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Sokimex (or SOKIMEX) (Sok Kong Import Export Company) is a company based in Cambodia. The company is involved in petroleum product import, infrastructure development, hotel management, and an airline. [1]

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History

Sokimex was founded in 1990 by Oknha Sok Kong, an ethnic Vietnamese Cambodian businessman. [2] The main offices are located in Phnom Penh.

The Sokha Hotel Group opened the Sokha Beach Resort in Sihanouk Ville on 8 April 2004, followed by the opening of Sokha Angkor Resort in Siem Reap on 8 December 2005. Sokha Club hotel is a boutique hotel opened in Phnom Penh on 28 August 2008. Thansur Bokor Highland Resort is affiliated with Sokha Hotel opened in Kampot on 3 May 2011.

Sokimex also used to run the Angkor World Heritage Site. [3] [4]

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References

  1. SOKIMEX, Company profile
  2. Tôi là người Việt Nam!, 20 Tháng mười một 2004, Doan Trang, Vietbao.vn
  3. Sokheng, Vong; Marcher, Anette. "Sokimex and Government revisit Angkor deal". The Phnom Penh Post. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  4. Vannak, Chea (January 2019). "Ticket revenue at Angkor complex up 8 percent". Khmer Times. Retrieved 2 May 2019.