Two days in Phnom Penh, a roadmap for the months ahead. On July 9 and 10, France's Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and Economic Attractiveness, Nicolas Forissier, held a series of meetings with Cambodian officials and the French business community, in a visit designed as the direct prelude to President Emmanuel Macron's trip to Phnom Penh next November for the 20th Francophonie Summit.

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.

Phnom Penh will host the 20th Francophonie Summit this November, with more than 90 delegations expected, flags and protocol speeches guaranteed. A powerful symbol for a country whose late King Norodom Sihanouk was one of the organisation's founding figures back in 1970.

The 47th Extraordinary Session of the Ministerial Conference, chaired by Cambodia's top diplomat, opens the public audition of candidates for the OIF Secretary General post — a vote that lays bare the geopolitical fault lines running through the French-speaking world.

In November 2026, the Cambodian capital becomes the economic center of gravity of the Francophonie. A strong signal, at the crossroads of two worlds.

In the corridors of the Institute of Foreign Languages at the Royal University of Phnom Penh, a particular buzz has taken hold for several weeks. French-major students, experienced teachers, and administrative staff are each preparing, at their own level, for one of the most important diplomatic events the Kingdom has ever hosted: the 20th Francophonie Summit.

Five years after disappearing from the web, one of the most valuable digital libraries dedicated to Cambodia is being revived under the auspices of the SOSORO Museum. A revival that speaks as much to researchers as to those nostalgic for a vanished Phnom Penh.

Gathered on May 28 and 29 in Phnom Penh, twenty-six central bank governors debated institutional autonomy and financial technologies against a global backdrop marked by geopolitical uncertainties.

The Sosoro Museum publishes its Youth Activity Booklet in French — an illustrated, interactive guide that invites children to explore 2,000 years of Cambodia's economic and monetary history.

Met on the sidelines of the launch of the OIF’s Destination Éco Talents program, H.E. Mr. Mol Vibol, Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training of Cambodia, shares a candid interview about his journey, Franco-Cambodian relations, and employment challenges in the Kingdom.

There are diplomatic gatherings which, more than others, reveal a country’s trajectory. By hosting the 20th Francophonie Summit in November 2026, Cambodia reaches a milestone that, beyond protocol and customary speeches, says something essential about what this Southeast Asian kingdom has become — long scarred by history, now attentive to its own international stature.

On the occasion of the launch of the Destination Éco Talents project, led by the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), Edgar Doerig, head of the OIF’s Asia‑Pacific office, detailed to us at the end of 2025 the ambitions of an initiative that intends to transform the face of tourism in the region, a few months before the 20th Summit of the Francophonie scheduled to take place in Cambodia.

Gathered Wednesday evening at the Raffles Hotel Le Royal, around fifty business leaders and institutional representatives attended a special edition of the Rendez-vous de la Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie France Cambodge, entirely dedicated to the 20th Francophonie Summit, to be held in Phnom Penh on November 15 and 16.

In mid-2024, when the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), or International Organisation of La Francophonie, invited Millennium Destinations to explore a new way to promote sustainable tourism in a few pilot countries: Cambodia, Vietnam, Comoros, and Cape Verde.

On April 21, 2026, Siem Reap inaugurated its second Destination Éco-Talents center, located in the Artisans Angkor workshops. One day of work, two workshops, about twenty partners — and a strong signal: the city is now positioning itself as a major anchor for sustainable tourism. Cécile Martin-Phipps, director of the IFDD, led the workshops and presided over the ceremony. It was her first visit to Cambodia. We met with her.

Vietnamese national, French teacher turned sustainable development specialist, Nguyen Thi Khufu joined the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) in September 2025 to lead the operational side of the Destination Éco-Talents (DET) project

On the eve of Earth Day and approaching the Francophonie Summit, a new crossroads for sustainable tourism takes root in the heart of Siem Reap.

Bringing together over 80 economic actors in Phnom Penh, a workshop organized at the initiative of the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) with the support of Confluences hosted a presentation of the 2026 economic missions. This ambitious program aims to transform the Francophone space, representing 20% of world trade, into a true zone of opportunities for SMEs in the region and the Kingdom.

After six successful editions organized in various Francophone regions, the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) continues its commitment to an ambitious and supportive economic Francophonie by organizing, in collaboration with the Djiboutian authorities, a new Francophonie economic mission from October 6 to 8, 2026, in Djibouti.

The new executive board of the tech community, made up of nine members including five women, takes office eight months before the Francophonie Summit. The goal: structure a booming ecosystem and leverage international attention to attract talent and capital.

Cambodia expresses « immense pride » at the prospect of hosting the 20th Francophonie Summit in 2026, a major diplomatic event that will bring together Francophone nations in Southeast Asia for only the second time in nearly three decades.

With 348 million speakers recorded in 2025, the French language continues its remarkable global expansion, driven by the demographic dynamism of the African continent and the renewed appeal of a linguistic space in full transformation.

On the occasion of International Francophonie Day celebrated on March 20, Overseas Cambodian Investment Corporation (OCIC) and the Alliance Française de Siem Reap signed a partnership agreement aimed at supporting an educational and cultural program dedicated to promoting the French language in public schools in Siem Reap province.

As Cambodia prepares to write an important page in the history of the French language in Southeast Asia, the month of March pulses to the rhythm of Francophonie. The Institut français du Cambodge and the French Embassy have unveiled an eclectic program that serves both as a festive prelude and a dress rehearsal ahead of the 20th Francophonie Summit, scheduled for November in Phnom Penh.