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Cambodia's Sankranta festival ends with over 13 mln tourists traveling across country

STORY: Cambodia's Sankranta festival ends with over 13 mln tourists traveling across country DATELINE: April 18, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:48 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of tourists visiting the Angkor Archeological Park in Siem Reap province 2. various of people playing with water at the Pub Street in Siem Reap province 3. various of people celebrating traditional New Year in Battambang province 4. various of people celebrating traditional New Year in Sihanoukville STORYLINE: Cambodia's three-day Sankranta festival, or the traditional New Year celebration, ended on Sunday with 13.1 million people traveling to various tourist attractions across the kingdom, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said on Monday. Sankranta festival is the largest annual holiday in the Southeast Asian nation. On the occasion, revelers participate in religious ceremonies, visit their families in home provinces, and go to tourist destinations for leisure. "During the New Year celebrations from April

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My study in China to help me build my hometown: Cambodian student

STORY: My study in China to help me build my hometown: Cambodian student DATELINE: Feb. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:49 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): DENG ZHIWEN, Cambodian student of Kunming University of Science and Technology 2. various of Kunming STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE (Chinese): DENG ZHIWEN, Cambodian student of Kunming University of Science and Technology "My name is Deng Zhiwen. I'm a Cambodian student in China. I have enjoyed watching Chinese movies, especially Chinese Kung Fu, since my childhood. Back then, my grandfather told me, 'go to China and learn Kung Fu.' Several years later, I came to China. This time, I didn't become Jackie Chan but have learnt a different kind of 'Kung Fu.'" In 2018, I got a scholarship from China to study electrical engineering and automation at Kunming University of Science and Technology. My hometown in Battambang, Cambodia, is as warm as Kunming. But in the past, Cambodia suffered severe power shortage. Power outages were comm

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Demining operation in Cambodia

BATTAMBANG, Cambodia - A female Cambodian member of the Japan Mine Action Service takes part in demining in Battambang, Cambodia, in May 2014.

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Demining operation in Cambodia

BATTAMBANG, Cambodia - Phan Heng, a survivor of the Khmer Rouge era in Cambodia, checks a demining device prior to a mine removal operation in Battambang, Cambodia, in May 2014.

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CAMBODIA-BATTAMBANG-KING-ARBOR DAY

(220709) -- BATTAMBANG, July 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni plants a tree seedling in Battambang province, Cambodia, July 9, 2022. Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni on Saturday planted tree seedlings here in the country's northwestern area to mark Arbor Day, or tree planting day, after a break in two consecutive years due to COVID-19. (Photo by Sovannara/Xinhua)

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CAMBODIA-BATTAMBANG-KING-ARBOR DAY

(220709) -- BATTAMBANG, July 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni (C, front) plants a tree seedling in Battambang province, Cambodia, July 9, 2022. Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni on Saturday planted tree seedlings here in the country's northwestern area to mark Arbor Day, or tree planting day, after a break in two consecutive years due to COVID-19. (Photo by Sovannara/Xinhua)

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GLOBALink | Chinese charity brings smiles, hope to rural students in NW Cambodia

STORY: Chinese charity brings smiles, hope to rural students in NW Cambodia DATELINE: April 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:13 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of the schoolvarious of studentsSOUNDBITE 1 (Cambodian): CHAN VANNA, Area program coordinator for Life With DignitySOUNDBITE 2 (Cambodian): KHONG THEANG, Principal of the Khlaing Primary SchoolSOUNDBITE 3 (Cambodian): TUON KANHCHANEATH, Sixth-grader at the Prey Thom Primary SchoolSOUNDBITE 4 (Cambodian): SOU LYHONG, Sixth-grader at the Prey Thom Primary School STORYLINE: A shortage of school materials and appropriate toilets and sanitary facilities used to be the key challenges for some primary schools here in the far-flung area of Bavel district, roughly 90 km west of Cambodia's Battambang provincial town. But the issues have been gradually addressed since 2019 after the Amity Foundation, a Chinese voluntary organization, has provided scholarships to students and helped build basic infrastructure such as toilets and handwashin

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CAMBODIA-BATTAMBANG-RURAL EDUCATION

(220415) -- BATTAMBANG, April 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Students stand up in class at the Khlaing Primary School in Bavel district of Battambang province, Cambodia, April 7, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese charity brings smiles, hope to rural students in NW Cambodia" (Photo by Van Pov/Xinhua)

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CAMBODIA-BATTAMBANG-RURAL EDUCATION

(220415) -- BATTAMBANG, April 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Students wash their hands at the Khlaing Primary School in Bavel district of Battambang province, Cambodia, April 7, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese charity brings smiles, hope to rural students in NW Cambodia" (Photo by Van Pov/Xinhua)

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CAMBODIA-BATTAMBANG-RURAL EDUCATION

(220415) -- BATTAMBANG, April 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on April 7, 2022 shows the Khlaing Primary School in Bavel district of Battambang province, Cambodia. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese charity brings smiles, hope to rural students in NW Cambodia" (Photo by Van Pov/Xinhua)

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Demining operation in Cambodia

BATTAMBANG, Cambodia - Phan Heng, a survivor of the Khmer Rouge era in Cambodia, checks a demining device prior to a mine removal operation in Battambang, Cambodia, in May 2014. (Kyodo)