The Royal Government of Cambodia has announced that there will be 22 days of official public holidays in 2025, a decrease of one day compared to this year.

According to a sub-decree signed recently by Prime Minister Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet, but made public this morning, the Khmer Traditional New Year celebrations will last only three days next year, but four days in 2024.

The first public holiday of the year for Cambodia is the Universal New Year (Jan. 1), while the last one is Cambodia Peace Day (Dec. 29) established on Jan. 1, 2024.

The Cambodia Peace Day is in response to the sacred desire of the Cambodian people to love peace and hate war. It is also aimed to commemorate the complete end to the war and the establishment of full peace and national unity in the Kingdom of Cambodia thanks to the Win-Win policy on Dec. 29, 1998.

Moreover, it is a reminder of gratitude and remembrance of the heroic deeds and sacrifices of Cambodian patriotic heroes and heroines who have fought hard in every
battle – war, diplomatic and political battlefields – until the complete end of the war in Cambodia and the achievement of national reconciliation and national unity, bringing the Cambodian nation and people peace throughout the country.

The event will remind all generations of Cambodians, both now and in the future, to always remember the great destruction of the nation and the misery of the Cambodian people, as well as the consequences of war and national division, and inspire them to hate war, but to better understand the “values of peace” and work together to promote the “Culture of Peace” in Cambodia, especially to protect and maintain “peace”, which is the life of the nation and the most valuable foundation for the development of the nation and the happiness the Cambodian people with sustainability and prosperity.

Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse