The capital on the Mekong and Tonle Sap rivers: government, business and the country’s biggest city. · 542 stories
On August 31, Prime Minister Hun Sen officially broke ground on a $36.8 million interchange and a $10 million overpass, two new flyovers in the capital. The grand interchange, which will be named Monivong, would connect the triple intersection of the Samdech Techo Hun Sen, Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (better known as Street 271), and…
Heng, 27, is one of Cambodia’s top female runners. She has participated in a number of local and international competitions, including the Phnom Penh International Half Marathon, Sihanoukville International Half Marathon, Cambodia’s Next Top Runner, Angkor Wat International Half Marathon, Asian Athletics Championship, and Southeast Asian Games. “The Khmer Amateur Athletics Federation: A Cambodian sports…
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…
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…
In contrast to fossil fuels, the sun has more than enough energy to supply the entire world’s energy needs, and it won’t run out anytime soon. The only constraint on solar energy as a renewable resource is our ability to economically and efficiently convert it to electricity. About 150 kilometers from the capital, Phnom Penh,…
Cambodian-made Electric Cars? That’s the concept behind the Angkor EV 2013, which debuted in Phnom Penh on January 7, 2013!! On January 8, 2013, the locally built electric car ‘Angkor EV 2013’ was on display at a showroom in Phnom Penh. Cambodia’s Heng Development Company has introduced its first electric vehicle, the Angkor, which is…
On July 11, Prime Minister Hun Sen visited the Japanese embassy in Phnom Penh to pay his condolences to the late Shinzo Abe. On July 8 in the early morning, Abe was fatally shot while speaking at a political rally in the western Japanese city of Nara. Hun Sen sent his sincere condolences to his…
The Ministry of Commerce has been hosting The Cambodian and Import-Export Goods Exhibition (CIEG), a wholly government-run international trade exhibition, in Cambodia since 2005. According to a statement from the Ministry of Commerce, the 15th annual Cambodian and Import-Export Goods Exhibition will take place from December 15 to 18 at the Koh Pich Convention and…
Railways are a reliable and effective means of transporting both people and cargo. Railways reduce carbon gas emissions while promoting economic growth. They are a clean and efficient way to transport tonnes of cargo and millions of passengers across regions. There are two lines in the railway network in Cambodia. The northern railway, which stretches…
According to Guinness World Records, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (Cambodia) held the world’s largest practical business seminar on August 24, 2017, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, with 2,304 participants. The attempt was made as part of a student engagement event. Over 2,300 youth aged 15 to 24 from all over Cambodia attended a…
By Sotheary (Born 3 April 1998), also known as Bee, is a Cambodian model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Cambodia 2016. She represented Cambodia at the Miss Universe 2017 pageant. She was the first ever Cambodian to participate at Miss Universe. Cambodia’s capital city of Phnom Penh is where By Sotheary was born.
“Cambodia’s national wheelchair basketball team for the 12th ASEAN Para Games has been unveiled at a ceremony at Prince Holding Group’s headquarters in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to mark the country’s participation in the region’s biggest sporting event.” When Cambodia wheelchair basketball players take the floor at next year’s games, they will be wearing freshly designed…
On June 24, representatives from the state-owned China Communications Construction Co Ltd (CCCC), the China Road and Bridge Corp (CRBC), and the Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol met to discuss the findings of the firms’ preliminary study on a potential metro or monorail in the capital as a way to reduce traffic…
