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Over $800 million invested so far in Bokor Mountain
The Sokimex Group states that it has so far invested about 800 million US dollars to develop of Bokor Mountain in Kampot province. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501501416/over-800-million-invested-so-far-in-bokor-mountain/
Work starts on 108-meter-tall Buddha statue in Cambodia
Cambodia on Wednesday started to construct a 108-meter-tall Buddha statue on the top of Bokor Mountain here in the country’s southwestern coastal province. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501214456/work-starts-on-108-meter-tall-buddha-statue-in-cambodia/
Bokor town plans unveiled
The government has unveiled plans to develop a new town in the Bokor Mountain area, an inter-ministerial meeting last Friday said. Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction Chea Sophara led the meeting to develop a master plan for the development project, located in ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/bokor-town-plans-unveiled
NA commission calls ministers over Bokor
The National Assembly’s Seventh Commission, which oversees tourism and culture, summoned four government ministers to answer questions yesterday regarding the development and future of Kampot province’s Bokor Mountain. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/na-commission-calls-ministers-over-bokor
CNRP visits vietnamese prayer sites in Kampot
Bokor Mountain, Kampot province – Spurred on by social media rumors that Vietnamese tourists are flocking to this colonial-era retreat for elaborate, hidden ceremonies at the graves of their ancestors, CNRP lawmaker Yem Ponhearith on Thursday led about 50 officials here on a fact-finding trek. ...
Khuon Narim and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-visits-vietnamese-prayer-sites-in-kampot-77899/
The Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts will investigate religious ceremonies by Vietnamese on Bokor Mountain
The Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts will investigate on a scene where religious rituals have held by the Vietnamese on the Bokor Mountain, in Kampot province. This measure happened simultaneously after the Seventh Commission of the National Assembly summoned the minister to clarify on ...
Prach Chev
http://www.rfa.org/khmer/news/social-economy/ministry-of-culture-11272014000916.html
New Year sees tourism boom
The number of domestic and foreign tourists visiting historical sites and the Kingdom’s coastal areas increased sharply during this year’s three-day Khmer New Year, according to provincial tourism departments. Data from Siem Reap’s tourism department show 258,000 tourists visited the city of ancient temples, an increase ...
Chan Muy Hong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-year-sees-tourism-boom
