Mao Sareth (Khmer: ម៉ៅ សារ៉េត [maɯ saːˈrɛet]) was a Cambodian singer active from the early 1960s to the mid-1970s.

[1][2] Sareth was born in 1944 in Battambang, with the birth name Pol Sarann.

[citation needed] She was one of the earliest popular singers in the Cambodian rock scene of the early 1960s, in which musicians combined traditional Khmer music styles with popular forms from the United States, Europe, and Latin America.

[3] Mao was cited as an influence by later singers Pen Ran and Ros Serey Sothea.

[5] During an interview with Huoy Meas, Mao Sareth stated that she had three sisters and that she came from a family of musicians.