{"id":8521,"date":"2026-10-21T16:57:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T09:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lec.events\/?p=8521"},"modified":"2026-10-21T16:57:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T09:57:46","slug":"h-e-dr-kolpheng-vathana-undersecretary-of-state-ministry-of-education-youth-and-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lec.events\/en\/2026\/10\/21\/h-e-dr-kolpheng-vathana-undersecretary-of-state-ministry-of-education-youth-and-sport\/","title":{"rendered":"H.E. Dr. Kolpheng Vathana, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"920\" height=\"920\" data-attachment-id=\"8525\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lec.events\/en\/2026\/10\/21\/h-e-dr-kolpheng-vathana-undersecretary-of-state-ministry-of-education-youth-and-sport\/34-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lec.events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/34.jpg?fit=920%2C920&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"920,920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"34\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lec.events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/34.jpg?fit=920%2C920&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lec.events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/34.jpg?resize=920%2C920&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8525\" style=\"width:446px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lec.events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/34.jpg?w=920&amp;ssl=1 920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lec.events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/34.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lec.events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/34.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lec.events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/34.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lec.events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/34.jpg?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lec.events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/34.jpg?resize=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lec.events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/34.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lec.events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/34.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">H.E. Dr. Kolpheng Vaddhana is an Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport and concurrently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Pa\u00f1\u00f1\u0101s\u0101stra University of Cambodia (PUC). He is the author of two books: Discover Your Greatness: 101 Lessons That Will Lead You to a Happy and Successful Life (self-help) and Professional Career Management Plan (career development). Dr. Vaddhana holds a Ph.D. in Leadership from Pa\u00f1\u00f1\u0101s\u0101stra University of Cambodia and a Master\u2019s degree in Business from the University of Phoenix, USA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>H.E. Dr. Kolpheng Vaddhana is an Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport and concurrently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Pa\u00f1\u00f1\u0101s\u0101stra University of Cambodia (PUC). He is the author of two books: Discover Your Greatness: 101 Lessons That Will Lead You to a Happy and Successful Life (self-help) and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":271897663,"featured_media":8525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[785745464],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2025-session-3-speakers-en"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgX6KX-2dr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8219,"url":"https:\/\/lec.events\/en\/2026\/10\/21\/h-e-dr-kinh-sovath-advisor-to-the-ministry-of-labour-and-vocational-training\/","url_meta":{"origin":8521,"position":0},"title":"H.E. 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