In November 2026, the kingdom will host the 20th Francophonie Summit for the first time in its history. With just a few months to go, EuroCham Cambodia has taken the lead by unveiling a detailed roadmap for an unprecedented diplomatic, economic and cultural sequence for the country.

On Phnom Penh's historic Post Office Square, inside a restored colonial building, a restaurant rewrites, plate after plate, a postcard of a life lived elsewhere.

The Prime Minister presided, on 2 July in Phnom Penh, over the 30th-anniversary ceremony of Pour un Sourire d'Enfant and the graduation of the 2021-2024 classes, in the presence of the French Embassy.

On 3 July, at Bien Public in Bordeaux, a venue came alive to the rhythm of breaking and a Khmer DJ set for the launch of Hip Hope Community for Cambodia. It was only the opening move: on 8 July, the momentum carries on to Paris with the Tiny Jam. The shared goal, driven by the Bordeaux-based association Le Grand Crew, is to use dance to build a lasting bridge between the French hip-hop scene and two Cambodian organisations working on the ground, Tiny Toones and the Rombak Bat

Battambang, late 1960s. Chantha Nguon is a pampered child in a comfortable family, the kind where meals are plentiful and the future feels like a given. Her father is Khmer, her mother half-Vietnamese — a detail that means nothing yet. It soon will, and it will matter enormously.

Between brand-new expressways, sprawling special economic zones and an airport barely out of the ground, the Cambodian kingdom is accelerating its industrial transformation. A report published this year by realestate.com.kh paints the picture of a still-young market that is nonetheless ready to take off — provided it comes to terms with some well-identified structural weaknesses.

In Siem Bok district, an industrial eucalyptus plantation illustrates Cambodia's strategy to cut down on processed-timber imports, blending domestic supply-chain building with provincial economic development.

Topaz Restaurant, a landmark of French gastronomy on Norodom Boulevard, is preparing for an exceptional evening. On Thursday, 16 July 2026, starting at 7:00 PM, the restaurant will host L'Art du Partage, a tasting dinner bringing together four acclaimed chefs around a single ambition: to celebrate the dialogue between French culinary craftsmanship and the richness of Cambodia's terroir.

At the Hills Tribes Memory Community Center in Mondulkiri, under the auspices of the Documentation Center of Cambodia, a 22-year-old intern is spending her summer helping revive an endangered textile craft: Cham silk. The account of Mok Chantreapheak, a Business Administration and Management student in Budapest, sheds light on a project where commerce and collective memory intersect.