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Tourist resort in Kampi

vutha — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:53:11 +0000

During the Chinese New Year this year, I and my family visited natural resort, Kampi, in Kratie province. There are a crowd of domestic tourists flooding into the resort. Many local travelers from different provinces visited here during public holiday, especially Khmer New Year and other events.

Kampi is the kind of natural [...]

Cambodia made new tourism marketing

vutha — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:40:37 +0000

In order to attract foreign tourists to visit Cambodia, Cambodia government arranged new tourism marketing by conducting new tourism campaign and slogan Cambodia, Kingdom of Wonder which was adverted on international channels such as CNN, international television, and print media, featuring Angkor Wat alongside images of eco-tourism sites, Apsara dancers, beaches and shadow puppets.

Tourism [...]

Met Vietnamese girl

vutha — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:16:10 +0000

More than two years I have met with Vietnamese girl through live chat but I never met her face to face. When I visited Vietnam last week and then I took my time to see and meet her. It took one hour to take a taxi along the distance of 10 Kilometer from MRIT [...]

Cambodian citizens encouraged to visit Preah Vihear

vutha — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:09:22 +0000

All Cambodian people are the owner of Cambodian territory, nation, culture, religion and so on. They have to know well about their own national heritages and they are definitely encouraged to visit the valuable sites, particularly the border-hugged temples such as Preah Vihear, Ta Moan Thom, Ta Moan Touchâ€¦ because all temples are attempted [...]

Cambodians overseas sent petition of Preah Vihear standoff to UN and US

vutha — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:12:30 +0000

Recently, Cambodian citizens living abroad sent the United Nations and the United States the petition over the Thai troop incursion on the Cambodian territory and sovereignty around Preah Vihear temple since July 15 after the temple was listed as World Heritage Site by UNESCO on July 7, 2008 in Canada.

We, [...]

Thai troop incursion into Cambodia not obstacle to July election

vutha — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:30:38 +0000

Within more than one week, Thai solders have been invading Cambodian sovereignty and territory at the border-hugged temple, Preah Vihear, since July 15. At the mean time, the general election day will be held on Sunday this week. Most Cambodian people and foreigners in the country and abroad almost forget election issue, by turning [...]

Cambodian Soldiers in Preah Vihear

vutha — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:20:35 +0000

In the week-long troop stand-off between the build-up of Cambodian troops and Thai troops at Preah Vihear temple after priceless temple listed as World Heritage Site by UNESCO on July 07, 2008 in Canada. Thai troops intruded on Cambodian territory and sovereignty. Thaiâ€™s incursion is violating the international law. All of these images are [...]

Media should balance nationalism with professionalism

vutha — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:33:53 +0000

As Cambodia celebrates the inscription of Preah Vihear temple as a World Heritage Site, Cambodians seemed to reach a moment of national unity in the midst of the monthlong election campaign that divides their political beliefs.

From street vendors to university students, civil society, government officials and politicians, they have one thing in common: [...]

True or False on Preah Vihear

vutha — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:00:25 +0000

The priceless temple, Preah Vihear, which really belong to Cambodia and Cambodian people was listed as World Heritage Site on July 07, 2008 by UNESCO in Canada. At the mean time, all Cambodian people in Phnom Penh, including government and non-governmental institutions have celebrated the big victory.

After the inscription of temples as [...]

Celebration of Preah Vihear listed as Work Heritage Site

vutha — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:29:42 +0000

Yesterday, I joined with all government civil servants, led by Dr.Sorn Samnang President of Royal Academy of Cambodia; celebrating Preah Vihear Temple inscribed as World Heritage Site by UNESCO on July 07, 2008. I am former student from this school and nowadays working there as well. Besides working for government, I am working [...]

Preah Vihear really belongs to Cambodia

vutha — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:21:29 +0000

I really feel happy to get news that Preah Vihear temple has been accepted as World Heritage Site. I got this news when I attended workshop on â€œPolitical forum on Anti-corruption Law.â€ While Ms. Gek Galabru got message from Montreal via her mobile phone and then she announced quickly all participants about [...]

Cambodia is owner of Preah Vihear Temple

vutha — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:38:34 +0000

I got the same message from my friends and co-workers as saying below:

Based on Thai TV, NBT, The main Thai opposition party said that “Preah Vihear Temple is not belong to our Cambodia, they also don’t support our Cambodia to registered Preah Vihear Temple to world heritage and…etc.” do you agreed with [...]

Visiting Banan temple

vutha — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:08:00 +0000

The first time I visited Banan temple located in Battambang province is the cultural resort, attracting domestic and foreign tourists. I went up to the top of the mountain but I stopped several times. There are 358 stairs and 71 meters. After doing down, I and my colleagues crawled into stone den at the [...]

Apsara Authority appeals to vote online for Angkor Wat

vutha — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 08:23:22 +0000

Recently, the Apsara Authority issued press release in an attempt to appeal to all Cambodian people inside and outside country to vote online on website www.new7wonders.com in support of Angkor Temple becoming one of the new seven wonder of the world. In the release wrote â€œFor the sake of the supreme [...]