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]

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[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…

Selected excerpts of the off-the-cuff speech by Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet at the official inauguration of the “Special Program to Promote Investment in the Four Provinces in the Northeast” [Unofficial excerpts and translations]

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[1] (From the prepared text) – All other relevant actors, especially the private sector, are invited to provide comments and input at any time, as necessary, to the working group, as well as the Economic and Financial Policy Committee (EFPC) and/or the Head of Government, in the spirit of improving the implementation and ensuring the…

Selected excerpts of the impromptu speech by Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet at the 9th River Festival – “The Value of the River: Connecting Culture and Ecotourism” [Unofficial excerpts and translations]

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[2] (1) Community development approach and prioritization before taking in investment from outside Days ago, I met with HE MASATO KANDA, the new President of the Asian Development Bank […] He visited two places in Cambodia, and one of which was the fishing community in Kep province. He said that it is a good example…

Excerpts of off-the-cuff remarks by Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet at the closing ceremony of the 2nd annual convention of the Cambodian Oknha Association – taking stocks of 2024 and setting the directions for 2025 [Unofficial excerpts and translations]

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[1] (1) Oknha – titles bestowed by HM the King and recognized by society […] Oknha is (a title given to) two types of people. The first group is those who have succeeded through their own struggles […] there are two generations – the first generation is those who came out (of the genocide) with…

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]

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[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 impromptu elaboration of the prepared speech of Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet at the declaration of Kampong Cham as the first province to have completed systematic land surveying and land titles distribution [Unofficial Translation]

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[1] (1) Under Pol Pot, every land titles completely erased It is a new page that we have completed the survey and registration for the people of Kampong Cham province. If we look at our land history from the beginning, we can say that (this achievement) is historic. Previously, we had never come down to…

Selected excerpts of the impromptu speech elaborations by Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet at the closing ceremony of the 2023 and 2024 work results and 2025 work directions setting of the Ministry of Mines and Energy [unofficial excerpts and translations]

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[1] (1) Sawn Stone – the first fruitful solution The sawn stone sector – is the first solution that I have provided in my term as Prime Minister. In September 2023, I remember going to an exhibition in Nanning (China) […] a sister, who has now confirmed that she is the daughter of Oknha Leng…

Selected excerpts of the remarks by Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet at the RUPP (Royal University of Phnom Penh) graduation ceremony [Unofficial excerpts and translations]

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[1] (1) Promotion brings foreign tourists to the water festival There has been a large number of (foreign) tourists coming (to enjoy) the water festival […] large planes from Singapore are full of tourists, many of them coming from Europe. They said they were coming to see the water festival in Cambodia, when asked […]…

Excerpts of adlib remarks of Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet at the inauguration of the Ote Thipadei Dam, Sen Sokdom Dam and Sen Monorom Dam in Mondulkiri province [Selected excerpts and translations]

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[2] (1) Stability and peace, regional and international integration, and reduction of poverty Mondulkiri province has plenty of natural resources potential […] what are those favorable factors? After the successful implementation of the win-win politics, which ended the war, our country has been freed from territorial division for the last 500 years, and realized full…