PM’s market nationalisation plan to give vendors stall rights in perpetuity

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday declared all markets in Cambodia run by private operators on the state’s behalf will be nationalised when their respective contracts end, a move he says will grant vendors a secure future.

In the latest sweeping policy move revealed on Facebook, the premier unveiled a sub-decree on the “management of markets throughout the country”.

The document extends a decision made by Hun Sen last week for vendors at Kampong Chhnang’s Phsar Leu market – where he vowed the state would take over and abolish rent in 2025 – to plazas across the entire country.

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