. Every Sunday on this beautiful morning, Mr. Seha Chhang packs his backpack with a laptop and travels to the Siem Reap Coding Club located in YISI Center to provide enthusiastic young people with free coding classes.…
Energetic leaders are passionate, they are enthusiastic, they communicate well, they laugh, they look happy, they look healthy, they motivate and influence others. One of the foundational elements of genuine leadership is energy, or its DNA, passion. People may not follow a leader who lacks enthusiasm and energy since they can’t successfully and efficiently lead…
If the demand for domestic and international travel increases by more than the 2019 level, there will be a shortage of 34,000 commercial pilots (or roughly 10% of the total workforce) by 2025. If the economy rebounds more quickly than predicted, this shortage might reach 50,000. Cambodia is “lacking 90%” of the human resources required…
Congratulations to Mr. Chanrado Sok, a new generation filmmaker from Cambodia, on entering the Asian Film Academy 2022 finalist round. He began his career in the cinema industry with the Sa Sa Art Project at the White Building, which was followed by the “One Dollar” project at the Bophana Center. He produced five documentaries for this…
The massive inscription discovered at Phimeanakas in the province of Siem Reap, Cambodia, contains the inscription of Queen Indradevi in Sanskrit, which she wrote somewhere between 1190 and 1200 AD. Her poetry demonstrates her near-perfect knowledge of the language as well as its complex poetic patterns. We are fortunate to have a translation of one…
The Cambodian Young Entrepreneur Award 2022 was recently launched with the goal of promoting exceptional entrepreneurial spirit in the business world and promoting entrepreneurship in Cambodia through the selection of outstanding entrepreneurs as role models. Under the leadership of Mrs. Tekreth Kamrang, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Commerce, the Young Entrepreneurs Association of…
Cambodia has received praise for its role and contributions as ASEAN’s rotating chair halfway through its tenure, as well as for successfully holding the 55th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting last week. Based on the outcomes of the 55th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting held in Phnom Penh last week, the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, a research organization…
The Global Emotions Report examines emotions in more than 100 nations around the world, in contrast to many studies that focus on money, life expectancy, or health care. In Cambodia, a smile is never far away since Khmers are known all over the world for flashing their unique smiles. This characteristic, which is frequently accompanied…
According to Prime Minister Hun Sen, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a free-trade agreement involving 15 countries in the Asia-Pacific, will boost economic recovery in the post-pandemic period. The agreement would strengthen the supply chain in the region and around the world, the prime minister said in a video message to mark the Association…
Countries in the world are experiencing steep hikes in the prices of commodities caused by inflation, especially gasoline, food and daily household products. This is a big issue that impacts livelihoods of people especially low income families and vulnerable groups because lower-income households tend to spend a large share of their budgets on food and…