At the end of a tow rope, somewhere between O’Svay and Preah Romkel, a boat loaded with books changed banks. This is not a metaphor.
(26 Jun 2026) On June 24, 2026, in the early morning heat of rainy season, the provincial team of the Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) Stung Treng Branch began towing one of its floating libraries from O’Svay port to Preah Romkel port, in the district of Borei O’Svay Sen Chey. A few hours on the Mekong to deliver a book-laden pontoon to a village that had never received anything quite like it.
The floating library concept is one of the most original initiatives in the DC-Cam network, which operates as an affiliate of the Queen Mother Library. Once fully operational, the installation will serve as a community learning center, offering a mobile library stocked with a diverse range of titles, accessible to adults and children alike. It is also designed to support the local economy by easing transit for residents across the islands and providing a modest anchor for tourism infrastructure where little existed before.
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