Kep provincial officials cut down around 30 trees along the beachfront in the city and said this was done to beautify the area ahead of the Southeast Asia Games in May.
Government leaders spoke of high expectations as Cambodia hosts the Southeast Asia Games for the first time next year, including a suggestion of delaying Khmer New Year school holidays to allow students to volunteer for the occasion.
The secretary-general of Cambodia’s National Olympic Committee said the country’s athletes competed in 33 categories and medaled in 15.
The ongoing Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam were only the second time Cambodian athletes competed at the games in kickboxing, and the fighters had to learn to avoid using their elbows and knees — as they were trained in another sport, local martial art kun khmer.
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