Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen has expressed his delight with the successful celebration of the annual Pchum Ben Festival unlike last year when the celebration was cancelled due to COVID-19 threat.
In a special voice message on Sept. 26, Samdech Techo Hun Sen said that although he did not attend the Pchum Ben Festival this year, he was happy that the Cambodian people celebrated the festival successfully with preservation of all aspects of safety, especially the prevention of COVID-19 spread.
The Premier continued that in the past few days, he had received successively from the Ministry of Health’s leadership daily information related to COVID-19 infection cases – around 10 new cases – and vaccination rates, as well as reports from Samdech Kralahom Sar Kheng, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior.
According to Samdech Techo Prime Minister, he will stay in Tokyo, Japan for two nights and return home on Sept. 28, after attending the State Funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister H.E. ABE Shinzo and having a short meeting with his Japanese counterpart H.E. Fumio Kishida.
Source: Agency Kampuchea Press