Sokimex

Sokimex, also written SOKIMEX and expanded as Sok Kong Import Export Company, is a Cambodian diversified business founded in 1990 by Oknha Sok Kong. Headquartered in Phnom Penh, the company is associated primarily with petroleum-product importation and related commercial infrastructure, while also operating or developing businesses in hospitality and aviation. Its activities therefore extend beyond a single energy product category, combining fuel-related operations with tourism assets and other infrastructure-oriented ventures. The company’s energy role centers on the import and distribution of petroleum products in Cambodia. Public reference material identifies Sokimex as a petroleum importer, but does not provide sufficiently detailed information to establish its full current portfolio, market share, retail-network structure, refining capacity, storage assets, or upstream oil and gas activities. It should consequently be described as a downstream and import-oriented energy business rather than as a confirmed exploration or production company. Sokimex expanded into tourism through the Sokha Hotel Group. The group opened Sokha Beach Resort in Sihanoukville in April 2004, Sokha Angkor Resort in Siem Reap in December 2005, and Sokha Club in Phnom Penh in August 2008. Thansur Bokor Highland Resort in Kampot became affiliated with the Sokha hotel business in May 2011. These properties gave the wider group exposure to Cambodia’s major coastal, cultural, capital-city, and highland tourism markets. The company has also been linked to infrastructure development and an airline business, although the available reference material does not identify the airline’s name, operating dates, fleet, routes, or present status. Sokimex also formerly operated services at the Angkor World Heritage Site, an activity that connected the company with one of Cambodia’s most important tourism destinations. The available sources do not specify the terms, duration, or end date of that role. Sokimex is best understood as a Cambodian diversified corporate group with an energy-import foundation and significant hospitality interests. Its public profile is shaped by the combination of petroleum commerce, tourism assets, infrastructure activity, and transportation-related ventures. Detailed information about its ownership structure, current executives, financial performance, public listing status, website, and present operating divisions is not established by the supplied reference material.

Sokimex was established in Cambodia in 1990 by Oknha Sok Kong, an ethnic Vietnamese Cambodian businessman. The company’s main offices are in Phnom Penh. Its foundational business identity is associated with import-export activity, particularly the importation of petroleum products. Publicly available descriptions also connect the company with infrastructure development, hotel management, and an airline, indicating a broader corporate scope than a narrowly focused fuel importer. The group’s hospitality expansion became especially visible during the 2000s and early 2010s. Sokha Beach Resort opened in Sihanoukville on 8 April 2004, giving the group a presence in Cambodia’s principal coastal tourism area. Sokha Angkor Resort followed in Siem Reap on 8 December 2005, placing the hotel business near the Angkor archaeological and tourism complex. Sokha Club, described as a boutique hotel, opened in Phnom Penh on 28 August 2008. Thansur Bokor Highland Resort in Kampot became affiliated with Sokha Hotel in 2011 and opened on 3 May of that year. Sokimex also formerly operated the Angkor World Heritage Site. The supplied reference does not explain the precise nature of that operation, its contractual basis, or when the role ended. Similarly, while the company is described as having an airline, the available material does not provide enough information to document its name, operational history, route network, or current status. Over time, Sokimex developed a profile as a diversified Cambodian group whose activities span energy-related imports, infrastructure, hotels, tourism services, and aviation. The available sources do not establish a detailed chronology of its petroleum operations, identify all subsidiaries, provide financial results, or confirm the present status of every business line. Accordingly, the documented history is strongest for the company’s founding and the opening or affiliation of its named hospitality properties.

• 2011

  Thansur Bokor Highland Resort opened

  [1]Sokimexen.wikipedia.org

  Thansur Bokor Highland Resort in Kampot, affiliated with Sokha Hotel, opened on 3 May 2011.

• 2008

  Sokha Club opened

  [1]Sokimexen.wikipedia.org

  Sokha Club, described as a boutique hotel, opened in Phnom Penh on 28 August 2008.

• 2005

  Sokha Angkor Resort opened

  [1]Sokimexen.wikipedia.org

  Sokha Angkor Resort opened in Siem Reap on 8 December 2005.

• 2004

  Sokha Beach Resort opened

  [1]Sokimexen.wikipedia.org

  The Sokha Hotel Group opened Sokha Beach Resort in Sihanoukville on 8 April 2004.

• 1990

  Sokimex founded

  [1]Sokimexen.wikipedia.org

  Oknha Sok Kong founded Sokimex, also known as Sok Kong Import Export Company, in Cambodia.

A Cambodian diversified enterprise combining petroleum-product importing with infrastructure, hospitality, tourism, and aviation activities.

• Energy

  Petroleum products

  Sokimex is identified as an importer of petroleum products in Cambodia. The available reference does not specify individual fuel grades, brands, storage infrastructure, retail outlets, or distribution arrangements, so the offering is documented at the broad petroleum-import level.

• Hospitality · 2004

  Sokha Beach Resort

  A Sokha Hotel Group resort in Sihanoukville. It opened on 8 April 2004 and represents the group’s coastal tourism and resort-hospitality business.

• Hospitality · 2005

  Sokha Angkor Resort

  A Sokha hotel property in Siem Reap, opened on 8 December 2005. Its location connects the group’s hospitality activities with Cambodia’s Angkor-focused tourism market.

• Hospitality · 2008

  Sokha Club

  A boutique hotel in Phnom Penh that opened on 28 August 2008, extending the Sokha hospitality portfolio into the Cambodian capital.

• Hospitality · 2011

  Thansur Bokor Highland Resort

  A resort in Kampot affiliated with Sokha Hotel and opened on 3 May 2011. It broadened the group’s tourism footprint into Cambodia’s Bokor highland destination.

• Infrastructure

  Infrastructure development

  Sokimex is described as participating in infrastructure development, but the supplied reference does not identify specific projects, contracts, assets, or operating subsidiaries.

• Aviation

  Airline business

  The company is described as having an airline business. No reliable detail is supplied about the airline’s name, routes, fleet, launch date, or current operating status.

1. 1Sokimexen.wikipedia.org