Cambodia attracts $1.39 bln investment in first 2 months of 2024
Cambodia approved fixed-asset investment projects worth $1.39 billion in the first two months of 2024, a significant rise of about 500 percent compared to the same period last year, a Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC)’s report said on Sunday. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-attracts-1-39-bln-investment-in-first-2-months-of-2024/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501454423/cambodia-attracts-1-39-bln-investment-in-first-2-months-of-2024/
Cambodia discusses cooperation promotion with Gambia and Brazil
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia Prak Sokhonn had separate bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Gambia and Brazil to exchange views on promoting bilateral relations, in New York City, USA on Sept. 22, on the sidelines of ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-discusses-cooperation-promotion-with-gambia-and-brazil/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501157032/cambodia-discusses-cooperation-promotion-with-gambia-and-brazil/
Environment ministry set to trial e-waste collection
The Ministry of environment is partnering with a private company to organise the safe collection of electrical waste, or e-waste. The new project comes as the ministry’s pilot battery collection scheme reaches the one year mark. Battery disposal bins have been placed in gas stations, ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/environment-ministry-set-to-trial-e-waste-collection/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/environment-ministry-set-trial-e-waste-collection
Cambodia earns $34.35 million e-commerce VAT from Facebook
Cambodia has generated approximately $34.35 million in revenue from the American multinational technology conglomerate Meta Platforms Inc. doing business as Meta or the Facebook Value Added Tax (VAT) in 2022 and 2023, said the figures of tax revenue released Sunday by former Prime Minister Hun ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-earns-34-35-million-e-commerce-vat-from-facebook/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/1354671/cambodia-earns-34-35-million-e-commerce-vat-from-facebook/
Nearly 2 million vehicles travel on Chinese-invested expressway in Cambodia in 5 months
Almost 1.9 million vehicles had travelled on the Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville expressway in the first five months since its opening to the public last October, the Ministry of Public Works and Transport said in a news release on Tuesday. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nearly-2-million-vehicles-travel-on-chinese-invested-expressway-in-cambodia-in-5-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501247347/nearly-2-million-vehicles-travel-on-chinese-invested-expressway-in-cambodia-in-5-months/
Thor Chetha presides over the handover ceremony of the Mavic 3E drone and Bathymetric Survey
The Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology, Thor Chetha, on January 19, presided over the handover ceremony of “Mavic 3e Drone and Bathymetric” with the help of Chinese company Guang Dong and closing training courses on use for measurement and service to the water resources ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thor-chetha-presides-over-the-handover-ceremony-of-the-mavic-3e-drone-and-bathymetric-survey/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501425992/thor-chetha-presides-over-the-handover-ceremony-of-the-mavic-3e-drone-and-bathymetric-survey/
Cambodia boosts attraction of foreign visitors in 2013
Cambodian Tourism Minister H.e. Dr. Thong Khon said: Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar had gained high growth of tourist arrival in 2012 for Asean region. “Cambodia is continuing its work including promotion to the outside world to attract tourists to see the country.” he said this week. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-boosts-attraction-of-foreign-visitors-in-2013/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Koh Pich Awash With Development, but Don’t Ask for Details
Business is booming on Koh Pich. Since development began in 2006—and about 300 families were pushed off what was then farmland—the island has slowly grown into the symbol of commercial modernity in Phnom Penh. The developer, Overseas Cambodia Investment Corp., is also extending the island by ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/koh-pich-awash-with-development-but-dont-ask-for-details/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/koh-pich-awash-with-development-but-dont-ask-for-details-36411/
EU Ambassador Meets Sok An, Says CNRP Should Take Seats
Popular online news website CeN (Cambodia express News) reported Wednesday that european Union (e.U.) Ambassador Jean-Francois Cautain told CPP Deputy Prime Minister Sok An that the e.U. wished to see the opposition CNRP take their seats in the National Assembly. Mr. Cautain’s comments were made during ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/eu-ambassador-meets-sok-an-says-cnrp-should-take-seats/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/eu-ambassador-meets-sok-an-says-cnrp-should-take-seats-44310/
Duty-Free Sugar Exports to EU Hit $13 Million
The european Union (e.U.) last year continued to import millions of dollars worth of duty-free sugar from Cambodian plantations that have forced hundreds of families off their land despite calls from european lawmakers for the trade benefits to end, according to the latest e.U. data. Thailand’s ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/duty-free-sugar-exports-to-eu-hit-13-million/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/duty-free-sugar-exports-to-eu-hit-13-million-18114/
3rd dose campaign for frontliners with AstraZeneca to begin by Monday the latest
Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered the National Ad-hoc Commission for COVID-19 Vaccination to launch the 3rd dose campaign for frontliners in the second week of this month or not later than next Monday. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/3rd-dose-campaign-for-frontliners-with-astrazeneca-to-begin-by-monday-the-latest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50910440/3rd-dose-campaign-for-frontliners-with-astrazeneca-to-begin-by-monday-the-latest/
Cambodia’s export to RCEP member countries increases by 11 percent in first quarter
Cambodia’s exports to the member countries of the Regional Comprehensive economic Partnership (RCeP) totaled $1.956 billion in the first three months of this year, up 11 percent over the same period last year, according to data from the Ministry of Commerce. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-export-to-rcep-member-countries-increases-by-11-percent-in-first-quarter/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501069684/cambodias-export-to-rcep-member-countries-increases-by-11-percent-in-first-quarter/
Five More Years For Hun Sen; Some Ministers Reshuffled
A day after its opening session and still devoid of the 55 lawmakers-elect of the opposition CNRP, the country’s new, one-party National Assembly voted Prime Minister Hun Sen in for yet another five-year term Tuesday and approved an extensive reshuffle of his Cabinet. In a ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/five-more-years-for-hun-sen-some-ministers-reshuffled/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Hul Reaksmey and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/five-more-years-for-hun-sen-some-ministers-reshuffled-43133/
Cambodia, Canada strengthen bilateral cooperation in garment sector
H.E. Ok Boung, SEcrEtary of StatE at thE Ministry of CommErcE, hEld a discussion with H.E. Ms. PottiE Donica, Canadian Ambassador to Cambodia, on bilatEral tradE rElations, mainly in garmEnt sEctor, at thE ministry officE on Monday aftErnoon, said thE ministry’s nEws rElEasE. Ef='https://opEndEvElopmEntcambodia.nEt/nEws/cambodia-canada-strEngthEn-bilatEral-coopEration-in-garmEnt-sEctor/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
So Sophavy
http://www.akp.gov.kh/?p=107430
Sugar exports to stay duty free, EU trade czar says
EuropEan Union TradE CommissionEr KarEl dE Gucht said hE has no plans to launch an invEstigation into Cambodia’s much-criticizEd sugarcanE plantations aftEr a mEEting with CommErcE MinistEr Sun Chanthol in Phnom PEnh on TuEsday. Bottom linE: Cambodia’s frEE tradE bEnEfits to EuropE arE safE for Ef='https://opEndEvElopmEntcambodia.nEt/nEws/sugar-Exports-to-stay-duty-frEE-Eu-tradE-czar-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sugar-exports-to-stay-duty-free-eu-trade-czar-says-54447/
Finance Ministry, NBC enhance digital verification of customer documents
The Ministry of economy and Finance and the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) have reached a memorandum of understanding on electronic Know Your Customer (e-KYC) cooperation, aiming to enhance digital verification of customer documents in Cambodia. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/finance-ministry-nbc-enhance-digital-verification-of-customer-documents/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501106776/finance-ministry-nbc-enhance-digital-verification-of-customer-documents/
Cambodia sees significant increase in digital payments with e -wallets exceeding 20.2 million
Cambodia has recorded a sharp rise in mobile payments as more and more people have turned from cash-based to digital transaction options, the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) said. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-sees-significant-increase-in-digital-payments-with-e-wallets-exceeding-20-2-million/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501336216/cambodia-sees-significant-increase-in-digital-payments-with-e-wallets-exceeding-20-2-million/
Garment Exports to EU Catching Up With US
The value of garment and shoe exports to the european Union are expected to reach the same level as those sent to the U.S. by 2013, an official from the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) said yesterday. Garment, textile and shoe exports to the e.U. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/garment-exports-to-eu-catching-up-with-us/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
EU concerned, but no threats to cut Cambodia aid, trade
The european Union has called on Cambodia to release 21 jailed activists and protesters and told the government during high level talks held here this week that a failure to reform the judiciary and electoral process could have severe consequences for the ruling party by ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/eu-concerned-but-no-threats-to-cut-cambodia-aid-trade/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Simon Marks
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/eu-concerned-but-no-threats-to-cut-cambodia-aid-trade-54254/
Entrepreneurship, Start-ups and Innovation Knowledge Lab launched
The economic Research Institute for ASeAN and east Asia, in partnership with the Asian Network, launched last week a new eRIA initiative to promote inclusive economic development through entrepreneurship and innovation across ASeAN and east Asia: the e-S-I Knowledge Lab. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/entrepreneurship-start-ups-and-innovation-knowledge-lab-launched/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501086558/entrepreneurship-start-ups-and-innovation-knowledge-lab-launched/