On 12 October 2022, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports and the Royal University of Phnom Penh inaugurated of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) as a side-event of the 28th ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Council Meeting. The event was presided over by His Excellency Dr. Hang Chuon Naron, Minister of Education, Youth and Sports and Chairman of ASCC Council and with the participation of Dr. Benjamin Loh, Head of the ASCC Monitoring Unit and High Representative of His Excellency Dato Lim Jock Hoi, Secretary-General of ASEAN, as well as diplomatic representatives of ASEAN Missions to Cambodia,  representatives from all public universities in Cambodia, research institutes and faculties, institutes and departments, as well as students of the Royal University of Phnom Penh in a total of 150.