In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), Cambodian People's Party's President Hun Sen, center, holds hands together with Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary To Lam, left, and Laotian Communist Party General Secretary Thongloun Sisoulith, right, during a meeting at Cambodian People's Party headquarter, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. -- AKP via AP
PHNOM PENH (Xinhua): Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni "falls ill, unable to carry out his royal duties," said a Ministry of Royal Palace statement on Friday.
The 72-year-old king assigned Senate President Samdech Techo Hun Sen to receive visiting Communist Party of Vietnam General Secretary To Lam on his behalf, the statement said.
To Lam arrived in Cambodia on Friday morning for a one-day state visit at the invitation of King Sihamoni.
In another development, Cambodia's two state-owned ports, Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS) and Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP), had recorded a significant increase in revenue in 2025, said a Ministry of Public Works and Transport's report on Thursday.
The gross revenue of PAS, the kingdom's largest seaport, reached US$151.5 million last year, up 35 per cent from US$112 million in the year before, said the report released during the ministry's annual conference.
The listed seaport handled 12.3 million tonnes of containerised cargos last year, a year-on-year rise of 25.7 per cent, the report added.
Meanwhile, the listed PPAP, the country's second largest container hub, recorded a total revenue of US$53.3 million last year, up 23.6 per cent from US$43.1 million in the year earlier, the report said.
The freshwater port accommodated 5.6 million tonnes of containerised goods last year, up 15.6 per cent year on year, it added.
Speaking at the ministry's annual conference, Minister of Public Works and Transport Peng Ponea attributed the remarkable surge in both ports' revenues to the growing trade exchanges between Cambodia and the rest of the world.
He said the government has been carrying out various development projects at the PAS, aiming at "transforming this feeder port into a regional logistics hub." -- Xinhua
