The Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia on May 19 held a solemn ceremony to celebrate the 135th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh's birthday (May 19, 1890- 2025).

A delegation of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs led by its Deputy Minister Le Thi Thu Hang paid a working visit to Cambodia from December 26-29.

Cambodia recorded more than 1 million tourists during the Lunar New Year holiday, according to its Ministry of Tourism (MoT).

Cambodia recently began construction on a nearly-3,000-kilometre submarine fiber optic cable project linking Preah Sihanouk province with Hong Kong (China), local media reported.

Cambodian authorities have seized 884 kg of narcotics in a single raid in the coastal province of Preah Sihanouk, a provincial military police officer said on December 12.

Over the past 77 years, Vietnam, under the sound leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Government, has grown in all spheres, bring progress, prosperity, and better prestige to the nation in the region and in the world, said a Cambodian official.

Cambodia and Japan have signed a deal for the funding of the container terminal expansion at Sihanoukville deep-water port in the Cambodian province of Preah Sihanouk, reported the Kampuchea Thmey Daily on August 8.

A drug treatment and rehabilitation centre was inaugurated in Cambodia’s coastal province of Preah Sihanouk on March 22, with part of its funding presented by Vietnam.

The Consulate General of Vietnam in the Cambodian province of Preah Sihanouk in collaboration with a private company has visited two Vietnamese-origin teachers on the occasion of the Vietnamese Teachers’ Day (November 20).

Vietnamese Consul General in Preah Sihanouk province Vu Ngoc Ly on November 6 led a delegation to visit local authorities and armed forces on the occasion of Cambodia’s 68th Independence Day (November 9).

About 60 poorest families of Vietnamese-Cambodians in Preah Sihanouk province on October 11 received relief aid, worth some 20 USD each. ​

After completing the COVID-19 inoculation drive in the capital city of Cambodia on June 22, the Cambodian army began to administer the COVID-19 vaccine in other provinces, with nearly 60,000 people residing in Preah Sihanouk, Koh Kong, Kampong Speu and Takeo having receiving the first shot.

Cambodia's total number of COVID-19 cases surged to 30,094 after 690 new cases were reported nationwide in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said in a statement.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia, in collaboration with the Cho Ray- Phnom Penh hospital and the Khmer-Vietnam association in Cambodia, on April 24, presented emergency relief aid to 350 households of the Vietnamese origin in Chbar Ampov district’s Champa pagoda area.

The Vietnam Consulate General in Cambodia’s Preah Sihanouk province, which is in charge of providing consular services in six southwestern Cambodian localities, has operated effectively last year despite diseases and natural disasters.

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has recently approved five investment projects worth 174.8 million USD that are expected to generate 2,458 jobs for locals.

Cambodia is planning to build a new container seaport in Preah Sihanouk province with financial assistance from Japan, Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol said last week.

The Cambodian Government aims to transform Sihanoukville, the capital of Preah Sihanouk province, into Cambodia’s industrial hub – a “second Shenzhen city”, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Economy and Finance Vongsey Vissoth said.

Cambodia recorded 4.81 million international tourists in the first nine months of 2019, up 10 percent year-on-year, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said on November 4.

Vietnamese diplomatic agencies abroad have hosted ceremonies to celebrate the country’s 74th National Day (September 2).