Vietnam’s Coffee Shop Falsely Claimed as in Cambodia
A photo showing a house built on a beautiful hillside has been posted online recently, describing it as a scene in Kirirom National Park, Kampong Speu province. The above post has been shared and commented on thousands of times by users. However, Fact Crescendo Cambodia’s fact-finding found that the above statement was false.
This is about our investigation of this photo.
Social Media Claim
On June 6, 2023, a Facebook page called "សំណង់អចលនទ្រព្យ ២៥ ខេត្តក្រុង" posted a photo that shows a view of a cafe on a beautiful hillside. It was linked to the claim that it is in the Kirirom national park in Kampong Speu province, Cambodia.
Such remarks have been shared tens of thousands of times by social media users, along with mixed expressions and reactions as well.
The following is a screenshot captured from the Facebook page above, which describes "Kirirom, Kampong Speu".
Photos associated with such remarks have also been shared several times while getting mixed reactions from other Facebook users as well.
To see the full text of the same claim posted on social media by other Facebook users, please view through the link here (archived) or through another link here (archived) as well.
Fact Check
Fact Crescendo Cambodia started to review and verify the above claim through the Google Reverse Image Search process, which led us to find the following facts:
A photo of the exact same form was found and posted on a social media page by a Vietnamese Facebook page on May 29, 2023. The posting of photos of this beautiful cafe has been confirmed by the above Facebook page as a new tropical cafe that has just been established and opened in Tam Dao, Vinh Phuc province, Vietnam.
Below is a photo from the Facebook page that states that this beautiful cafe is located in the Tam Dao Mountain area.
Where is this Tiem Ca Phe Nhiet Doi located?
This tropical cafe is in the mountains of Tam Dao, Vinh Phuc province, Vietnam. The view surrounded by this mountain attracts many guests and makes them feel refreshed to sit and drink coffee in cold weather.
Fact Crescendo Cambodia also found a video clip of a general view of a tropical cafe called “Tiem Ca Phe Nhiet Doi - Tam Dao”, which was recently filmed and posted on YouTube as well.
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You may find the details of this fact-check in Khmer language here as well.
Conclusion
Fact Crescendo Cambodia finds that the claim attached to the photo, as described above, is false. The photo above is not a scene from Kirirom National Park, Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia. This is a coffee shop called "Tiem Ca Phe Nhiet Doi" located in Tam Dao, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam.
