The Khmer Rouge's never-operational Kompong Chhnang Airport, built between 1977 and 1978 by slave labour, was probably intended to serve as a base for launching air attacks against Vietnam. Cement of such high quality was used that even today the 2440m runway and access roads look like they were paved last week. The site is 12km west of town. Take NH5 towards Battambang for 7km and turn left onto a concrete road.
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This large, dusky-red monument is a replica of the mother ship in Phnom Penh and marks the centre of Kompong Chhnang.
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Kompong Chhnang's central market has plenty of cheap and cheerful food stalls and is a bustling hub of local life.
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Cambodia-Vietnam Friendship Monument
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One of two monuments on the strip of grass in the center of Kompong Chhnang.
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The quiet village of Ondong Rossey, where the area’s famous red pottery is made under every stilted house, is a delightful 7km ride west of town through…
7.01 MILES
This large, dusky-red monument is a replica of the mother ship in Phnom Penh and marks the centre of Kompong Chhnang.
3. Cambodia-Vietnam Friendship Monument
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One of two monuments on the strip of grass in the center of Kompong Chhnang.
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Kompong Chhnang's central market has plenty of cheap and cheerful food stalls and is a bustling hub of local life.
7.71 MILES
Much less visited than other floating villages near Siem Reap, the Tonlé Sap River hamlet of Chong Kos is a Cambodian village of colourful wooden houses,…
6. Phoum Kandal Floating Village
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The Tonlé Sap River hamlet of Phoum Kandal is an ethnic Vietnamese village of brightly painted wooden houses, all floating on rickety homemade pontoons or…
8.45 MILES
Phnom Santuk, a rocky hillock behind Wat Santuk, is a few kilometres south of Kompong Chhnang. The boulder-strewn summit affords fine views of the…