Author: ABR Team

Zydus Healthcare Limited (Deriphyllin), Maharashtra, India set the record of capturing beliefs of maximum doctors campaigning for treating breathing trouble via digital photo collage. A total of 50,531 doctors participated in the campaign, titled ‘Grand League of Saviours’, which ran from January 1, 2024, to April 23, 2024, nationwide. This involved capturing emotions and high energy, digitally collecting doctors’ beliefs, details, and photographs compiled into a digital webpage. The doctors’ photos were then gathered to form a digital collage on World Asthma Day, as confirmed on May 7, 2024.

Le Van Cong of Vietnam set a record for being the first weightlifter to win a gold medal at the Paralympics in Indochina. He lifted 181 kilos in his first attempt and won a gold medal at Paralympics Rio 2016. This was the first-ever gold medal for Vietnam and Indochina at the Paralympics, as confirmed on February 12, 2024.

Keng Vannsak of Cambodia holds the record for being the inventor of the first Khmer typewriter in Indochina. He was one of Cambodia’s foremost Khmer-language scholars and true intellectuals whose political stances, and unusual opinions, made him a controversial figure throughout his life. He invented the Khmer-language keyboard for typewriters in 1952, and a method for creating new Khmer-language words.

Vinh Phuc ICD Logistics Center, located in Binh district Xuyen, Vinh Phuc province, in Vietnam, holds the record for being the first superport of the smart logistics network in Indochina. It has a scale of more than 83 hectares, total investment capital of nearly VND 3,800 billion, the design capacity of customs clearance about 530,000 TEU per. It employs modern IoT technology, such as using robots to automate in warehouses and modern electronic computer control systems.

The Sarus crane holds the record for being the tallest flying bird in Indochina. Standing 152-180 cm tall with a wingspan of 240 cm, it weighs 6.8-7.8 Kgs. It has a predominantly grey plumage with a naked red head and upper neck and pale red legs. It is a social creature, found mostly in pairs or small groups of three or four.

Van Thuy Tu Temple in the southern province of Binh Thuan’s Phan Thiet City of Vietnam holds the record for being the place that keeps the largest whale skeleton in Indochina. A skeleton of a whale measuring 22 metres in length and weighing 65 tonnes is on display here. Built in 1762, the temple has more than 100 purported whale skeletons with the oldest being a whale dating back to nearly 200 years, as confirmed on February 10, 2024.

Aki Ra, a former member of the Khmer Rouge and a UN demining specialist, of Cambodia set a record for being the first person to establish a museum dedicated to displaying bombs, mines and unexploded ordnance in Indochina. He disarmed several mines in his home area and made a huge collection of the unexploded bombs, mines and ordnance which eventually turned into a museum, as confirmed on February 2, 2024.

Heng Development Company of Cambodia holds the record for being the first company in Indochina to produce electric cars. They produced the small electric car- Angkor EV 2013 – which was unveiled in Phnom Penh on Jan 7, 2013. The 60 km/hr car was designed by Nhean Phaloek. The 2-seater car with a vertically opening door design can run for 300 km/charge and can be controlled by a smartphone.

PicoDragon of Vietnam holds the record for being the first picosatellite in Indochina successfully operated in space. It is a small satellite that followed the 1U type of CubeSat program built by Vietnam National Satellite Center and operated in space for 3 months. It was the first product to be built in Vietnam in the space technology field.

Tam Thanh basket boat art path in the central province of Quang Nam, Vietnam, holds the record for the first artistic basket boat path in Indochina. The project has been conducted by art teachers in Tam Ky Town and voluntary artists from Hanoi. Volunteers painted colourful murals on over 100 houses and followed up the home murals by painting over 100 coracle boats and creating a 1.5-kilometer-long “boat road.” The paintings reflect the true scenery and daily life in this fishing village.