Does China Ruin This Cambodian Paradise? (Sihanoukville, Cambodia)
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I am in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, a city that has seen lots of change in recent years. I heard that Sihanoukville is turning into a Chinese city, with Chinese hotels and casinos popping up everywhere. According to many media reports there is also a dark side to this Cambodian city. Apperantly not everything here is totally legal. So, how is it to visit Sihanoukville in Cambodia as a tourist? Also, there is a beautiful island nearby called Koh Rong. I have been to Koh Rong, Cambodia already 5 years ago and I am very keen to visit Koh Rong again. But has this island also changed? Join me as we find out what's going on in Sihanoukville and in Koh Rong, Cambodia.
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This is the 4th and final episode of the series, where we are visiting Chinese related places all around Southeast Asia. Each episode is in another country.
3rd episode from a Chinese village in Thailand: czcams.com/video/QQnmEpOQxnc/video.htmlsi=PAQHtcQjFnT3aodc
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Very interesting series. Thank you, for producing something a little different.
I think the USA has bigger influences on Cambodia than China! The US dollars can be used everywhere in Cambodia, nearly replacing local riels. But not Chinese yuan. And as you can see, lots of Western tourists rush into Cambodia every year, and some Western old men search for improper sex with very young Cambodian girls or boys...
The "Royal Group" (皇家集团) is a Cambodian local big company, not a company from China! When you see its trilingual sign (with Chinese characters) on the island, it just means that the "Royal Group" did lots of cooperation with Chinese. But the Cambodian company - "Royal Group" itself is not from China!
@@akl4709 No! Please stop your lies! CZcams is of your motherland - USA! The fact is: If anyone says anything positive about China, the comments are getting deleted!!
Yea, I never heard of any Chinese company named 'Royal' actually 😅@@Marilina_Cao
i like how you’re not just going around for the sake of sight seeing, but that you’re also trying to tell a story about these places. it makes your videos interesting.
The "Royal Group" (皇家集团) is a Cambodian local big company, not a company from China! When you see its trilingual sign (with Chinese characters) on the island, it just means that the "Royal Group" did lots of cooperation with Chinese. But the Cambodian company - "Royal Group" itself is not from China!
@@hermesliteratus882 he actually praises china if you've been keeping up with his videos...not biased at all like others.
He says the truth 😂
@@Orchidee503 ? ? ? ?
@@hermesliteratus882wonder why?
@@hermesliteratus882dog meat restaurants in every city.
I appreciate these videos, they show a side of things I never knew before. I'm a Chinese architect, and because of your videos, I looked up a lot of information about these cities,I will definitely visit these cities in the future.Thank you Ken.
Is definitely an eye opening video showcasing Chinese influence on this part of Cambodia. Unfortunately there r many unfinished buldings seen here n there. Compared to Laos, there r more buildings of Chinese architecture but not so in Cambodia. The hotel u stayed with a beach view is nice. U do enjoy yr motorcycle ride n finally u reached an awesome beach telling us u were stranded there with yr friends back in 2019. Bless u, Ken that u were saved by a party boat when u were stranded at Koh Rong island. I truly enjoyed today's video. Tqvm, Ken. Stay safe n healthy.👍👍🙏😍
Hello brother
The airport will be construct soon on Koh Rong Island not by Chinese, build by Royal group owner Nak ouknha Kit Meng, he is original cambodian.
Warm welcome to Cambodia!
Please enjoy your trip in Cambodia 😘
我去过柬埔寨西港和马德望，认识一群当地小伙子在中国人经营的一家医药厂从事艰辛的工作。当地人比较友好，希望政府能解决腐败把经济搞起来
Royal Group is a Cambodian conglomerate that own the investment of the two islands, Koh Rong and Koh Rong Sanlem.
Chinese company is just one of the companies that they work with.
Local ppl blame Chinese, it just doesn’t make sense, the one loss money are the Chinese investors or the developers, huge money flows in the country and they got nothing in return, I am a Chinese worked in a Chinese real estate development company had a project in one of the south east countries, for my own experience, the unfinished buildings mostly from two reason , first they were not able to sale it as expected which broken the cash flow ，to solve this they can simply lowering the price , second the horrible corruption from local authorities
Blame the chinese gangsters that kidnap and scam. Not sensitive idiots like u
There had been a huge campaign by the West and their Cambodian supporters to stoke anti-Chinese racism among the locals, who tend to worship Westerners like the Filipinos. Now, with many of the Chinese gone, the buildings are left unfinished and locals are getting poor again.
@@akl4709because you’re spreading fake news, promoting hatred
@@artfulinspirations the white westerns want SE to stay poor, and obedient to Western hegemony.
Hahaha 😂😂😂
Thanks. I'm an American living in Thailand, and I've always wondered about this place.
At 10:03 that was uncalled for! I spent two years in Sihanoukville 10 years ago and saw many retirees marrying local women and adopting their kids as their own. I myself dated a divorcee with a child, although since I was mid 20s I didn't raise eyebrows, but still, people should know how to mind their business!
If you suspect abuse there's child helpline numbers to call. If not, it's a retiree living his life! In four years that I've lived there none of my western acquaintances ever got involved in abuse.
Something with Chinese characters doesn’t mean Chinese investments. Just like lots of restaurants with Chinese characters and English, they just want to attract attention to customers who use these languages.
In places like Sihanoukville, it almost certainly means there is Chinese involvement.
Another great ,informative video, thanks Ken. I really enjoyed it. See you next week. South Australia watching. 👏🐝
Wow, this is so interesting! Interesting to hear your impressions from 2019 and now. The waterfront area with that pier does look beautiful though
The airport project in Koh Rong is belong to Cambodian company called Royal Group.
Thank you for looking out for the small boy
This reminds of Cozumel, a once quiet getaway island off the Yucatan Peninsula. My wife and I went there for our honeymoon in 1983. It was such a charming place and lovely people. Over the years we've been back several times and each time there has gotten to be more time shares and cruise ships. It has now become more of a tourist trap with businesses just trying to soak money from you. I think it's difficult for islands not to be attracted to the prospect of growth, but that seems to be a two edged sword.
"Sihanoukville has no shortage of such ghost buildings. According to the city government, there are roughly 360 unfinished buildings and about 170 others that are completed but remain empty..."
Already 40 out of those 360 unfinished buildings have been continued construction just in last 6 months due to government aid.. And many of those 170 completed but empty buildings are not empty anymore.
14:16 bro u were at my mom's restaurant. Welcome❤.
he asked if u want a glass or not
The restaurant was definitely not all Chinese… lots of Cambodians, viets and Koreans go there on vacation as well … comon Ken
Royal group is not Chinese. It is owned by a Cambodian billionaire. The group owns telecommunication companies like cellcard, ezecom. it also own banks, insurance company, hotels, private schools, real estate. I heard it also own so much land on koh rong. These are just the well-known businesses that I know of, there could be more. It's a big group
I have checked some informations about the background of investment in Cambodia. Some are hk based companies. Some are joint ventures. Some are Chinese tycoons who moved out of China a long time ago. Most of them have nothing to do with Chinese government. Anyway Chinese influence in Cambodia has been a big thing for centuries due to history and political and economic relationship
What a great video, Ken. Your narration is always good and l love the way you convey all those information about the projects/developments in Sihanoukville and Koh Rong. Well, regarding all those projects which have Chinese influence, l guess there are pros and cons. Anyway, that beach in Koh Rong is indeed beautiful...white fine sand and crystal clear water. Yeah, l remember that old video where you and your friends were stranded there 😅😃 Well, another fantastic episode and l can't thank you enough. Love this interesting and informative series. Keep up the great works, Ken.
Wow it's cool that you remember that very old video 😅
@@KenAbroad Why do you not reply to the ones who corrected you saying Royal Group is a Cambodian Company?
Have a nice trip thanks for visiting our country ✈️❤
Good evening, Ken and everyone. A 'like' 👍 first before l enjoy this 47.10 minutes video....wow, a long one. Thanks for sharing, Ken.
Good evening 🙏
Was there in 2004 - shudder to see what it's become. I remember when there was sod-all around the golden lions. Serendipity, Otres, Victory Hill, Chez Claude, Monkey Republic - the good old days!
Sorry that your cheap dirty sandal wearing backpacker retreat is gone 😢
This video is a great mix of Cambodia vacation and a commentary on the Chinese influence in Cambodia. I enjoy your videos but this one is superlative. Thanks.
great video thx Ken . look forward to more videos
Looks better than indian cities
Most definitely!
Ken,don't make the mistake off going back to beautifull places you have been before...,keep the great memory in mind and discover new places !
Nice to see you again, Ken. :-)
You should go and check out the canal that China started digging for Cambodia the day before yesterday. I heard that 500 excavators and 20,000 people are working simultaneously, and they've dug 20 kilometers in just two days
2500台挖掘机，15天10公里，如果2天20公里18天就挖完了😁
Wow I would love to see that
@@akl4709 Go study SE Asia geography before you comment.
@@akl4709China already have access to the sea, numb nuts.
What? How can China access a canal in the middle of Cambodia. Check the map dude. @@akl4709
The tuk-tuk driver was not bad , he gave you back the change. In Vietnam they don't, if you shouted they give you small notes back thinking you don't know because their currency has a lot of zeros.
Royal Group is a Cambodian company founded by a Cambodian/Australian man.
It’s like Cancun in Mexico, Da Nang, Vietnam, and Golden Triangle, Laos. If you build it, the tourists will come. Some investments will fall and some will succeed. But all in all, it will help the economy in the region or that country.
I really liked this Ken. Went to Koh Rong in 2010 for scuba diving. Very undeveloped at the time, no roads or hotels to speak of, just a few ramshackle resorts. I wouldn't go back, I prefer to keep the memories of how it once was - blissful.
Interesting info on all these abandoned projects in Cambodia.So much has been spent but nothing materialised out of it.Really pathetic.Quite a humour with you sharing about your 2019 visit missing your boat and etc.😂Looking forward to your next vlog!Stay safe Ken!💕🇲🇾🙏
One thing I noticed. You are thinking any site with Chinese signs a Chinese project. But it has English as well. Why don't you think it is a UK/US project? Remember it is Asia where Chinese is spoken in many countries.
Most funny is that one of the projects he shown with Chinese signs was project for Marriott :D
Nonsense. This was purely a Chinese Las Vegas run by mafia.
Rofl. English is a global language and in China itself, you often have Chinglish even though no one can read or understand it, not even the Chinese themselves. It's all about marketing. There are no American or UK projects of this type in Asia. If there were, they certainly wouldn't place Chinese on them. Why? English is the only international language and it's also the official/de facto official language in those two countries. Besides, everyone speaks English. Everywhere I go in Asia, if I'm not being addressed in the local lingo, I'll be addressed in English as people assume all foreigners speak English.
@@ThePatriot-gm1fg Brits, Americans and Austrlian are the only people who think one should be able get along everywhere with only English. Thus UK/American projects wouldn't have Chinese on their signage, because they are just dumb people. And I'm pretty sure you are from one of these countries as well ;)
You have no idea how much Chinese spend on gambling. Gambling is illegal in mainland China. Macau, a small Chinese city outside of mainland China had casinos' revenue of $36 billion vs Las Vegas $12 billion in 2019. Countries like Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Singapore, and Malaysia built their casinos mainly to attract Chinese clients. The odds are always in favor of the house. Almost all the customers walk away losing. It's a great way to get large amount of money from the Chinese without any goods exchange.
The vast majority of the money will floe back to Chinese business men. A certain amount to Cambodian politicians and almost none to locals as the casinos were employing Chinese workers. The crime surrounding these casinos was what the local population objected to.
@@stephanguitar9778 In Kent's previous video on Laos, the manager of the casino was a local. Casinos in general do employ many locals and also indirectly. For example, they need hotel maids, housekeepers, plumbers, electricians, bell boys, security guards, restaurant workers, card dealers etc. The spill over effect would be increase sales for local economy, such as increase in ride service(taxi, tuktuk, or uber), restaurant sale, vegetable and meat market sales, local shops sales, local attraction sales, local hawkers sales etc. Even if they bring some Chinese workers, these people will still need to eat and live. That means they need to buy things and rent apartments. If you rent apartments, you need to buy furnitures, cookware, utensils, bed sheets, and basic daily living etc. And you need to see doctors and buy medicines etc when you are sick. Plus, you also see locals at the construction sites. Overall it's a great benefit for the local economy, otherwise, the local governments won't have allowed so any casinos. I don't remember which country or countries: because gambling is a vice, the local government won't let the locals gamble. Only foreigners are allowed. I generally don't like casinos. They need to be tightly regulated.
@@stephanguitar9778 I am not surprised that when there are casinos, there are crimes because there are great money made and lost in an instance. You can read up about organized crime history in Macau and Las Vegas.
Japan next 🙏
I just realized that you had visited Mae Salong before your previous video and had another one about it in 2021
Nice to look at the difference between years
The beach is beautiful 😍
Thanks for visiting my birth country Cambodia 🇰🇭 the last time I went back to Cambodia in 2016 please enjoy your time in Cambodia take care bye from milton Ontario Canada 🇨🇦
The main reason why you find many empty and unfinished buildings in Shihanoukville Cambodia is that two of Chinese main developers notably Evergrande and Country Garden went bankrupt and hence run out of liquid assets to finance further development owing respectively $300 and $205 billion dollars in debt. Thank you very much and enjoy your day 😊😊
There are thousands of stalled projects in Da Nang, but no one ever complains or trashes them. Lolz
Seems to me that you may have got this wrong Ken. Time for me to investigate and debunk this video.
Per Wikipedia:
The Royal Group, based in Phnom Penh, is Cambodia's largest diversified conglomerate and holding company with investments in various industries in the country including telecommunication, media, banking, insurance, resorts, education, property, trading and agriculture.
From Wikipedia also
In June 2011, a leaked American diplomatic cable called Royal Group's CEO Kith meng a "relatively young and ruthless gangster," and stated that he was "notorious for using his bodyguards to coerce others into brokering deals."[11] Royal Group has received particular criticism regarding environmental issues in Cambodia, most prominently illegal logging in protected areas,[12] displacing indigenous and destroying rural villages, and harming fishing grounds for hydroelectric projects without compensation or proper environmental assessment reports.[13] Villagers have reported being afraid to speak out due to fears that Royal Group would have them killed, saying that local military and police were watching them at the behest of the conglomerate.[14]
Awesome vid Sir Ken!
As a Chinese, my perspecive is the Chinese investmets should bring them work opprtunity, and all the fundamental construction would improve their quality of life.If this is not the case, the problem lies not with the investment itself but with how it is managed.
About the opinion you mentioned that the tourist will arise the price of the property,I am puzzled why locals need to buy properity, they don't own their properity as a local?
Also, I have seen many Combodia related videos, including one where a Tuk Tuk drivers said that they are struggling to earn money because their hometown don't have many companies or tourists. Put that into perspective, the investment from China can offer more jobs, which is important for them overall. I personally cannot comprehend discussing environment protection when basic daily lliving conditions are not even guaranteed.
We China and Combodia should always want to be good neighbors and cooperate. The last thing we should do is hate each other.
Correct me if I am wrong.
You should know that why many SEA nations are afraid of Chinese investment. Because Chinese investment doesn't even bring work opportunity for local. Everything was brought from China. Workers, materials, engines. Everything to be honest.
I like everything about China. However, the western countries are trying so hard to paint bad image about China.
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for the very nice video. Have a nice trip always
CAMBODIA is also a BEAUTIFUL PLACE .just enjoy your trip KEN.😮
Thank you very much for sharing,I like your Chinese episode.I'm Chinese.I guess the buildings in Sihanoukville and also the ones in Golden Triangle have something to do with online scam
Hi Ken, missing your video, no new video this week? Hope you are ok, going to all these "not so safe" places. Take care .... 💖
New video will probably come out end of next week ✌️
I love the video!
I like Korean Walker and send it to you!!😍😍😍
Interesting!
Royal Group is Cambodia company.... own by KIT MENG
It seems very easy to communicate there, the locals just repeat back whatever you say!
Hello, we have lived in Cambodia for 4 years and have never seen any children being abused. Do you honestly think if this was happening someone would step in and stop it. Why didn't you film it? You could have then shown it to the police if you were really worried about the child. You could have easily removed that from the Vlog as it turned out to be nothing.
Yes I thought it was very sketchy that he left that part in his video too. I mean this used to be huge problem in Cambodia, and still is, but it's definitely not open like that anymore. 10.-15 years ago, yes you might still see this kind of stuff totally openly done, but not anymore. Even locals are more aware of stuff now.
People are too quick to judge. I used to live in Sihanoukville 10 years ago and dated a divorcee with a child. We went swimming many times, albeit I was in my 20s and thus didn't raise eyebrows. I also met an older Italian gentleman that married a Cambodian woman and adopted her kids after their father ran away.
But the most heartbreaking story was that of a French man in Siem Reap who was outside walking with his mixed Cambodian daughter and a tourist called him a predator...
Some people should just mind their own business!
have a nice trip
Didn't watch the video yet, but the answer to your title. Yes.
With my limited Khmer, I think the waiter on the beach ask you if you want a glass for your beer.
Really interesting excellent video. I visited Sihanoukville long time back (around 2005) by bus from Phnom Penh. No airport! It was totally beautiful and very few tourists from China or the West. Like another world from today. Cambodian very friendly and helpful of course. Could pay in dollars then too. This is true of many countries as you know. Dollar still dominates...
Most countries are trying to encourage use of their own currencies these days. Dollars still widely used in Cambodia, but nowadays the Riel is gaining traction with most prices shown in both.
The local waiter says កែវ Koe mean Glasses,
Only very few Khmer words similar to Thai, because we had few things to influence each other.
Far more than "very few". Nearly all formal words and terms originating from Sanskit-Pali are identical in both Thai and Khmer. Around 5% of the vocabulary of Khmer is shared with Thai and there are similarities among a much larger percentage than that.
It’s funny that you got stranded on the island and got rescued by a party boat. That was a great story.
Wow, I’m so old I remember my friends stories of surviving the killing fields....
It's a chess game between West/USA and China
Rome was not built in one day. It takes time. Sihanouk Ville will be on par with Phnom Penh in the near future.
Royal Group means king family. It is obviously not a Chinese company. Maybe a local company with royal links.
Local Fan here Ken , there is a new resort call Bay of Light it worth a visit in sihanouk ville , here is another must go places Siemreap - Battambang
@11:03 They should install security cameras in area like this and catch the guy.
If only someone had a camera to film it and show the police.....😂😂😂
Wow - have not been there is about 12 years
Big fan of you Ken, but have to say bit disappointed about the video. Title is about Sihanoukville and then only 20 minutes of 45 minutes is about Sihanoukville. And you only explore the Chinese areas and don't visit places like Otres or city center where locals and westerns hang out.
Also yes, around 400 unfinished buildings and around 150 completed but empty buildings in beginning of 2024. Since then already 40 unfinished buildings have been continued, and another 30 in the pipeline to be continued later this year. Also not to forget that over 2000 new buildings built in last 8 years.
And You like what happened to the Seaside Village??? 2000 New Buildings in the last 8 years is Crazy! Theres nothing like it naturally progressing but just Rapid Building! For What??? To Brag to your Neighbors who Built Organically not just Wiping out an Entire City for Development!
@@hermesliteratus882he has real experience with them. Scourge of the earth.
@@Iceyfire12 Yes, I do think it's a better place to live now than ever before. I have lived here close to 15 years. And the infra is at it's best now. No brownouts, no water shortages, great roads and wide pavement to walk and bicycle on. Lots of modern condo apartments and houses. And lot of well paid jobs for locals. I guess you are one of those who would like Cambodia stay poor so you can enjoy cheap beer and girls?
@@maggiechan33 of course the Chinese Support Sihanoukville 😂
@@hermesliteratus882 Time for me to debunk this video
Hi Ken. Thanks for the video. I wish the plague not move to LoS.
Khmer language (Cambodian) and Thai are totally different, Ken. I guess the vendor just gave it a shot in Thai hoping you might know some Thai.
Not totally different. A lot of similarities though not mutually intelligible.
Try contacting Thyda, she has a Cambodian youtube channel and can show you some foods, I think she lives in the province north of sihanouk not too far
I hope you don't exaggerate about the old man placing his hand on the young boy to dramatizing your video. I have been to Cambodia many times I don't see such a thing. Cambodia has a bad name but please do not explode it.
12 years or so ago child sexual abuse was rampant here by foreigners and Sihanoukville was the centre of it, but it was eventually cleaned up and then the Chinese came in. So it was an interesting side-note as this was how it was. I think he was very careful how he noted but did not sensationalize it.
Der Kellner am Strand hatte gefragt, ob Du ein Glas brauchst.
It's not good idea to accuse someone to be "predator" without knowing the background condition.
I really hope that the local residents can also benefit from these foreign investments and that their government has strict regulations regarding employees. For example, that companies must employ a certain proportion of Cambodian workers. Otherwise, there is a significant risk that only the Chinese and high-ranking officials in Cambodia will be the ones who benefit from it. Does anyone know what the regulations are?
Not much regulations but locals have benefitted. There's now almost +100k new jobs for locals that have been created in last 10 years. The city local population has tripled in last 10 years. The average salaries have doubled and city GPD is now 2nd biggest in Cambodia, 10x bigger, which is same size as Phnom Penh's GPD.
And of course infra has improved a lot. Still 6-7 years daily brownouts very completely normal, water shortages, multiple big floods every year. No hardly any brownouts in last 4 years, only one water shortage in last 3 years and that was only due buildings constructions burst one of main pipes, and it floods maybe once a year badly (Phnom Penh for example flood multiple times still).
Multiple new schools and universities have opened in last decade as well.
@@maggiechan33 I'm not local but have lived here in Sihanoukville for 10 years.
Where are these angry Cambodians? The ones you read in US propaganda media, perhaps? Now of course there are some who are angry, like those who had business catering western backpacker tourists. And those tourist are gone now, of course many of those business owners ares angry. But majority of the locals are more or less happy with most of the developments happened in city.
Ville is a French word and Cambodia used to be French protectorate for a long time. Some decades ago French was still the second most spoken language here. And Sihanok of course is the former king of Cambodia.
Not all the Chinese projects were bad. The truth is, there have been a huge propaganda campaign by the West and its Cambodian sympathizers (including the opposition political party and overseas Khmers) to stoke racist, anti-Chinese sentiments among the locals. The hostility, along with other factors, drove out the Chinese investors. Now, the buildings are left unfinished, and the locals are struggling with poverty again.
the west is racist, but millions of khmers live there?
@@ovrskr Not millions but hundreds of thousands of Khmers live abroad. Overseas Khmers were some of most virulent proponents of anti-China hate.
@@artfulinspirations It’s not really a Cambodian issue though. China seems to struggle maintaining positive relations with any country in Asia. Singapore is the only one on good terms I think, but Khmer history is close to India, in religion and other things like language. And the relation between that world and China has been tenuous for a long time.
@@ovrskr Not true. The vast majority of the world (outside of the West) embrace China's BRI and vision of a multipolar world order based on diversity, equality and mutual prosperity. In SE Asia, only the Philippines has an acrimonious relationship with China. Cambodians are similar to Filipinos in that they will hate anyone America wants them to hate. Cambodians, however, aren't quite as dumb as Pinoys because the government is still very pro-China.
@@maggiechan33 it’s a complicated issue. Palestine has no support in the Arab states, and Egypt in particular would not like to see Hamas start more wars
Ken, did you use filter on the camera? Why you look like a big eye princess?
It's not easy when communicating with locals as a tourists who don't know and understand English well and it's always best to learn and know the local language first before going to another country where English is not really spoken not like the Philippines where everyone can understand you well when it comes to English.
That small coconut looking this is Beetle Nuts. Old lady eat them with some leaves and calcium paste. I tried it once, made me so dizzy I had to sat down.
'Did China Ruin This Cambodian Paradise?' 👍
@@maggiechan33 Do you think that casinos and extreme crime are a positive outcome? I like China and most Chinese people but gambling and crime which the Chinese government object to in China should not be inflicted on nearby countries.
@@stephanguitar9778 Can China send troops or police to catch them? If not, what can be done? They also hurt the Chinese people.
Royal group is a combodian group not chinese
The name of a company like "Royal Group" generally exists in political systems with monarchies, such as Thailand. At least people from the Chinese mainland would avoid using this name when starting a company because the monarchy vanished from this country 100 years ago.
lol Royal Group is a Cambodian company, and Cambodia has king. It's one of the biggest companies in Cambodia, owned by the richest guy in Cambodia. Who is born and raised Cambodian.
I don't realize what Cambodian people's ideas are... But I know that now Vietnamese people love USA very much, and many Vietnamese girls want to marry to the USA. The USA is the most favorable country for Vietnamese people!
You obviously have forgotten the American atrocities and brutalities inflicted on the Vietnamese people who are still suffering from the effects of their bioweapons!!
@@chongdi6140 But now in Vietnam, young generations have already forgot the Vietnam War with the USA, and they got strong influences from the USA media and everything...
Nói vớ vẩn, năm 2023 số người kết hôn với người Mỹ là bao nhiêu? Người Mỹ nhất là cái đám cali vẫn đang tìm cách chống phá làm cách mạng màu kìa ,ưa gì bọn nó
@marilina-cao, You are lying, only some young people love America, Most older people are not so, how can you forget 2 millions of you friends relatives, comrades died from American bombs, orange agents victims are still suffering…. May be most of you south Vietnamese (especially those living in the U.S.) love America but these people can’t represent 100 millions Viets especially those living in the north
@@chongdi6140 I mean China also invaded Vietnam..
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Greetings to India 🇮🇳
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Greetings ✌️
I was there in 2003 when it was a tiny beach side village. Casino construction just began. It's really sad to see what it's become.
Beautiful city❤Phil😊
Ken, time to upgrade your camera. 4K@50fps is outdated 😂
Seems just fine to me.
No Chinese tourists on the island cause they’re drawn to investments
Drawn to gambling.
SoutEast Asia 101, always take small money with you 😂 Love your videos by the way.
Wow finally you visited cambodia
You are descent and soft spoken so you have Pakistani wibes if you come to Pakistan will be very happy, and enjoy.
I live here tuc tuc driver ripped you off..The fare should 6000 which is a dollar and a half..
You offered him 3 so he immediately knew you did not have a clue..Treated you like a sap and the said 4 dollars..
It’s a rainy season in Cambodia.
Yes China supported the Khmer Rouge. So did the USA, Singapore, UK and Australia. Peacock and Fraser fought over the policy. LKY wrote about it in his autobiography. China invaded Vietnam, after Hanoi rightly defeated the KR, and then China were defeated on the border. Nixon started the policy of supporting China against Vietnam. The west could have helped Cambodia, but they selfishly didn't.
He said "did you need a glass". 14:17