Inspiring Business Stories, Hip Hop star VannDa’s Imminent Trip to Japan, a Khmer Version of ChatGPT and More of Kiripost’s Top Stories
Lean Chan Lamy is a woman from Kampong Cham province who launched a business selling Bay Slek Jek (rice in banana leaves) from scratch. She began by selling a few boxes of rice a day but saw her business quickly grow.
Today, she sells up to 2,000 boxes of rice per day. Her endeavors have inspired many people and her story has been the top read on Kiripost.com
VannDa, a top hip hop superstar, has announced that he will perform in Japan. This news has generated a lot of excitement among his Cambodian fans living there.
Though VannDa has already performed in Thailand and Singapore, Cambodians still feel he has risen to become an international star.
Cambodians are proud of the performer's success, and feel he is firmly placing Cambodian hip hop on the international music map. They believe he is the best hip hop artist Cambodia has ever produced.
Perhaps it’s too early to tell how far this will go, but Pang Voreh Uddom is already inventing, and I wish him all the best.
Uddom, a Cambodian student majoring in computer science at Swinburne University in Melbourne, has created a new app called UAI, which is a Khmer-language version of the popular chatbot, ChatGPT.
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on businesses in Cambodia. Many have been forced to close, and those that remain open are struggling to survive. The government has provided some relief in the form of small grants, but these grants are not enough to cover the losses that businesses have incurred.
In this context, the story of two sisters trying to succeed in the Kampot pepper industry is particularly inspiring. Reth Monyneath and Monyroath have been growing and selling Kampot pepper for several years.
They have faced many challenges but through strong perseverance have continued to grow their business.
Kiripost was also invited to cover the TikTok SEA Impact Forum 2023 in Jakarta this month. The forum reported that TikTok will pump $12.2 million into more than 120,000 MSMEs (micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises) to help them transition their businesses online.
As more people sign up to TikTok these days, it's surprising to know that the funds announced at the forum were only signed for Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia, and not Cambodia.
Despite being seven months old, this story explaining how to receive and send money to Cambodia is still among the top reads on Kiripost.com. This signals that people are interested in this topic and this kind of content is important to our readers.
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