Vendors See Lunar New Year Rebound

As early as 5:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, Phnom Penh residents were up and busy hosing down and cleaning their front yards. They set up tables with fake dollar bills, small glasses of wine, roast meats, decorations and other food offerings. At their front steps, people placed small furnaces, ready to burn offerings for their ancestors.

At a meat vendor in Boeng Keng Kang III, people were lined up along the street at 5:45 a.m. waiting to collect their orders of roast duck and pork. Local police were onsite to assist with managing the crowd.

After two years of the pandemic, Phnom Penh residents were back celebrating the Chinese Spring Festival ahead of the Lunar New Year on February 1. Expecting renewed celebrations, City Hall asked residents to refrain from firing fireworks, gambling or marching in parades, threatening legal action for those who cause unrest.

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