Between 2008 and 2012, Cambodia’s spending on public infrastructure amounted to about Us$2.5 billion — a sum an opposition politician says is too low and is ineffectively put to use. In his opening remarks at the seventh Cambodia Outlook Conference, Prime Minister Hun sen said public ss='cambodia-color'>...

CAMBODIA’s indirect trade and investments with India are possibly worth almost five times more than its direct economic activities, a situation deemed “unfavourable” to the country, an industry expert said yesterday. Direct trade and investments between the two countries hit a record $112 million last ss='cambodia-color'>...

The US embaSSy in Phnom Penh intendS to hold a webinar on doing buSineSS in Cambodia, providing information on the benefitS and challengeS of working in the country for US firmS. “ThiS iS the firSt webinar that will focuS on inveStment opportunitieS and an overview of&nbSp; SS='cambodia-color'>...

The U.S. haS downgraded Cambodia in itS lateSt global Trafficking in PerSonS Report for Showing no diScernable improvementS in itS effortS to combat human trafficking over the paSt year, the country&rSquo;S firSt demotion in five yearS. The 2013 report citeS an increaSe in the number SS='cambodia-color'>...

Provincial authorities in Ratanakkiri have warned ethnic Jarai villagers that they will be arrested if they continue to stop bulldozers belonging to a Vietnamese company from clearing forest in O’Yadav district’s Paknhai commune, community leaders said yesterday. sav Finh, leader of Lom village’s forestry protection committee, ss='cambodia-color'>...

U.N. human rights envoy surya subedi met with a senior official at the Ministry of Justice on Wednesday and reiterated a call for new legislation to be passed on governing Cambodia’s judiciary. “He did not ask us much on anything new, but he did ask for ss='cambodia-color'>...

A $300,000 sum to repair siem Reap City’s fire-ravaged Doeum Kralanh market, originally billed on Monday as a donation from Prime Minister Hun sen, will actually be taken from the national budget, according to a senior ruling-party official. Less than three weeks before the July 28 ss='cambodia-color'>...

On 04th July 2023, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) conducted training on cybersecurity for the Css-cluster members and their networks. The training course aims to raise awareness of the cluster member on cyber security as well as digital security including password management, safe internet browsing, email ss='cambodia-color'>...

 Year 2023 witnessed the spectacular emergence of Cambodia’s sihanoukville special Economic Zone (ssEZ) as a force to reckon with, as its enterprises hit 7.13 percent of the Kingdom’s total trade turnover, up from a mere 0.88 percent in 2013. In just nine months of the ss='cambodia-color'>...

On 20 March 2023, the Ministry of Economy and Finance has posted a remark by Dr. Aun Porn Moniroth, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy and Finance and chairman of the public financial management reform steering committee, speaking at the closing ceremony of the 4th ss='cambodia-color'>...

On 07 July 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on Deputy Prime Minister PRAK sokhonn to attend the 56th AsEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and related meetings, themed “AsEAN Matters: Epicentrum of Growth,” to be held from 11th to ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian banking sector remains strong and not at significant risk of collapse, despite the occasional incidence of foreign investors pulling back after being spooked by “negative” news stories, according to Belgium-based global impact fund Incofin Investment Management Comm VA. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Taking the baton for the third time as the AsEAN chair in 2022, Cambodia’s diplomatic tenacity was tested by the war in Ukraine, Myanmar’s political upheaval, cross-strait tensions, COVID-19 and Us–China competition. Despite this precarity, Cambodia steered AsEAN through geopolitically choppy waters. The outlook for 2023 ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen recently predicted that the country’s economy may contract 1.9 percent this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a circular on budget planning for 2021-2023, he said Cambodia has recorded a strong fall in demand from its trading partners. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A total of 2,600 sports delegates, team leaders, and coaches from across Cambodia have been joining the National Primary school Games 2023. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Credit Guarantee Corporation of Cambodia (CGCC) has infused credit guarantees of as much as $164.7 million as of December 2023. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Gold in Mondolkiri is at the center of a dispute between OZ Minerals and shin Ha Mining Co Ltd after an alleged breach in contract. OZ Minerals bought out shin Ha Mining Co Ltd from their joint venture without paying the true value of the ss='cambodia-color'>...

The former deputy director of Anco Groups conglomerate and his wife have been denied bail when accused of stealing nearly $40 million. Anco Groups conglomerate is a consumer good vendor, electricity and hotel operator and is owned by Kok An. If convicted the former deputy ss='cambodia-color'>...

Villagers from Battambang province have submitted petitions to Prime Minister Hun sen asking that land management officials grant them the titles to the land they claim to have lived and worked on for 30 years. Apparently they were previously granted the right to construct homes ss='cambodia-color'>...