Opening Address at the 20th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Science, Technology & Innovation under the theme “Artificial Intelligence Application: Navigating the Future”​ (delivered in English)

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Honorable ASEAN Ministers for Science, Technology and Innovation, H.E. Dr. KAO Kim Hourn, Secretary-General of ASEAN, Distinguished Delegates of ASEAN and Dialogue Partners, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen! It is indeed my pleasure to open the 20th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Science, Technology & Innovation (AMMSTI-20), as Cambodia takes the chairmanship of the portfolio this year.…

Excerpts of the impromptu speech of Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet at the Cambodian Artists Association “Heirs (of Cambodian Culture)” under the slogan – “Keep the Old, Create and Develop the New” [Unofficial Excerpts and Translation]

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[3] (1) Innovation must have Cambodian-style rule Today, our theme is to inherit (as heirs to the Cambodian culture under) the slogan – “keep the old, create and develop new”. This is the right word and we should uphold it regularly. We cannot ignore or forget the existing achievements. We cannot ignore the achievements that…

Excerpts of the impromptu speech of Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet at the inauguration of “the Dhamma Stupa, the Marble Carvings, Concrete Roads and Achievements in the Cambodian Buddhist Cultural Center” [Unofficial excerpts and translations]

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[4] (1) With peace, people have rights and freedom of religion, and the ability to build religious achievements […] If we talk about attaining peace and merit making, we can confirm that (the two events) are related to one another […] it is with peace that we can perform religious/Buddhist rituals or merit making. Without…

Excerpts of adlib comments of the speech of Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet at the official launch of the roadmap on “providing global health coverage in Cambodia”  [Unofficial excerpts and translations]

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(1) Quality health services, reaching out to locals, people have access to services […] The first three goals that we wanted are – firstly, the quality (health services), which means that (people can) access quality health services. If more are to be done for health services but people do not have access to them, it…

Excerpts of the adlib speech of Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet at the “official launch of the Association of Cambodian Investors Federations and solidarity dinner” [Unofficial excerpts and translations]

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(1) The Royal Government promotes development and improvement of living standards and transforms the country from national division to unity and integration with the world The goal of the Royal Government in the last 45 years has been to promote the development of the country, improve the living standards of the people, and reunite our…

Excerpts from the impromptu speech of Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet at the official launch of the implementation of the national single window system (NSW) [Unofficial excerpts and translations]

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[1] (1) The remaining institutions encouraged to join the NSW system to strengthen the capacity to provide public services In the video that has just been shown, we have 16 participating ministries and institutions. The remaining half of this number are not yet (participating). So, what can be done to encourage His Excellency, Lok Chumteav,…

Excerpts of the adlib speech of Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet during the World Press Freedom Day and the 6th Solidarity Dinner with media people [Unofficial excerpts and translations]

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[2] (1) The fourth power ensures that all powers work together to serve the people […] The three powers – the executive, the legislature, and the judiciary, are created to jointly defend the nation, the people, and develop the country. The fourth power also plays an important role in ensuring that all powers work together…

Selected excerpts from the impromptu speech of Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet at the inauguration ceremony of the Toyota Tsusho Manufacturing (Cambodia) Co., Ltd., (“TTMC”) [Unofficial excerpts and translations]

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[1] His Excellency (Ambassador) UENO Atsushi and I have met many times since the new government was born, and every time we meet, there is always a new achievement. Yesterday, we met at Sihanoukville Autonomous Port at the celebration of phase-I expansion of SAP preparing it to be a regional port and regional logistics hub…