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CONTENTS
Kichboxing Cambodia Style
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Cambodian daily life:
Nothhings Surprise in cambodia
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Siem Reap place to Pray
for protection and luck
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Song Saa Island
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Single-Entry visa for Thailand, Cambodia
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Calendars of the year 2013
Trade Shows in Cambodia
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Kickboxing Cambodia Style
In Cambodia three martial arts are practiced.
The most popular isBradal Serey, which is kickboxing, with nearly the same rules and style as
Thai Boxing (Muay Thai). Bradal Serey is the
national sport, and the television networks
broadcast professional fights weekly.
Bokator (the Thai variation is called Muay
Thai Boran, see below under ‘The Difference’)
is an all-encompassing ancient fighting art,
includes punches, kicks, knees, elbows, grappling, ground fighting, and weapons. The
practitioners fight without gloves. Their hands
are wrapped with ropes or traditional krama
scarves.
Japbab Boran Khmer (Khmer wrestling) is the
least practiced of the Khmer martial arts. There
are a handful of wrestling clubs country wide.
They meet annually for the national wrestling
competition, which is a big spectator event. In
Khmer wrestling, the goal is to force the opponent’s back onto the ground.
Almost gone Khmer boxing was on the verge
of extinction, together with all forms of Khmer
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culture, during Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge regime
(1975-1979). Pradal Serey had been banned and
many boxers were executed which caused the
art of Khmer Kickboxing to be almost wiped
out from Khmer history.
Following the country’s slow recovery from
the 20 years-old civil war that erupted after the
Khmer Rouge were ousted by the Vietnamese
in 1979, Khmer boxing slowly resurfaced in
small private schools in Phnom Penh. Far from
being commercial operations, such schools
were created by survivors, to pass whatever
was left of Pradal serey to the new generations,
thus keeping the country’s heritage alive.
The Difference between Muay Thai and Bokator
Muay Thai and Bokator clearly share a lot of
similarities, but one primary difference is that
Bokator is a system. Muay Thai Boran is not.
You study Muay Thai, and if your teacher
knows Boran, he teaches you some movements in isolation. For example, he advocates
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kicking with the bottom or side of your foot,
instead of just shin kicks. Or, he teaches you
spinning back kicks or heal kicks, instead of
just roundhouse. Bokator, on the other hand,
is a complete system, like a traditional martial
arts. There are belts, and you learn movements,
forms, and techniques in order. The weapons
include the double stick, double swords, long
staff and scarf.
Through an exotic blend of Asian fight science
and sheer vicious brutality, the Muay Thai style
of kick-boxing has come to dominate the standup world of combat sport fighting. Over the
last decade, the sport has grown from a littleknown Thai passion into a multi-million-dollar
global industry. The sport of Thais, however,
casts roots far beyond the borders of Siam.
Burma, Cambodia, Lao and Malaysia all claim
heritage to native fight styles. In Cambodia, the
local style is widely known as Kun Khmer, an
English-friendly version of the more formal
name Kbach Boran Khmer. The sport here is
less mature than next door, with fewer practitioners. Exact figures are hard to come by. The
number of professional fighters in Thailand is
estimated to be around 70,000. In Cambodia,
even at the best of times, it’s about 700.
But Khmer fighters are no less dedicated, their
fans no less passionate. Across Phnom Penh,
four television stations host 9 fight cards every
week, sometimes more. Female fights and professional and amateur boxing matches pepper
the line-ups. The stations beam fights from the
capital to homes and coffee shops around the
countryside, where men-folk gather in weekly
ritual.
In Phnom Penh, live fights are extremely accessible. Entrance is free, and local crowds are generally gracious and accommodating to visiting
foreigners. Much like in the pits of Lumpini,
the gamblers gravitate together, flashing hand
signs and screaming at fighters, sometimes encouragement, sometimes abuse.
Getting There Most stadiums are on the outskirts of Phnom Penh. Ask any moto-taxi or
tuk-tuk driver. He will get you there.
The Stadiums
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TV5 Boxing Arena — TV5 is the furthest away,
about 25 minutes south of Phnom Penh in Takmao. The ride out is generally pleasant, and it
offers a chance to see a bit of rural Cambodia.
The stadium is just opposite a big rice field.
There and back in a tuk-tuk will cost $5-$10 de-
ence of the Mekong and Tonle Bassac rivers in
Phnom Penh.
Bayon TV Koh Pich – Koh Pich Island sits at
the confluence of the Mekong and Tonle Bassac rivers, where fights are held every Sunday
evening.
pending on your negotiating skills.
Old Stadium – The Old Stadium is in the center of the city, across from the French Embassy.
Apsara TV hosts fights here once per month,
typically bringing in Thais to face off against
the hometown boys.
Bayon TV Boxing Arena – The main Bayon
TV stadium is about 2 kilometers past the
Monivong bridge. Female fights, one per card,
are common. Bayon also holds fights on Sundays at Koh Pich, a tiny island at the conflu-
CTN Boxing Arena – Like Bayon, CTN is a fan
favourite, and tends to draw the loudest and
most raucous crowds. It’s also the one stadium
that consistently holds amateur boxing matches. CTN is about 4 kilometers outside Phnom
Penh on the road to Battambang.
TV3 Boxing Arena – TV3 hosts international
fights every other Saturday, with foreign fighters typically imported from camps in Thailand.
Many cards include one professional boxing
match.
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Schedule
Fridays
•
Bayon TV Boxing Arena, 4 p.m.
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CTN Boxing Arena, 4 p.m.
Saturdays
•
CTN Boxing Arena, 2 p.m.
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Bayon TV Arena, 4 p.m.
•
TV3 Boxing Arena, 4 p.m.
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Cambodian daily life:
Nothing’s to surprise when visit and see
1.
French influence is still noticeable here
in Cambodia in many ways. French bread is
one example. Most Asians do not eat bread but
the Cambodians do, and vendors such as these
are quite common although for hygiene sake
I’m afraid to buy their uncovered baguettes
which they sell along the dusty dirt roads.
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2.
Kampong Chnang Province in Cambodia is noted for its pottery bowls, braziers, pots,
and cooking ware which are used all over the
country. Most of them travel slowly by strawpacked ox carts such as this one, part of a threecart convoy making its way through Phnom
Penh to southern markets.
3.
Motorcycle Loads : There really isn’t
much room left on this motorcycle for anything else! This kind of load is common at 6:00
o’clock in the morning when these motorcycle
guys make deliveries from the big wholesale
wet markets to the small street vendors around
town.
4.
You don’t see scenes like this very much
on the streets of developed countries. Maybe
once in a great while someone would actually run out of gas, but it is rare to see someone
pouring gas into a car. Not in Cambodia. This
happens all the time. Gas is smuggled in--quite
openly--and then sold on the streets--quite
openly.
5.
In Cambodia is normal for you to see the
Cambodian man pee on the sidewalk in front
of you are not shy, is quite open
6.
Repair “shops” on the sidewalk around
town most are in Phnom Penh,& Siem reap
-Motor repair, Key copy, Cobble (Shoes repair),
Street shop to sale newspaper.
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Siem Reap place to Pray for
protection and luck
to destroy them. Moved to the
current shrine in 1990, the statues
are heaped daily with offerings;
the taller, more slender of the two
figures is Ang chek, whose palm
faces outward showing a Sanskrit
inscription of protection. A third
statue, of another sister, Preah
Ang Chom, was found in 1995,
though this is not on public view.
At a huge ceramic pot in front
of the shrine has three smok-
At the northern end of the walkway, opposite the Grand Hotel
d’Angkor, are the formal Royal
Gardens, one of the most restful
spots in town, tended by the hotel. On the south side of the gardens, a shrine to the sister deities,
Preah Ang Chek and Preah Ang
Chorm, houses figurines of the
two - thought to have been Angorian princesses - in brass and
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bronze, originally housed in the
Gallery of a Thousand Buddha’s
at Angkor Wat. The statues have
had a chequered history, having
been hidden from the eyes of invaders and treasure hunters by
successive generations of monks,
who moved them repeatedly to
stop their whereabouts becoming
known. Eventually, the statues
were abandoned south of Siem
Reap after the Khmer Rouge tried
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ing sticks of incense forehead high and bowed,
each day, throngs of worshipers heap the sisters
Ang Chom with flowers and wash the hands and
feet of the statues with small bowls of blessed
water, most especially Ang Chek, the taller, more
slender of the two statues, whose outstretched
palm displays a Sanskrit protection symbol.
In the same location of Ang Chek, Ang Chom,
Just to the west, surrounded by a traffic circle
and marked by a huge tree in the middle of the
road, is a shrine to Ya Tep, a local spirit said to
bring protection and luck to the Siem Reap area.
The offerings left at the shrine are sometimes
quite extravagant for local purses - it is common
to find whole chickens or other fowl left here.
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Song Saa Island
Ocean of Life Happy 2013 everyone
A few days ago I stumbled across a fact, of which I had
been previously unaware. Apparently, around 50 percent of our
planet’s oxygen is derived from
phytoplankton (actually, fact
checking further, some scientists
suggest the figure may be as high
as 85 percent).
Phytoplankton are microscopic
organisms that inhabit the sunlit layers of the world’s oceans
and fresh water. Their capacity
to convert sunlight into energy,
which can be used by other creatures, in short by eating the phytoplankton, put them at the heart
of the marine ecosystem. The
fact that oxygen is a by-product
of this conversion process makes
these little creatures doubly important, putting them squarely in
the centre of our lives as well!
This and other facts can be found
in Callum Robert’s recent book
Ocean of Life: How Our Seas
Are Changing. By way of background, Ocean of Life sets out to
explain the importance of marine
systems to life on the planet, before breaking down some of the
key threats to them and by association, remember the phytoplankton, our health and well-being. In
the last part of the book, meanwhile, Roberts explores some of
the options for reversing these
challenges.
As you might anticipate, the book
makes for some sober reading,
but what I also like about it and
why I recommend it here, is that
Roberts offers solutions to the
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problems he identifies. One of
these, the establishment of marine protected areas, is one that
Song Saa has been a pioneering
in Cambodia since 2006.
You can read more about this
particular effort in the story that
follows, while in our Spot of the
Month you can learn about a particular coral reef near Song Saa,
which illustrates well the enormous value of these systems to
ocean life.
Setting the Example - Marine
Protection Around Song Saa
Marine ecosystems are of vital
importance to local communities
in both the developed and developing world. Globally, less than
one percent of the world’s oceans
are under official protection, yet
55 percent of the planet’s people
are directly reliant on the sea
for their sustenance. The rest of
us also benefit from the numerous ecosystem services that our
oceans provide, including their
roles as carbon sinks and drivers
of the globe’s weather.
The economic reliance on the sea
around Song Saa is understandably high, with nearly all villagers being dependent on it for their
well-being and livelihood. This is
unsurprising, given their island
location, but what is surprising
is the lack of formal protection
that exists to manage and protect
their local waters. This is one reason that the work of the Song Saa
Conservation and Community
team, in developing and promoting marine protected areas, is so
important.
By way of background, over the
last two years the team has been
working with the local fisheries
committee, government authori-
ties and local fishers to establish
the Song Saa Coral Reef and
Biodiversity Conservation Area.
This zone will work in conjunction with the already established
Song Saa Marine Protected Area
to further enhance the sustainable management of the waters
around Song Saa.
It has taken many long hours
by the team to get to this point.
However, with the formal signing
of the new conservation zone due
in the coming weeks, Song Saa
is confident that it has developed
a proposal that will be effective
and widely supported. No small
undertaking in a place where marine conservation designations
are a novel concept.
As for the proposed conservation
area itself, the expanded zone
will cover the entire bay between
Song Saa Private Island and Koh
Rong, and extend further north
and south of these two locations.
This expanded tract will build on
the existing Song Saa marine protected area, originally established
in 2006, and will cover additional
portions of coral reef and deeper
water locations. Such zones are
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ago, including pick-handle barracuda, giant clams, sea horses and
parrotfish.
The new protected area is also
anticipated to dovetail with the
Cambodia government’s intentions to establish a much larger
conservation
sphere, covering a
broad portion of the
Koh Rong archipelago. We at Song Saa
anticipate that our
advanced work in
promoting marine
conservation will
inspire others to engage and embrace
this initiative and its
efforts to promote
the sustainable use
of the archipelago’s
marine resources.
Spot of the Month –
Five Mile Beach Reef
Being fortunate to swim in a new
location is always a pleasure for
a diver, especially when that site
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turns out to be a spectacular and
vibrant coral reef.
Recently I had just such an experience when, with the arrival
of Song Saa’s new dive instructor, Jelena, we decided that it was
time to go out and hunt for some
half-way down the fabulous Five
Mile beach, which lies on the
eastern side of the large island
of Koh Rong, about 30 minutes
from Song Saa. The reef sits in
nine metres of water, which ensures that its corals have access
to all the sunlight they require.
Further, because the
surrounding waters
are extremely clear,
a diver can fully
appreciate the stunning colours of the
resident corals and
fish.
new dive sites around the local
islands.
On our first dive we
were fortunate to observe a wide variety
of species, from shy
blue-spotted stingrays to porcupine
fish. We were also
visited by a large array of colourful reef
fish, which encircled us as we
swam through their schools.
The first location we explored
was a beautiful coral reef about
On this dive we also came across
a unique reef feature - a massive
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coral outcrop - which marine biologists commonly refer to as a
‘bombie’. In our case the reef
outcrop was found to be about
four-square meters in size, and
consisting of a single coral colony.
Given the slow rate of growth
for coral species this colony was
probably several milieus old. And
with its ability to produce large
volumes of larva - corals develop
from polyps that are released into
the ocean by mature members of
the species - this colony was likely the main source of juveniles for
many of the surrounding reefs. In
addition to the bombie colony we
also observed large beds of whip
corals and clusters of giant barrel
sponges at the dive site.
sity hotspots’. To put this in layterms, one can think of a flat section of sandy ocean as a simple
house, supporting two to three
inhabitants; a coral reef, in contrast, is an invariable marine skyscraper, supporting thousands of
different residents. This is why
the protection of such systems is
of vital importance to the health
of our planet’s oceans.
underwater, exploring such an
amazing environment. Unsurprising, therefore, it was with
some regret that after an hour we
had to contemplate our return to
the ocean surface and our next
endeavour for the day.
As always it was a joy and a
privilege to be able to spend time
It is this variety that gives coral
reefs their status as ‘biodiver-
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Single-entry visa for Thailand,
Cambodia
Citizens from 35 nations qualify; seen paving the way for single Asean visa
From today( 27/12/2012), tourists from 35
countries need only apply for one visa to
visit both Thailand and Cambodia. This is
part of Acmecs
Single Visa - the
first step toward
an Asean version
of the European
Union’s Schengen Visa scheme.
Visitors
who
want to visit both
countries can apply for a visa at
either country’s
embassy.
The Acmecs Single Visa should
boost tourism in
both countries as well as fulfil Thailand’s objective to become a regional hub for tourism,
said Foreign Minister Surapong Towichukchaikul, who jointly chaired a joint commis24
sion on bilateral cooperation with his Cambodian counterpart Hor Namhong yesterday.
Acmecs
stands
for the Ayeyawady-Chao
Phraya-Mekong
Economic Cooperation Strategy,
which
groups
Cambodia, Laos,
Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. All Acmecs
members are part
of Asean, and the
Acmecs
Single
Visa is expected
to pave the way
for an Asean Common Visa.
The original idea to have a Schengen-style
tourist visa was introduced at a meeting in
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Bagan, Myanmar in 2003 between leaders of
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand. At
the meeting they launched the “four countries-one destination” scheme, which Vietnam joined later. Foreign ministers of Acmecs then agreed at a 2005 meeting in Siem
Reap that Thailand and Cambodia would try
to implement the single-visa strategy first.
“If the initial project is successful, then the
remaining Acmecs members will join the
scheme,” Surapong told the press.
Hor Namhong said the two nations would
most certainly benefit from the single-visa
scheme as it would make travel between the
two countries more convenient.
As for concern that traffickers might exploit
the scheme, both countries have a “pre-clearance” system.
For instance, if a visitor applies for a visa at
a Thai embassy, the documents will be forwarded to its Cambodian counterpart for approval, which will have the authority to reject the application, and vice versa. Also, visa
fees for both countries will have to be paid.
For instance, the Thai embassy will charge
Bt1,000 for entry into Thailand and the tour-
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ist will have to pay the Cambodian visa fee
upon arrival in that country and vice versa.
As per details provided by the Thai Foreign
Ministry, neither country will issue a “multiple-entry” visa.
Up to 21 million people have visited Thailand
in 2012, while Cambodia has had 2.3 million
visitors in the first eight months of 2012.
Piyamarn Tejapaiboon, president of the Tourism Council of Thailand, said the scheme will
be slightly more beneficial for Cambodia, as
tourists visiting Thailand will be able to extend their stay.
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Sisdivachr Cheewarattanaporn, president of
the Association of Thai Travel Agents, added
that the scheme should help boost tourism in
Thailand because travel agents will now be
able to offer Cambodia as an additional destination.
Apart from the single visa, the two ministers
also discussed several cooperation strategies
at the meeting yesterday, including joint efforts in the security, economic, social and
cultural spheres. They also agreed to set up
a permanent border checkpoint between Ban
Nong Aian in Sa Kaew province and Stung
Bot in Cambodia’s Banteay Meanchey province, as well as a temporary checkpoint at
Sa Kaew’s Ban Non Mak Moon and Banteay
Meanchey’s Ban Pray Chan.
Thailand will also do a feasibility study on
upgrading a road linking the Stung Bot
checkpoint to Cambodia’s Highway No 5 to
Phnom Penh. The State Railway of Thailand
will also provide assistance in building a railway bridge connecting Sa Kaew’s Kongluek
village with Poi Pet in Cambodia to facilitate
trade and tourism.
So far, the two countries’ annual bilateral
trade is worth about US$2 billion (Bt61 billion), Hor Namhong said. “Both countries
have agreed to increase some 30 per cent of
trade annually, but I expect more,” he said.
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Calendars of the year 2013 Trade
Shows in Cambodia
1.
Cambodia Gems & Jewelry Fair,
Phnom Penh (13-Jun-2013 to 16-Jun-2013)
Cambodia Gems & Jewelry Fair is held at Diamond Island Convention & Exhibition Center,
Phnom Penh with a focus on Gems, Jewellery,
Precious Stones & Beads. The 4th Cambodia
Gems & Jewelry Fair Fair will be an event organized by Ministry of Commerce, Cambodia
and the international pavilion agent for the
event will be World Trade Fair Limited. The e...
Gems, Jewellery, Precious Stones & Beads
2.
Cambodia International Machinery Industrial Fair, Phnom Penh (08-Aug-2013 to 11Aug-2013)
Cambodia International Machinery Industrial
Fair is held at Diamond Island Convention &
Exhibition Center, Phnom Penh with a focus
on Packaging Material, Supplies & Machines.
Cambodia International Machinery Industrial
Fair is one of the biggest & largest trade fair
for Packaging Material, Supplies & Machines
industry, It will be held at Diamond Island
Convention & Exhibit... Packaging Material,
Supplies & Machines
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3.
Cambodia International Textile & Garment Industry Exhibition, Phnom Penh (08Aug-2013 to 11-Aug-2013)
Cambodia International Textile & Garment Industry Exhibition is held at Diamond Island
Convention & Exhibition Center, Phnom Penh
with a focus on Home Furnishings and Home
Textiles. Cambodia International Textile and
Garment Industry Exhibition will take place
at Diamond Island City, Phnom Penh, Cambodia for a period of four days. This event will
provide an excellent opportunity ... Cambodia
International Textile and Garment Industry Exhibition will provide a platform to the participants to build new contacts and networks.
Home Furnishings and Home Textiles
4.
Automation Cambodia, Phnom Penh
(08-Aug-2013 to 11-Aug-2013)
Automation Cambodia is held at Diamond Island Convention & Exhibition Center, Phnom
Penh with a focus on Industrial & Engineering Products, Spares and Supplies. Automation Cambodia is one of major trade show to
be held in Diamond Island Phnom Penh, Cambodia for a period of three days. This event
will provide an opportunity to the exhibitor to
display a wide a... Automation Cambodia will
offer a business platform to the participants
to build new contacts networks that will help
them in earning huge profits for their business
on international level. This is going to be a dynamic event. Industrial & Engineering Products, Spares and Supplies
5.
Cambodia International Hardware &
Tools Fair, Phnom Penh (08-Aug-2013 to 11Aug-2013)
Cambodia International Hardware & Tools
Fair is held at Diamond Island Convention &
Exhibition Center, Phnom Penh with a focus
on Tools, Machine Tools, Power Tools & Hand
Tools. Cambodia International Hardware and
Tools Fair will take place at Diamond Island
Phnom Penh, Cambodia for a period of four
days. This event will provide an opportunity
to exhibit advance quality of pr... Cambodia
International Hardware and Tools Fair will
provide a business platform to the participants
to establish new contacts and networks. Tools,
Machine Tools, Power Tools & Hand Tools
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6.
Cambodia International Footwear &
Leather Machinery & Material Industry Exhibition, Phnom Penh (08-Aug-2013 to 11-Aug2013)
Cambodia International Footwear & Leather
Machinery & Material Industry Exhibition
is held at Diamond Island Convention & Exhibition Center, Phnom Penh with a focus on
Fashion Accessories. Cambodia International
Footwear and Leather Machinery and Material
Industry Exhibition is going to be held in Diamond Island Phnom Penh, Cambodia for four
days. This event will provide an excellent op...
Cambodia International Footwear and Leather
Machinery and Material Industry Exhibition is
going to be one of the happening tradeshow
providing a business platform to the participants to build new business contacts. Fashion
Accessories
7.
Cambodia International Medical Exhibition, Phnom Penh (08-Aug-2013 to 11-Aug2013)
Cambodia International Medical Exhibition is
held at Diamond Island Convention & Exhibition Center, Phnom Penh with a focus on Medical, Pharma, Surgical & Healthcare Products.
Being one of the members of WTO, Cambodia’s
per capita income is rapidly increasing, but is
low compared to other countries in the region.
The main domestic activity is agriculture and
its related sub... Medical, Pharma, Surgical &
Healthcare Products
8.
Cambo Foodtech, Phnom Penh (08Aug-2013 to 11-Aug-2013)
Cambo Foodtech is held at Diamond Island
Convention & Exhibition Center, Phnom Penh
with a focus on Food & Beverage. Cambo Foodtech is one of the most popular trade shows related to food processing technology and equipments, to be hosted in Cambodia for a period of
four days. This event mainly focuses on providing t... Cambo Foodtech promises to play a significant role in taking the developmental initiatives in the agricultural industry of Cambodia,
a step further. Networking and interactions between the exhibitors and visitors is a common
feature of this trade show which makes it all
the more advantageous for all those who are
present. Food & Beverage
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9.
Cambo Agrotech, Phnom Penh (08Aug-2013 to 11-Aug-2013)
Cambo Agrotech is held at Diamond Island
Convention & Exhibition Center, Phnom Penh
with a focus on Agriculture Farming & Forestry. Cambo Agrotech is one of the most successful ventures that have been organized keeping
in mind the demand of the agricultural industry for hi tech equipments and machine. Cambodia is a fast growing ec... Cambo Agrotech
will be held for a period of four days during
which the exhibitors will have the opportunity
to get into business networking sessions aimed
at the increasing their future prospective in the
country. Everything from up gradation of old
equipments as well as investment options will
be highlighted at this trade fair.
Agriculture Farming & Forestry
11.
CamboPlas, Phnom Penh (08-Aug-2013
to 11-Aug-2013)
CamboPlas is held at Diamond Island Convention & Exhibition Center, Phnom Penh with a
focus on Plastic & Plastic Products. CamboPlas is considered to be one of the most popular
and well attended trade shows catering to the
requirements of the plastics industry in Cambodia. Since the main industry in the country
is agricul... CamboPlas will be held for a total
of four days including an extensive product
display and a number of other commercially
lucrative programs and informative sessions
between the exhibitors and visitors. A large
number of professional visitors will also attend this trade fair thus ensuring its success.
Plastic & Plastic Products
10.
Cambo Pack, Phnom Penh (08-Aug2013 to 11-Aug-2013)
Cambo Pack is held at Diamond Island Convention & Exhibition Center, Phnom Penh with
a focus on Packaging Material, Supplies & Machines. Cambo Pack is an excellent way to get
a complete perspective about the packaging
industry in Cambodia, which is mainly striving on the agricultural and processed food sector, the main industry operati... Cambo Pack
aims to bring together all the stakeholders in
packaging industry in Cambodia including the
national and international manufacturers and
suppliers as well as the professional and trade
consumers of such equipments and technologies. This trade show also includes a number of
networking sessions and interactive platforms
to catalyze communication between the attendees. Packaging Material, Supplies & Machines
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12.
CamBuild, Phnom Penh (10-Sep-2013
to 12-Sep-2013)
CamBuild is held at Diamond Island Convention & Exhibition Center, Phnom Penh with
a focus on Building Construction Material,
Equipment and Sanitaryware. One of the most
global and eminent event, CamBuild 2013 will
be organized by the AMB Exhibitions Sdn Bhd
and will be held at Diamond Island Convention & Exhibition Center in Cambodia. For 3
days, thi... Building Construction Material,
Equipment and Sanitaryware
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