The Cambodian Investment Board approved nearly $850 million worth of investment projects between The start of The year and The end of July, data from The Council for The Development of Cambodia (CDC) shows. According to The data, 90 projects worth $845.26 million were approved during The first ...

At 7am, the border crossing from Vietnam to Svay Rieng’s Bavet town is already buzzing with the activity of foreign gamblers arriving for a day at the casinos along National Highway 1. But throughout the day, a steady trickle of Cambodian players make their way ...

More than a month after ordering Internet cafes within 500 meters of schools to shut down, Telecommunications Minister So Khun said yesterday that no cafes would be force to close. “We have no plans to close any cafes. We encourage more to open,” Mr. Khun said ...

Cambodia has gained the investments of 178 million U.S. dollars from its ASEAN member states in the first six months of 2012, according to a report from the Council for the Development of Cambodia said this week. From January to June this year, the country granted ...

Human rights groups yesterday decried the result of the government’s investigation into the murder of forestry activist Chut Wutty and military police officer In Rattana, saying that there were many holes in the official finding. On Saturday, the government committee charged with investigating the killings in ...

The nation has received approval from The Cambodian government to open a trade center in Phnom Penh, The semi-official Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) said. The center, which is expected to be officially opened next month at The earliest, will raise The number of The ...

Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) are intra-state legal mechanisms which encourage foreign investment. This is particularly so as they provide foreign investors with Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanisms to enforce investment protections through international arbitration against the host state before a neutral tribunal. Cambodia has signed over ...

Drawing on the majority-Muslim nations of Indonesia and Malaysia as examples for Cambodia to emulate for better government, opposition leader Sam Rainsy led a group of lawmakers stumping for votes in Cham Muslim villages in Tbong Khmum province on Saturday. ...

The Cambodian government has approved 53 new garment and footwear factories, worth an estimated US$338 million, during The first half of this year, compared with 38 last year valued at $180 million, despite The increase in The number of strikes affecting The industry. officials and industry ...

Dr. Chea Serey, Governor of the National Bank of Cambodia, received a courtesy call from Santo Darmosumarto, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Indonesia to Cambodia, on June 26, 2024, at the National Bank of Cambodia. ...

Eight women entrepreneurs from Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (Credai), Chennai, will be part of a women’s delegation to Cambodia to foster collaborations with various business bodies. ...

Cambodia has welcomed 2.43 million international tourists in the first seven months of the year, up 19 percent compared with the 2.04 million tourists over the same period last year, the figures of the Ministry of Tourism said Thursday. During the January-July period this year, Vietnam ...

The Ministry of Justice yesterday held The first of what it said would be regular forums soliciting The input of civil society on judicial reforms, and promised a new measure that it maintained would streamline The courts’ workflow. Citing widespread frustration among citizens, Justice Minister Ang ...

The government is looking at ways to tackle Cambodia’s waste problem with a $1 charge on airline tickets touted to raise The cash. The move comes after footage emerged showing The capital’s canals remain clogged with rubbish a year after video of The pollution was shown ...

Cambodia’s banking sector has reported a 9.3-percent increase in lending in the first six months of the year, according to the figures from the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) on Sunday. the figures showed that the kingdom’s 35 commercial banks had lent a total of 8.09 ...

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) released its Financial Stability Review for The first time on Wednesday, outlining The work needed to monitor economic security and develop macro-prudential measures to cope with systemic risks. The Financial Stability Review has been produced by NBC since 2001 ...

Cambodia is looking at a delayed onset of the rainy season, with experts and government officials having raised concerns of a prolonged dry season affecting agricultural production, as the Pacific weather pattern El Niño threatens to bring drought-like conditions. Ngin Chhay, director of the Rice Department ...

The Free Trade Union has vowed to stage a mass strike in The garment and footwear industries if its demands for an extra US$30 per month of bonuses for workers are not met, union president Chea Mony said yesterday. The union sent a letter to Minister ...

As the new public school year gets under way this week, grade 12 students reeling from en masse failure at the national exam have a choice to make: repeat their grade or forfeit their diploma. In total, just 33,997 test-sitters, or 40.6 per cent of ...

The Ministry of Mines and Energy said that The workshop called Petroleum Geological Potential Assessment was held by students from The faculty of mines and geology of The Institute of Technology of Cambodia on Tuesday, presided over by Secretary of State of The Ministry of ...