Cambodia’s total trade up 9% to $52 billion in 2022
Cambodia’s international trade in 2022 totalled more than $52 billion, a 9.2 percent year-on-year increase, while Cambodia’s exports jumped more than 16 percent. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501217283/cambodias-total-trade-up-9-to-52-billion-in-2022/
$62.9M ADB package to help boost food security in Cambodia
In an attempt to improve food security in Cambodia, support and promote sustainable rural livelihoods, inclusive economic growth by improving livestock health and value chains, and the formal trade of livestock and livestock products, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $62.9 million package, ...
Prakash Jha
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501201867/62-9m-adb-package-to-help-boost-food-security-in-cambodia/
NA approves 15 draft laws during 9th session of 6th legislature
The National Assembly (NA) of Cambodia has adopted 15 draft laws during its 9th session of the 6th legislature, said its announcement AKP received yesterday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501319909/na-approves-15-draft-laws-during-9th-session-of-6th-legislature/
Sihanoukville Autonomous Port Q4 net surges to $5.9 million
Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS) recorded a net profit of $5.9 million for the fourth quarter in 2021 due to an increase in container throughput and foreign exchange gains. ...
Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501030709/sihanoukville-autonomous-port-q4-net-surges-to-5-9-million/
Cambodia sees 9.7 million people registered on voter list
Cambodia has registered a total of 9,710,645 eligible voters, of them 5,161,906 are women. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501219683/cambodia-sees-9-7-million-people-registered-on-voter-list/
GDP growth to shrink to 4.9% as poverty rate inches up
Cambodia’s economic growth for 2022 is expected to decelerate to 4.9 percent from estimates of 5.4 percent made prior to the war in Ukraine, an assessment by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) stated. ...
Kiripost staff writers
https://kiripost.com/stories/gdp-growth-to-shrink-to-49-as-poverty-rate-inches-up
Total of 394,458 people have received their fifth dose of COVID-19 vaccine since June 9
Take up of COVID-19 vaccination drive’s 5th dose regime still leaves much to be desired off. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501113987/total-of-394458-people-have-received-their-fifth-dose-of-covid-19-vaccine-since-june-9/
Cambodia needs $9.22 billion for next three-year public investment program
The Cambodian government on Friday approved the next three-year public investment program (2023-2025), which would require a total capital of $9.22 billion to implement 663 projects, government spokesperson Phay Siphan said. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501176756/cambodia-needs-9-22-for-next-three-year-public-investment-program/
9,034 drug suspects arrested, nearly 1 tonne of narcotics seized
Cambodian authorities had arrested 9,034 drug-related suspects, including 167 foreigners, in 3,764 cases during the first half of 2023, said an Anti-Drug Police Department’s (ADP) report on Sunday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501317958/9034-drug-suspects-arrested-nearly-1-tonne-of-narcotics-seized/
Gov’t revenue $4.9B, spending $6.3B
The government’s national revenue collection in the first 10 months of 2023 reached nearly $4.9 billion, equating to almost 78% of the target set by the 2023 Law on Financial Management, while total expenditures stood at over $6.3 billion, as reported by the Ministry of ...
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gov-t-revenue-4-9b-spending-6-3b
Nat’l Reading Day book fair begins on March 9
The Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sport has announced a three-day book fair from March 9-11 to celebrate the 9th National Reading Day to promote reading and writing in the country. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501450499/natl-reading-day-book-fair-begins-on-march-9/
Cambodia-Japan trade passes $1.9B after Dec rebound
The bilateral merchandise trade volume between Cambodia and Japan totalled $1.948 billion in 2022, rising by 12.33 per cent over a year earlier, with Cambodian exports accounting for a 60.22 per cent share, down by 2.85 percentage points on a yearly basis, according to the ...
Hin Pisei |
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-japan-trade-passes-19b-after-dec-rebound
Kingdom earns $327.4M from rice export in 9 months
Cambodia has exported 456,581 tons of milled rice in the first nine months of 2023, bagging a total revenue of $327 million, the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF)’s press release said. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501373248/kingdom-earns-327-4m-from-rice-export-in-9-months/
Cambodia records 3.7 million air passengers in the first 9 months
Cambodia received nearly 3.7 million air travelers during the first nine months of 2023, a year-on-year increase of 162 percent, said a senior official on Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501378854/cambodia-records-3-7-million-air-passengers-in-the-first-9-months/
Kingdom’s garment-related exports down 9 percent January to October
Cambodia’s exports in clothes, footwear and travel goods were down 9 percent for the first 10 months of the year measured against 2019 year-to-date (YTD) figures, according to data from the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE). The total value of these export products ...
CDC approves $71 million in new investments to create 9,500 jobs
Eight new projects worth $71.4 million have been approved by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). The new projects will create over 9,500 jobs at a critical juncture in the Kingdom’s economic recovery. ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50906237/cdc-approves-71-million-in-new-investments-to-create-9500-jobs/
NOTICES Agri exports to China hit 2.4M tonnes worth $1.9B in last 42 months
Agricultural exports to China in the 14 quarters to June 30 amounted to 2.4 million tonnes, worth $1.942 billion, said a Chinese embassy report citing Cambodian agriculture ministry data, as the government’s new policies to boost productivity in the field and turn the Kingdom into ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/agri-exports-china-hit-24m-tonnes-worth-19b-last-42-months
Cambodia’s trade declines 1.9% to $46.82 billion in 2023
Cambodia’s international trade stood at $46.82 billion in 2023, recording a decline of 1.9 percent compared to 2022. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501421111/cambodias-trade-declines-1-9-to-46-82-billion-in-2023/
Tourists flock to amazing Angkor Botanical Garden
More and more tourists have flocked into Angkor Botanical Garden in Siem Reap province after the official inauguration last week. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501081095/tourists-flock-to-amazing-angkor-botanical-garden/