Our Activities

ASEAN-UK Young Leaders Initiative is proud to collaborate with the British Chamber of Commerce to produce the flagship publication "BritCham Cambodia: The Story of a Chamber" to celebrate 30 years of enterprise, community, and partnership between Cambodia and the United Kingdom, in which our General Coordinator served as the Editor. We would like to thank all ambassadors, founders, former executive directors, and Board of Directors members of BritCham Cambodia who contributed

ASEANUK-YLI, in partnership with Plan International Cambodia, is excited to share an episode featuring Ms. Yieng Manich, a participant in the Cambodian Girl-Takeover program, as the British Ambassador for a Day. In this episode, Manich shares her experiences serving as the Girl Takeover for the British Ambassador to Cambodia, part of the collaboration between Plan International Cambodia and the British Embassy in 2025. ASEAN-UK YLI proudly hosts this annual conversation with

On November 7, 2025, ASEAN-UK Young Leaders Initiative team met with Her Excellency Helen Fazey, the UK Ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the UK Mission to ASEAN, based in Jakarta. During the meeting, Ambassador Fazey warmly welcomed the group for their active involvement in promoting ASEAN-UK relations. Mr. Vanndasambath then introduced the project to Ambassador Fazey, explaining that ASEAN-UK YLI aims to strengthen relations through youth dip

On October 15, 2025, the ASEAN-UK Young Leaders Initiative team met with Deputy Head of Mission, Ms Abigail Fryer, at the British Embassy in Cambodia. During this meeting, we discussed the progress of the ASEAN-UK YLI in its efforts to connect, promote, and advance the partnership between ASEAN and the UK, as well as to strengthen the relations between Cambodia and the UK.  We are also providing updates on our ongoing activities for this year, including our partnership with B

To mark the milestone of the Platinum Jubilee between Laos and the UK, on October 10, 2025, the ASEAN-UK Young Leaders Initiative hosted an online special sharing session on “Laos-UK Relationship at 70: Retrospective and Progress,” with Mr Thavone Singharaj, Deputy Head of Mission at the Laos Embassy in London. During the sharing session, Deputy Head of Mission, Mr Singharaj, began by recognising the 70th anniversary, noting that official relations were established in Septemb