Digital connectivity dominates the discussion on the second day of the World Economic Forum on ASEAN 2017 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. ASEAN is one of the world’s regions that have the fastest-growing Internet population thanks to its young population, with more than 124,000 new Internet users joining every day. Speaking at the second day of the regional forum, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen says Cambodia is also preparing to engage with its ASEAN counterparts on the Fourth Industrial Revolution, referring to the social transformation brought about by modern digital technology. Cambodia’s capital city for the first time became host to the World Economic Forum, which kicked off Wednesday, May 10, and has attracted more than 700 economic experts, private investors, researchers from 40 countries to attend the three-day forum.
World Economic Forum in Cambodia Talks Digital ‘Revolution’
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Cambodia hosts World Economic Forum on ASEAN in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, May 10, 2017. (Hean Socheata/VOA Khmer)
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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen talks to local and international media in a press conference in World Economic Forum on ASEAN, in Phnom Penh, May 11, 2017. (Khan Sokummono/VOA Khmer)
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Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguye Xuan Phuc delivers a speech on the Opening Plenary: 50 Year Young, in World Economic Forum on ASEAN, in Phnom Penh, May 11, 2017. (Hean Socheata/VOA Khmer)
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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen talks to local and international media in a press conference in World Economic Forum on ASEAN, in Phnom Penh, May 11, 2017. (Khan Sokummono/VOA Khmer)
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President of Philippines Rodrigo Duterte delivers a speech on the Opening Plenary: 50 Year Young, in World Economic Forum on ASEAN, in Phnom Penh, May 11, 2017. (Hean Socheata/VOA Khmer)
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Chhang Vannarith, chairman of the Cambodian Institute for Strategic Studies, attends World Economic Forum on ASEAN, in Phnom Penh, May 11, 2017. (Khan Sokummono/VOA Khmer)
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Joachim von Amsberg, vice president of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, talks to VOA Khmer on AIIB's future visions and his prospects on Asian economies, at World Economic Forum on ASEAN, in Phnom Penh, May 11, 2017. (Khan Sokummono/VOA Khmer)
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President of Philippines Rodrigo Duterte delivers a speech on the Opening Plenary: 50 Year Young, in World Economic Forum on ASEAN, in Phnom Penh, May 11, 2017. (Hean Socheata/VOA Khmer)
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Cambodia hosts World Economic Forum on ASEAN in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, May 10, 2017. (Hean Socheata/VOA Khmer)