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Vietnamese swimmers on June 5 won six gold medals and set more new records at the 12th ASEAN Paralympic Games taking place in Cambodia.

The flags of sports delegations to the 12th ASEAN Para Games were raised at the Morodok Techno national sports complex in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on June 2, marking the official presence of the 11 sports delegation to the regional sport event.

The opening and closing ceremonies of the 12th ASEAN Para Games will be broadcast live at three locations in public areas in the capital city of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Cambodia has completed preparations for the 12th ASEAN Para Games at seven locations in Phnom Penh capital.

Phnom Penh authorities will suspend two-way traffic near the Morodok Techo National Stadium between the section of Win-Win Boulevard from Prek Pnov Bridge toward National Road No. 6 from June 6 – 9 to serve Cambodia’s host of 12th biennial Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Para Games.

The Cambodian National Assembly on May 30 ratified the ASEAN Trade in Services Agreement (ATISA) to boost trade and investment in the area of services.

A total of 1,453 athletes from 11 countries will participate in the 12th Asean Para Games that will take place in Phnom Penh from June 3- 9, according to the Cambodian national organising committees for the 32nd SEA Games and 12th ASEAN Para Games (CAMSOC-CAMAPGOC).

Vietnam always values and gives high priority to strengthening the fine neighborliness, traditional friendship, comprehensive, sustainable and long-term cooperation with Cambodia, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 26.

The Cambodian government plans to submit documents for Battambang city in the province of the same name to join the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Creative Cities Network (UCCN) this year.

The Government Inspectorate of Vietnam and the Cambodian Ministry of National Assembly-Senate Relations and Inspection signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation (amended), as part of their talks in Hanoi on May 26.

The People's Committee of the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on May 25 held memorial and burial services at the Martyrs’ Cemetery in Duc Co district for the remains of 22 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who fell down in Cambodia during the wartime.

Cambodia’s Fisheries Administration has announced a temporary ban of commercial freshwater fishing in the four-month rainy season to protect fishery resources, giving fish stocks a chance to reproduce and replenish.

Cambodia attracted 1.29 million international visitors in the first quarter of 2023, an increase of 709% over the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Tourism's report released on May 23.

Cambodia’s economy is on a recovery path, with growth predicted to accelerate to 5.5% this year, according to a World Bank (WB) report.