Selected excerpts of the adlib speech of Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet at the opening of the 2025 Angkor Sangkranta Event – “Smiling to Celebrate the New Year” [Unofficial excerpts and translations]

[1&2] I am very grateful to Samdech Kittisangahabandit Men Sam An for having led the event to welcome the new year Deity at Angkor Thom this morning. This morning, we also celebrated another special ceremony for the New Year, the Royal ceremony to pray for the peace of the Kingdom of Cambodia in front of…

Excerpts of impromptu speech by Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet at the closing session of the Ministry of Tourism’s 2024 stocktaking and 2025 directives setting [Unofficial excerpts an translations]

[2] (1) Promoting culture and/or kindness of people is an attractive factor for tourism I sincerely thank our citizens for their joint force with the Royal Government and all sectors to promote the good points (about Cambodia) […] these days, an individual has become an idol, a public figure, without having to have a role…

Selected excerpts of the impromptu speech of Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet at the ninth meeting with some 1,000 wiseman-woman across the country [Unofficial excerpts and translations]

[1] (1) Wiseman-woman play important roles in maintaining the practice and the preservation of the Khmer traditions Cambodia has gotten a clear cultural tradition and civilization for thousands of years […] although the country has moved into the stage of advancement and wide-ranging education, where, in the modern age, people have access to smart phones,…

Selected excerpts of the impromptu speech of Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet at the solidarity dinner of the Association of Cambodian Oknha and the Housing Developers Association [unofficial selection of impromptu speech and translations]

(1) Monetary policy measures to facilitate the operation of the private sector in difficult times (The monetary policy measures have) facilitated the implementation process of the private sector in difficult times. There are tax incentives offered in various sectors. This is the policy that the Royal Government helps the people through the private sector […]…

Selected excerpts of Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet at the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the Samdech Preah Prom Rotmony Pin Saem Museum [Unofficial excerpts and translations]

[1] (1) Win-win politics stops death by war, protects territory and cultural heritages The construction of this museum contributes to the socio-economic development of Siem Reap and the country as firstly it contributes to the preservation of the ancestral cultural heritages and secondly to the promotion of tourism in Siem Reap through the organization of…

Excerpts of impromptu speech of Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet at the inauguration of the Siem Reap Provincial Referral Hospital [Unofficial excerpts and translations]

[1] (1) Siem Reap Referral Hospital’s Surgery Service Center Building – a New Year’s gift from the Japanese people […] We consider (the Siem Reap Provincial Referral Hospital Surgery Service Center Building) a New Year’s achievement of the health sector for the people of Siem Reap and around […] I thank the Japanese Ambassador, and…

Excerpts of the adlib speech of Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet at the meeting to review the work results for 2023 and the directions setting for 2024 of the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology

[2] (1) Principles of the Tonle Sap Lake management – demarcation, mounting frontier poles, land registration and prevention of further encroachment On January 30, 2024, on the occasion of the closing meeting of the Ministry of Agriculture, (Forestry and Fisheries,) I issued a policy concerning the management of the Tonle Sap Lake area, where there…

Excerpts of the Impromptu Speech by Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet in a Conversation with Resettlement People at Run Ta Ek, Siem Reap [Unofficial excerpts and translations]

(1) December 1992, Angkor Wat has been inscribed on the World Heritage List and international friends have helped restore it Please allow me to deliver a message from Samdech Techo, former Prime Minister, Chairman of the Supreme Council of HM the King and Samdech Kittiprittbandit Bun Rany Hun Sen, who always pay attention to the…