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Phnom Penh: Over 900,000 tourists took part in Cambodia’s three-day Water Festival as majority of the country’s population have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Water Festival, one of the largest in the Southeast Asian nation, was marked from November 18 to 20 this year.Among the tourists were 899,870 locals and 10,281 foreigners living in the […]

Once abundant from the Near East to China’s Pacific coast, now populations are reduced and fragmented…

Originally dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu, it was built by Emperor Suryavarman II, who ruled the region from 1113 to 1150.

Cambodia has confirmed only 1,163 cases of infection with the coronavirus since the pandemic began, but it is battling a new local outbreak that has infected several hundred people.

Tonle Sap was once renowned for its abundance of fish and wildlife -- 43-year-old Leng Vann recalls catching hundreds of kilos a day in his nets.

But before flying out, the capital's animal lovers said goodbye, with performances from local bands who serenaded Kaavan ahead of the mammoth move.