A fossil unearthed on Koh Por island in Koh Kong province of Cambodia has been identified as the bones of a dinosaur, Hun Marady, director of provincial environment department was quoted by the country's Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP) news agency as saying.
After completing the COVID-19 inoculation drive in the capital city of Cambodia on June 22, the Cambodian army began to administer the COVID-19 vaccine in other provinces, with nearly 60,000 people residing in Preah Sihanouk, Koh Kong, Kampong Speu and Takeo having receiving the first shot.
The construction of Dara Sakor International Airport of Cambodia was completed at the end of 2020 and is expected to officially become operational in mid-2021, according to a senior official at the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA).
The Royal Group, Cambodia’s biggest private firm of tycoon Kith Meng, has secured 168.8 hectares of land in Koh Kong’s Botum Sakor National Park under a leasing agreement to develop a 700 megawatt (mW) coal power plant, according to a government sub-decree.
Cambodia recorded 4.81 million international tourists in the first nine months of 2019, up 10 percent year-on-year, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said on November 4.
The number of foreign tourists visiting Cambodia’s famed Angkor Archeological Park dropped 7.3 percent in the first five months of 2019, a state-run Angkor Enterprise said in a press release on June 1.
Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen urged authorities to have water pipes connected from Thailand’s Trat province to supply water to Koh Kong province as the southern Cambodian locality is facing drought.
Cambodia on December 15 kicked off the 7th Sea Festival in Koh Kong province to promote and introduce its marine tourism to domestic and foreign tourists.
A Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Monument was inaugurated on October 16 in Khemara Phoumin city, Koh Kong province, about 300 km to the west of Phnom Penh.
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