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Traditional Khmer Wedding Ceremony

vutha — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 07:11:43 +0000

Traditional Cambodian attitudes to marriage are changing, as most people get married nowadays at a much later age than their parents and grandparents, except in the more remote rural areas. Many young women are postponing marriage in favor of a career. It is no longer unusual to meet bright and beautiful women who [...]

SECC suspended five trading companies

vutha — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 02:51:19 +0000

Cambodia’s the Securities Exchange Commission of Cambodia – SECC- halted temporarily five domestic trading companies without the necessary regulatory framework.

Ming Bankosal, SECC director, said that Cambodian companies offering derivatives trading had operated without the necessary regulatory framework being in place, according to the [...]

Two TV Channels raised nearly US$1.5 million for victims during water festival

vutha — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 17:50:04 +0000

By Friday evening, two local TV stations- Bayon and CTN – formed fund raising in order to help family members of the dead and the injured during the water festival, raising nearly US$1.5 million. Bayon TV had raised more than US$1.08 million and CTN had raised more than US$500,000.

One day [...]

Rumor and superstition erupted after tragic incident during water festival

vutha — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 09:22:14 +0000

One day came after tragic incident occurred in the last day of water festival and left hundreds of revelers dead and injured on Koh Pich suspension bridge at the area of leisure where has been developing and became new-eye-catching destination of Cambodians across the nation. Cambodians throughout the nation felt that it was [...]

Feeling socked with thousands of death during water festival

vutha — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 08:24:25 +0000

I feel very shocked with thousands of Cambodian people’s death in stampede on Koh Pich Island Bridge (Diamond Island) during the final day of water festival ceremony (November 22, 2010) in Phnom Penh. At around 1:20am, my young brother called me about this tragic incident happening in Koh Pich Island while I was sleeping.

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Waiting for the Water Festival 2010

vutha — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 08:05:51 +0000

After the national election 1993, Cambodia has restarted to celebrate the Water Festival Ceremony during 3 days annually taking place in October or November. And Most of Cambodian people flock from different provinces and cities into Phnom Penh capital in order to watch boat racings on Mekong River.

In the history, [...]

15 companies got licence to act on the Cambodia stock exchange

vutha — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:42:48 +0000

Ministry of Finance and Economics’ the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia granted 15 of 22 companies with the licence to act on the Cambodia stock exchange, which is scheduled to launch in July next year.

Keat Chhon, commission chairman and Economy and Finance Minister, said that granting the licences was [...]

Alcohol uses increase among Cambodian

vutha — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:12:36 +0000

Drinking beer and alcohol is going up amongst Cambodian citizens in Cambodia, seemly to be a big heaven and market of alcohol in the region. The increase in the number of beer users is because of the great number of entertainment clubs, beer gardens, and different places for drinking in Phnom Penh and [...]

Health care system should be designed for all

vutha — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:09:54 +0000

By Sim Socheata (the Cambodia Daily)

On Jan 15, the Cambodia Daily carried out the news item, â€œMinistry Seeks Autonomy for State Hospitalsâ€(page 27). I wonder how the Cambodian population takes this news. Personally, I have a lot of concerns of what this plan might lead to.

The Ministry of [...]

Negative and positive comments on the half-naked Apsara

vutha — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:43:35 +0000

After local newspapers published the photos of half-naked Apsara designed by Reahu (now this website is down), then there are negative and positive points of view about the paintings. But the governmentâ€™s leaders criticized strongly the impact of the bare-breasted illustration. I now just republish the comments from my blog readers as following:

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Celebration of Lunar New Year 2009

vutha — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:36:21 +0000

The year of Ox will be celebrated next week by Chinese, Vietnamese and Cambodian-Chinese throughout the country. Historically, the linking between the kingdom in Cambodia- Funan, Chenla and Angkor- and China has existed since the beginning of history. According the history, Chinese envoy, Chou Ta-Kuan, visited Angkor Thom in 1296-7.

Decorating their homes [...]

Enforcing motorists to wear helmet is still not effective

vutha — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:43:52 +0000

Requiring all motorcycle riders to wear crash helmet is a part of new road traffic law passed in 2007 and is aimed at reducing road traffic accident. The government directive over motorbike riders to wear safe helmet has taken effective since 1st January 2009. Traffic police would start fining all motorists without wearing helmet. [...]

Cricket Vendor

vutha — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:15:10 +0000

Roasted crickets have been sold along National road 7, you will see it when you travel to Kompong Cham province. Most of buses, taxi and other truckers always stop at Cashew Field “Chamkar SvayChanty” for having breakfast, lunch and dinner. Cambodian people living nearby villages always sell other kind of insects like crickets, giant [...]

Phnom Penh traffic police’s brutal acts

vutha — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:55:38 +0000

Where is the justice in Cambodia society? Who respects the law? Who breaks the law? Most of traffic policemen have been stationed at the corner of the traffic lights in Phnom Penh to facilitate the road traffic and protect social order for Cambodian people. On the contrary, image of policemen order protection is under [...]

Ox cart- Cambodia

vutha — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:37:53 +0000

That is the kind of ox-cart used car tires instead, not like what Cambodian people did during the last 20 years.

Not see groom but white screen

vutha — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:19:24 +0000

That is the second time that I met and saw the wedding ceremony in which the groom was absent on the day of marriage celebration. In the last few months, I wrote blog post on Wedding Ceremony without Groom which the Cambodian-American groom missed being in his special day. And I posted [...]