Search results for "Cambodia"

Nov 23, 2018 • 4 min read
Plastic kingdom

Exhibition questions Cambodia’s rampant waste problem

An new art exhibition in Phnom Penh featuring works by Cambodian and foreign artists will raise questions about plastic use and recycling, through woodcarvings, illustrations and even a motorbike.
By Lily Hess

Oct 25, 2018 • 6 min read
Sovannak Palm Sugar

The Cambodian palm sugar farmers doing it greener and cleaner

A social enterprise in Cambodia is employing new techniques to help farmers make palm sugar in a more environmentally friendly and safe way, as well as getting them more bang for their buck
By Lily Hess

Oct 16, 2018 • 3 min read

Cambodia's own travel booking platform targets jet-setting families and locals

Domestic holiday travel for Cambodians is often group-orientated – but that comes with the struggle of finding a car park and space for the whole crew to sleep. The new hotel booking service Bayonia.com, with 5,000 subscribers and a goal of 10,000 by the end of the year, wants to make travel seamless. A year and 85 featured hotels since its launch, founder Meas Sinal speaks with Southeast Asia Globe about what sets his booking service apart Bayonia.com founder Meas Sinal provides a travel booking platform tailored for Cambodians
By Janelle Retka

Oct 12, 2018 • 7 min read
The Blue Circle

Wind power in Cambodia is possible, says regional power producer

As the world increasingly opens up to renewable energy, Southeast Asia Globe speaks to Olivier Duguet, CEO and co-founder of The Blue Circle, a renewable independent power producer based in Southeast Asia, to find out more about the region’s future energy path. The company has already begun work on a wind farm in Ninh Thuan province in South Vietnam – one of the largest in the region – and has its sights set on creating a similar farm in Cambodia
By Thomas Brent

Oct 09, 2018 • 5 min read
Academy of Culinary Arts

Training a new generation of passionate Cambodian chefs

Southeast Asia Globe visits a Swiss-inspired culinary school in Cambodia’s capital that is training up young professionals to become tomorrow’s executive chefs and high-end restaurant managers.
By Tom O'Connell

Oct 04, 2018 • 7 min read
Learning to teach

A curriculum for Cambodia’s future

The Ministry of Education is launching its first bachelor’s degree programme in teaching next month. Karolina Rutkowska, capacity development adviser for VVOB Cambodia, talked with Southeast Asia Globe about the curriculum the NGO is developing to give future teachers the skills to overcome the Kingdom’s education hurdles and compete in 21st-century Asean
By Janelle Retka

Oct 01, 2018 • 7 min read
Education For All

The sobering reality of Cambodia’s free education drive

Cambodia has long promised to provide free primary and secondary education to every child within its borders. But with a quarter of a million kids still out of school, how can the Kingdom keep its most vulnerable from slipping through the cracks?
By Paul Millar

Sep 26, 2018 • 7 min read
EnergyLab

Why now is an exciting time for Cambodia's clean energy market

EnergyLab Asia is an organisation that aims to facilitate the growth of the clean energy market in Cambodia, with a particular focus on startups and innovation. Southeast Asia Globe sits down with director of emerging markets Bridget McIntosh to discuss new technologies in renewable energy and the future of the sector in Cambodia
By Thomas Brent

Sep 25, 2018 • 5 min read
FreedomFilmFest

The future is bleak, says ‘A Cambodian Spring’ director Chris Kelly

In the run up to its screening at this year’s FreedomFilmFest, Southeast Asia Globe speaks to the director of 2017 documentary A Cambodian Spring, which highlights the infamous land disputes of Boeung Kak Lake in Phnom Penh and charts the return of prominent opposition politician Sam Rainsy
By Lesly Lotha