CAMBODIA-SIEM REAP-BAKONG TEMPLE TOWER-RESTORATION

CAMBODIA-SIEM REAP-BAKONG TEMPLE TOWER-RESTORATION

(240604) -- PHNOM PENH, June 4, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This undated photo shows the fifth tower of Bakong temple in Siem Reap province, Cambodia. Archaeologists have begun to restore the dilapidated foundation for the fifth tower of Bakong temple in Cambodia's famed Angkor Archaeological Park, the APSARA National Authority (ANA) said in a news release on Tuesday. Built in the late ninth century by King Indravarman I, the Bakong temple, made of sandstone and laterite, was the first major mountain temple built in the Angkor Archaeological Park. (ANA/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

CAMBODIA-SIEM REAP-BAKONG TEMPLE TOWER-RESTORATION

CAMBODIA-SIEM REAP-BAKONG TEMPLE TOWER-RESTORATION

(240604) -- PHNOM PENH, June 4, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This undated photo shows the fifth tower of Bakong temple in Siem Reap province, Cambodia. Archaeologists have begun to restore the dilapidated foundation for the fifth tower of Bakong temple in Cambodia's famed Angkor Archaeological Park, the APSARA National Authority (ANA) said in a news release on Tuesday. Built in the late ninth century by King Indravarman I, the Bakong temple, made of sandstone and laterite, was the first major mountain temple built in the Angkor Archaeological Park. (ANA/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Cambodian villagers celebrate traditional fishing festival in cultural province

STORY: Cambodian villagers celebrate traditional fishing festival in cultural province SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 11, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 13, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:08 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of traditional fishing festival in Cambodia STORYLINE: Wading in thigh-deep muddy waters in a big lake in Cambodia's cultural province of Siem Reap, hundreds of villagers on Sunday used traditional fishing tools to catch fish in an annual fishing festival. Wearing palm leaf hats and traditional scarves to protect themselves from the scorching sun, villagers netted freshwater snakehead fish, catfish and climbing perch fish in a protected lake in Bangkoang village, Prasat Bakong district, about 300 kilometers from the capital Phnom Penh. Fish is a major source of protein for the population in the Southeast Asian country. According to the ministry of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, Cambodians eat an average of 52.4 kilograms of fish per person a year. Xinhua News Agency corresponden

Cambodia's central bank, UnionPay International launch cross-border QR code payment

STORY: Cambodia's central bank, UnionPay International launch cross-border QR code payment SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 22, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:45 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and Chinese financial services provider UnionPay International STORYLINE: The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and Chinese financial services provider UnionPay International on Friday launched cross-border QR code payment. NBC's Governor Chea Serey said the introduction of cross-border QR code payments between the NBC's Bakong, a mobile payment and banking system, and UnionPay International will elevate the level of financial cooperation between both institutions, providing benefits to users in Cambodia and China, and globally. "From today onwards, visiting UnionPay cardholders will be able to use their UnionPay-enabled wallets, such as the UnionPay app and commercial bank apps that are enabled for UnionPay QR Code payment, to scan KHQR codes to co

Cambodia launches digital currency

Cambodia launches digital currency

Bakong, a digital currency backed by Cambodia's central bank, is introduced in Phnom Penh on Oct. 28, 2020.

Cambodia launches digital currency

Cambodia launches digital currency

Chea Serey, director general of central banking at the National Bank of Cambodia, speaks in Phnom Penh on Oct. 28, 2020, at a ceremony marking the launch of Bakong, a digital currency backed by the central bank.