On the afternoon of 17 July 2026, Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei HUN Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, received a courtesy call from Ms Anne Zhao, Executive Director of Legendary Entertainment & Culture Group Ltd., and her delegation, on the occasion of his working visit to the People’s Republic of China and his participation in the 2026 World AI Conference, held from 15 to 17 July 2026.
During the meeting, the Executive Director informed Samdech Thipadei that Legendary Entertainment and Culture Group Ltd. is a leading integrated tourism and entertainment platform that develops, owns, and operates premium cultural, live performance, and immersive attraction assets across Asia. The company’s key businesses include: (1) The operation of theme parks and live performances across Asia in partnership with Puy du Fou, a French theme park company; (2) the operation of tech-enabled immersive 3D museums; and (3) the operation of food and beverage (F&B) and hospitality through Paul Bakery-Cafés. The Executive Director also briefed Samdech Thipadei on the progress of the “Immersive Angkor” project in Siem Reap Province, the company’s flagship project in Cambodia. The project will be Cambodia’s first technology-enabled immersive 3D museum showcasing Khmer cultural heritage and is scheduled to officially open in late 2026 or early 2027. Furthermore, the Executive Director shared the company’s plans to invest in additional projects in Cambodia to contribute to promoting tourism, attracting more international tourists, and promoting Cambodia’s rich culture and civilisation to the international community.
In response, Samdech Thipadei highly commended the company’s decision to invest in Cambodia and praised its contribution to the development and promotion of the tourism sector, as well as to showcasing Cambodia’s rich culture and civilisation. Samdech Thipadei emphasized that, alongside the implementation of mechanisms to promote Cambodia’s rich culture and civilisation to the world, the Royal Government has tasked the Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts with developing a wider range of tourism and entertainment activities, including temple tours and nighttime tourism activities, to attract more tourists to Cambodia.
In conclusion, Samdech Thipadei encouraged the company to continue exploring investment opportunities in Cambodia by maintaining close engagement with the relevant Cambodian ministries and institutions to ensure the successful implementation of its investment projects in the Kingdom.
SP-STPM Unofficial Translation
