PM: SEA, Para games setting stage for rise of ASEAN sports

Publication date 04 June 2023 | 21:08 | ICT

Prime Minister Hun Sen, buoyed by the successful hosting of the 32nd ASEAN Games, has challenged all ASEAN nations to aim for the global stage by bidding to host the International Olympic Games or Football World Cup.

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