Korean Ambassador praises Cambodia’s investment policy
The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Cambodia Tuesday commended the Cambodian government for its proactive measures to enhance the investment climate in the country, stressing that more Korean investors are keen to explore opportunities in the Kingdom. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501540926/korean-ambassador-praises-cambodias-investment-policy/
Digital platform for informal economy to spur Kingdom’s GDP
The Ministry of Industry, science, Technology and Innovation (MIsTI) weighed the challenges of launching a digital platform for the informal economy recently. The Coordinating Committee for Developing the Informal Economy presented a progress update on the strategy during the meeting held at the MIsTI headquarters ss='cambodia-color'>...
Jigme Palden Pazo
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501546087/digital-platform-for-informal-economy-to-spur-kingdoms-gdp/
IFC invests over $438 million in Cambodia’s financial sector
International Finance Corporation (IFC) – a financial institution that promotes private-sector development in the least developed countries (LDCs) – has increased its investment from $167.5 million to $438.5 million into the Kingdom’s financial sector, a rise of 260 percent over the past five years. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501551175/ifc-invests-over-438-million-in-cambodias-financial-sector/
SSEZ boosts Kingdom’s growth
Transportation experts and economists are expressing optimism regarding the continued increase in the value of exports and imports within the sihanoukville special Economic Zone (ssEZ) for 2024. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-in-depth/ssez-boosts-kingdom-s-growth
Cambodia’s exports to U.S. worth over $8 billion in 11 months
Cambodia exported $8,217 million worth of products to the U.s. market in the first eleven months of this year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501203068/cambodias-exports-to-u-s-worth-over-8-billion-in-11-months/
Government studying EU’s preliminary report on EBA
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on Wednesday said the government was studying the EU Commission’s preliminary report on the human rights situation in the Kingdom that could lead to a suspension of access to its “Everything But Arms” (EBA) agreement.The EU launched ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/government-studying-eus-preliminary-report-eba
NGOs note children’s rights achievements
The Joining Force Alliance, a coalition of six large organisations focusing on children’s rights, issued a report yesterday praising Cambodia’s achievements in defending children’s rights over the past three decades. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50661318/ngos-note-childrens-rights-achievements/
CPP lawmaker accuses Sin Rozeth of supporting Rainsy’s movement, using restaurant as front for political activity
Ruling party lawmaker Chheang Vun has accused popular former opposition Commune Chief sin Rozeth of supporting the sam Rainsy-led “Cambodia National Rescue Movement” and using a restaurant she opened following the dissolution of her party to conduct political activity. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/cpp-lawmaker-accuses-sin-rozeth-supporting-rainsys-movement-using-restaurant-front
Sean Pengse, former minister and fierce critic of Cambodia’s border disputes with Vietnam, dies at 82
Sean PengSe, a former government miniSter under the Lon Nol regime and an outSpoken critic on Cambodia&rSquo;S border iSSueS with Vietnam, haS died in France at 82.&nbSp;PengSe paSSed away after a long illneSS in the early hourS of TueSday morning, according to a Statement iSSued SS='cambodia-color'>...
Event tackles MSME sector’s woes
Micro, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MsMEs) continue to play an important role in supporting the Kingdom’s economic growth, with stakeholder engagement required in tackling certain challenges, Ministry of Industry and Handicraft official Chhea Layhy said on Wednesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/event-tackles-msme-sectors-woes
EU ambassador praises Kingdom’s growth
Eang Sophalleth, Prime MiniSter Hun Sen&rSquo;S aSSiStant, yeSterday Said European Union AmbaSSador Carmen Moreno praiSed the government&rSquo;S achievementS in SuStainably developing the economy during a meeting with Mr Hun Sen at the Peace Palace. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50666352/eu-ambassador-praises-kingdoms-growth/
The bank that likes to say less: Cambodia’s greatest commercial success story is not over yet
AN HOUR’s drive south of Phnom Penh, deep in rural Cambodia, Chrek Heang is doing the rounds of his rapidly expanding poultry and fisheries business. Just four years ago he was living, like most of his countrymen, in a small wooden hut with a tin ss='cambodia-color'>...
Statement in response to Phnom Penh Sugar Company’s allegations against Equitable Cambodia Executive Director Eang Vuthy
On August 18, 2014, the Phnom Penh sugar Co. Ltd., took out advertisements in several major Cambodian newspapers accusing Equitable Cambodia’s Executive Director, Mr. Eang Vuthy, of making false and misleading statements about Oknha Ly Yong Phat, and causing “irreparable damage” to the senator’s reputation ss='cambodia-color'>...
Joint Civil Society Organizations
Government’s KNUP purge rolls on
The government has started stripping members of the Khmer National United Party of their state positions, as part of what KNUP officials have said is an effort to pressure them to abandon their leader, Nhek Bun Chhay, a former top military commander, and join the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/governments-knup-purge-rolls
Gov’t: Kingdom’s sovereign debt manageable
A senior official at the Ministry of Economy and Finance described Cambodia’s level of public debt as manageable and allowing flexibility for further borrowing to meet the country’s development needs. ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-kingdoms-sovereign-debt-manageable
Cambodia’s exports to Vietnam increase
Cambodia’s exports to Vietnam rose in 2020 despite both nations imposing strict cross-border movement control to fight the pandemic. Data from the Ministry of Commerce showed Cambodia’s exports to Vietnam rising by 14.8 percent in 2020 to $385 million. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50825872/cambodias-exports-to-vietnam-increase/
S Korea funds road testing lab
The Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology – through south Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport – has granted funds for the construction of a laboratory project at the Techo sen Institute of Public Works and Transport for the development of road ss='cambodia-color'>...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/s-korea-funds-road-testing-lab
Preah Vihear temple to get visitor’s centre
Preah Vihear authorities yesterday started work on building a Visitor Centre for tourists to the region’s famous Preah Vihear temple. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50908740/preah-vihear-temple-to-get-visitors-centre/
UK becomes ASEAN’s new dialogue partner
The United Kingdom has become the 11th Dialogue Partner of the Association of southeast Asian Nations (AsEAN). ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50910461/uk-becomes-aseans-new-dialogue-partner/