Year: 2022

The Ministry of Tourism and the National Committee for Clean City Assessment will recognise the city that hosts the most impressive 2022-2023 countdown event.

The competition is effective from 5:00 PM of Dec. 31, 2022 to 5:00 PM of Jan. 2, 2023, according to a press release issued by the National Committee for Clean City Assessment on Dec. 29.

The competition criteria include the decoration, hygiene and environmental friendliness, security, safety, order, and satisfaction and pleasure of tourists and the public engaging.

The public and national and international tourists can join online voting for the city with countdown event they consider most impressive at http://bestcountdowncity.cambodiacleancity.gov.kh/.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press

Two more key roads connecting Phnom Penh to the southwestern economic pole will be reconstructed and upgraded under China’s assistance.
The two roads include the over-53-kilometre-long National Road (NR) No. 31 from Bek Kus (intersection of NR3) to Kampong Trach district town (junction of NR33) and the over-52-kilometre-long NR33 from Kampot provincial city (intersection of NR3) to Lork (Cambodia-Vietnam border).
The groundbreaking ceremony for the rehabilitation and improvement of the two roads was held in Tek Chhou district, Kampot province this morning under the presidency of Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen and Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia H.E. Wang Wentian.
According to Senior Minister H.E. Sun Chanthol, Minister of Public Works and Transport, conducted by China Bridge and Road Corporation (CRBC) and technically inspected by Guangzhou Wanan Technical Consulting Co., the reconstruction and upgrading of both roads are scheduled to take 40 months until 2026, at a total estimated cost of more than US$120 million, using a concessional loan from China and a budget of the Royal Government.
H.E. Senior Minister highlights the potential and significance of NR31 and NR33, saying that once the reconstruction completed, the two roads will contribute to the connection between Phnom Penh capital and the provinces of Takeo, Kampot, Kep and Preah Sihanouk.
The two NRs will also greatly benefit the national economy and household economy through better movement of people and all kinds of transport, boosting trade, investment and tourism, he added.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press

Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen has extended his deepest condolences over the fire incident at the Grand Diamond City hotel and casino in Poipet city, Banteay Meanchey northwestern province.
While presiding over the groundbreaking ceremony for the reconstruction and upgrading of NR31 and 33 in Tek Chhou district, Kampot province this morning, Samdech Techo Hun Sen said according to the provincial report, the death toll would rise to 16, but only 12 bodies have been so far found, with 73 injured, both Cambodians and foreigners.
There are reportedly more than 1,000 people in the hotel-casino during the blaze, including some 500 staff, he added.
The fire, which broke around 11:30 pm on Dec. 28, was now under control and this morning, the search for more bodies continues, he said.
“This is a worse tragedy happened at the end of this year,” said the Premier, expressing thanks to competent authorities, especially the Thai side, for their active participation in the rescue operation.
Samdech Techo Hun Sen also asked concerned authorities to work on the normalisation of Poipet international border gate, the main gateway for tourist and goods flows.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press