On March 18, Zandré van Straten, coordinator of EuroCham Cambodia's services—the European Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia—led a key workshop in Phnom Penh. Organized as part of the STRACAP roadmap launch (2026-2032), this event aimed to inform on standards, trade systems, and the country's inclusive economic growth.

"One never truly leaves such places; they are carried within, like a fragrance that never fades." At times, life offers moments of rare privilege. This weekend at the “Grand Hôtel d’Angkor”, in Siem Reap, is one of those that will never be forgotten. More than a simple stay, it was an immersion into the elegance of an institution that embodies, with a rare sincerity, the very essence of luxury in Cambodia.

According to a study by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the escalation of tensions in the Gulf region could cost Southeast Asia up to 2.3 percentage points of growth by 2027. For Cambodia, a country heavily reliant on energy imports, the risk of a sustained rise in oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices is compounded by shocks to supply chains and remittances.

There’s the sun we know elsewhere, and then there’s the one in Cambodia during the dry season. A nearly mineral light, blinding, that crashes down on the rice fields, the ochre facades of pagodas, and Phnom Penh’s sidewalks as early as 7 a.m.

Along the Cambodia-Thailand border, the post-2025 Cold War is evident in the taut barbed wire, aligned metal containers, and militarized posts that now dot the border communes of Pursat and Oddar Meanchey.

At 17, Klara Monory-Caillaux already holds two distinct dreams in her hands: a piano under her fingers and a future white coat. Born in Phnom Penh to a French father and a Cambodian mother, she grew up between two languages, two family landscapes, and two ways of thinking.

The European Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia (EuroCham Cambodia) successfully held its 2026 Annual General Meeting (AGM) on March 26. This major event brought together members and national chapters around a positive review and statutory reforms adapted to geopolitical realities.

In a context of tense oil markets, exacerbated by disruptions in the Red Sea and Asia's dependence on the Strait of Hormuz, Cambodia is doubling down on efforts to secure its fuel supplies. Her Excellency the Minister of Commerce, Cham Nimul, recently reassured the population while calling for energy sobriety.

As tensions intensify in the Middle East, Mekong basin economies are taking the full brunt of an energy shock that their fragile structures struggle to absorb.