Keyword: "Sihanoukville"

The Mekong Tourism Forum 2023 opened in Cambodia's southwestern port city of Sihanoukville this week, attracting some 250 delegates from 19 countries and regions.

Cambodian authorities have seized 884 kg of narcotics in a single raid in the coastal province of Preah Sihanouk, a provincial military police officer said on December 12.

The Singapore-based firm Hong Lai Huat (HLH) has shaken hands with Skiold A/S of Denmark to consider investment into a 1-billion-USD Cambodia-Singapore Agriculture Special Economic Zone project.

Holland America Line, the owner of the ship MS Westerdam, has said the last 781 of its passengers are expected to leave Cambodia on February 20 via Phnom Penh International Airport, the Khmer Times reported.

World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has thanked Cambodia for allowing the Westerdam cruise ship to dock despite fears that the ship may be carrying passengers infected with the new coronavirus.

The Cambodian Government aims to transform Sihanoukville, the capital of Preah Sihanouk province, into Cambodia’s industrial hub – a “second Shenzhen city”, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Economy and Finance Vongsey Vissoth said.

The Cambodian General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) on September 17 announced that all the 83 containers of plastic waste illegally imported into the country have been returned to their originating countries – the US and Canada.

Cambodian authorities said on June 23 that the death toll in a seven-storey building collapse in the southern province of Preah Sihanouk rose to 18, while the number of injured people was 24.

The Cambodian authorities said on December 16 that they had seized more than 3.2 tonnes of elephant tusks at a seaport in the capital city of Phnom Penh, marking the country’s largest ivory bust.

The Kien Giang University signed a cooperation pact, on Phu Quoc island on August 31, regarding training and scientific research with two Cambodian universities.

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport of Cambodia said construction on an expressway connecting Phnom Penh and the port city of Sihanoukville will start in November.

Discovering the white sand beaches of Sihanoukville, the mysterious Bokor Plateau and Apsara Dance performance are just some of what included in new tours jointly operated by Vietravel and Angkor Air.

Meas Muth, a former Khmer Rouge official, was charged with genocide and crimes against humanity by judges of t he Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia ( ECCC ) on December 14.

The Cambodia Sea Festival 2015 with the theme of “Clean bay, strong economy” took place from December 11-13 in Kampot province.