Siem Reap
Siem Reap bans heavy vehicles amid floods; ANA inspects conditions of land and roads in Angkor area
The Siem Reap provincial Department of Public Works and Transport has issued a notice suspending heavy vehicles from several roads in the province. ...
Siem Reap takes top social services award
The Siem Reap Provincial Administration has been awarded top prize in the national social service competition, with the Kandal Provincial Hall taking second place. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/siem-reap-takes-top-social-services-award
23 families in Siem Reap accuse authorities of allocating more than 80 hectares of their farmland
Twenty-three families in Run Ta Ek commune, Siem Reap province have accused authorities of taking more than 80 hectares of their farmland to be subdivided ownership unfairly. ...
APSARA Authority to launch boat tour and cycling circuit of “Jayatataka Baray Tourism Community”
APSARA National Authority is working to launch a boat tour in the Jayatataka Baray (North Baray or Neak Poan Baray) and a cycling circuit of the “Jayatataka Baray Tourism Community” which have been consulted recently with the private sector and stakeholders. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501154964/apsara-authority-to-launch-boat-tour-and-cycling-circuit-of-jayatataka-baray-tourism-community/
ASEAN seeks stronger economic partnerships with RoK, Russia
Economic ministers of ASEAN countries and the Republic of Korea (RoK) discussed the directions of negotiations for the upgrade of the ASEAN-Korea Free Trade Agreement (AKFTA) during their consultation meeting in Siam Reap, Cambodia, on September 16 within the framework of the 54th ASEAN Economic ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501152439/asean-seeks-stronger-economic-partnerships-with-rok-russia/
Run Ta Ek residents say life is better there than in Angkor Archaeological Park
Residents who were willing to leave their homes in Angkor Archaeological Park and relocate to Run Ta Ek eco-village five years ago are saying their lives have improved in the interim, and now Prime Minister Hun Sen has recently announced that Run Ta Ek area ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/run-ta-ek-residents-say-life-better-there-angkor-archaeological-park
Ministry opens third public EV charger – in central Siem Reap
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport on September 14 inaugurated its third public electric vehicle (EV) charging kiosk, this time in central Siem Reap town, raising hopes for the wide adoption of the alternative fuel vehicles going forward. A ministry statement issued in conjunction ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ministry-opens-third-public-ev-charger-central-siem-reap
Ministry trials sewage monitor robot
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has embraced modern technology and launched the Kingdom’s first robotic drain monitoring device. The machine will be used to investigate the insides of sewers and drains. ...
Lay Samean and Fin Frida
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-trials-sewage-monitor-robot
Hun Sen promises modern satellite city at Angkor evictions relocation site
Prime Minister Hun Sen handed out gifts and promised metal sheeting as building materials to families who have agreed to vacate their homes that fall within Siem Reap’s Angkor park, saying the relocation site in Run Ta Ek commune will be turned into a modern ...
Phin Rathana
https://vodenglish.news/hun-sen-promises-modern-satellite-city-at-angkor-evictions-relocation-site/
Government adopts long-term supportive policy for residents moving out of Angkor Resort
The Royal Government of Cambodia has set forth a policy to support the residents who had volunteered to move out of Angkor Archeological Park in Siem Reap provincial city to Tani village, Run Taek commune, Banteay Srei district, Siem Reap province. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501150476/government-adopts-long-term-supportive-policy-for-residents-moving-out-of-angkor-resort/
U.S. deeply values and admires Cambodia’s rich cultural heritage
The United States has deeply valued and admires Cambodia’s rich cultural heritage, underlined Eric Catalfamo, Director of Cultural Heritage Centre in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, when addressing the International Conference on Cultural Property Protection in Siem ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501146518/u-s-deeply-values-and-admires-cambodias-rich-cultural-heritage/
Cambodia sees big jump in number of foreign tourists to famed Angkor
Cambodia’s famed Angkor Archaeological Park received 110,570 foreign tourists in the first eight months of 2022, up 17.6 times compared to the same period last year, said a press statement on Saturday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501144320/cambodia-sees-big-jump-in-number-of-foreign-tourists-to-famed-angkor/
Travel agents welcome free entry to Angkor Wat for expats
Free entry offered to expats who have completed two years of residency at Angkor Archaeological Park got a rousing welcome from the hospitality sector. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501144786/travel-agents-welcome-free-entry-to-angkor-wat-for-expats/
Families Relocated From Angkor to Major New Development
The Apsara Authority in Siem Reap has continued demolitions of private structures in the Angkor temple park this week while providing land compensation for affected families in what appears to be a major new development area west of the city. ...
Keat Soriththeavy
https://vodenglish.news/families-relocated-from-angkor-to-major-new-development/
Angkor evictees continue to look for new land
Communities who have been evicted from land within the protected Angkor park are looking for new places to relocate to while others are still preparing to leave. ...
Chhorn Raksmey
https://kiripost.com/stories/angkor-evictees-continue-to-look-for-new-land
Infrastructure work underway for displaced Angkor park residents
A working group from the Ministry of Environment and the APSARA National Authority (ANA) has prepared 95ha of land in the new Run Ta Ek village for development, as nearly 1,000 families prepare to relocate from the Angkor Archaeological Park. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/infrastructure-work-underway-displaced-angkor-park-residents
Siem Reap, Preah Sihanouk, Kampot and Battambang remain the most visited destinations
The cultural province of Siem Reap, the coastal provinces of Preah Sihanouk and Kampot, and Battambang province, the rice bowl of Cambodia, remain the most attractive destinations for domestic tourists during the third weekend of August. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501137831/siem-reap-preah-sihanouk-kampot-and-battambang-remain-the-most-visited-destinations/
Siem Reap province attracts over one million tourists in first seven months
Siem Reap province, home to the famous Angkor temples, welcomed 1,242,854 tourists in the first seven months of this year, an increase by 890.17 percent compared to the same period of 2021. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501135076/siem-reap-province-attracts-over-one-million-tourists-in-first-seven-months/
More than 100,000 trees planted to restore Banteay Srei and Phnom Kulen forests
Workers planted more than 100,000 trees have been planted on more than 800 hectares of forest lands in Banteay Srei district and Phnom Kulen as part of the forest restoration. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501132119/more-than-100000-trees-planted-to-restore-banteay-srei-and-phnom-kulen-forests/
Cambodia’s famed Angkor receives 83,854 foreign visitors in seven months, up more than 13 times
Cambodia’s famed Angkor Archeological Park attracted 83,854 foreign tourists in the first seven months of 2022, up 13.5 times compared to the same period last year, said a press statement on Thursday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501126203/cambodias-famed-angkor-receives-83854-foreign-visitors-in-seven-months-up-more-than-13-times/
Over 220,000 domestic visitors tour Cambodia in the last weekend of July
A total of 220,937 national and international visitors traveled across Cambodia in the last weekend of July. The figure suggested an increase by 3.43 percent compared to the previous weekend thanks to better weather conditions, ie less rainfall, according to a report of the Ministry ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501123924/over-220000-domestic-visitors-tour-cambodia-in-the-last-weekend-of-july/
Second round of Siem Reap cattle vaccinations underway
Siem Reap has received more than 60,000 doses of cattle vaccines and is preparing to administer them for the second time this year, according to provincial Animal Health and Production Bureau chief Prum Vich. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/second-round-siem-reap-cattle-vaccinations-underway
Veterinary officials in Siem Reap call on farmers to vaccinate cattle
A Senior veterinary official said that Siem Reap is conducting a campaign to vaccinate cattle and have called for the participation of farmers in vaccinating their animals. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501116228/veterinary-officials-in-siem-reap-call-on-farmers-to-vaccinate-cattle/
Second restoration phase of ancient hall at Reach Bo Pagoda kicks off
The Reach Bo pagoda’s ancient hall has received the second restoration phase under technical assistance and financial support from the APSARA National Authority. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501116178/second-restoration-phase-of-ancient-hall-at-reach-bo-pagoda-kicks-off/