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'>...

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'>...

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'>...

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'>...

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'>...

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'>...

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'>...

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'>...

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'>...

The trade commissioner and foreign affairs representative of the european Union (e.U.) have turned down a request from 13 members of the european Parlia­ment that they immediately investigate Cambodia’s much criticized economic land concessions, but said they were monitoring the issue closely. In a March letter ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/eu-wont-investigate-land-concessions-for-now/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

In the wake of an announcement by the National election Committee (NeC) that it has completed its investigation into election irregularities, the U.S. and Australian embassies in Phnom Penh on Monday continued to call for an independent and transparent inquiry into the results of the ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/us-australia-continue-call-for-credible-election-inquiry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

About 70 percent of Cambodians have access to financial services, with more than 8.6 million e-wallet account holders at the end 2021, according to the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC). ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/70-percent-of-cambodians-have-access-to-financial-services/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) have inked the agreements to expand bilateral trade, technologies, agriculture, industry, investment and the health sector, and both sides also are trying to boost close ties for mutual benefits while both nations’ trading has been reported to be ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-north-korea-update-bilateral-agreements/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Ministry of Health (MoH) has reportedly detected more than 300 cases of the Delta COVID-19 variant, and is classified as a community infection. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-delta-variant-now-becomes-community-infection-total-rises-to-above-300-nationwide/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of economy and Finance H.e Keat Chhon said Cambodia Security exchange (CSX) will begin trading from January 2012. Inaugurated in July, the CSX would be put on hold until next year because some rules and regulations have been being discussed ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-security-exchange-to-begin-trading-early-next-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

WorldBridge Commerce announced yesterday the integration of Acleda Bank’s online payment services into its online shopping marketplace MAIO Mall. The partnership adds an online payment option to MAIO Mall’s existing cash-on-delivery model. The Post’s Ananth Baliga spoke to Tomas Pokorny, CeO of WorldBridge Commerce, about ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/moving-beyond-cash-on-delivery/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Russian embassy on Friday gave humanitarian aid to the Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital together with Russian BioBuilding Co and Cambodian companies eBiodis, Leisure Asia Corporation, SGU Import export Co Ltd and Cambodia-Russian Trade House. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/russian-embassy-helps-out-khmer-soviet-friendship-hospital/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A new app, Doe leng Sruk Yoeng, has been launched by the Ministry of environment (Moe) with the aim of promoting the Kingdom’s ecotourism hotspots, providing up-to-date transport information and tools to share holiday memories. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/app-showcases-cambodias-ecotourism-gems/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The General Department of Taxation (GDT) of the Ministry of economy and Finance (MeF) has issued an instruction on procedures to enable taxpayers who are owners of registered businesses to make online adjustments of their online filing on annual tax on income (ToI e-Filing), a ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gdt-allows-taxpayers-to-adjust-annual-tax-online/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

“Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, H.e. Vuk Jeremic will pay an official visit to Cambodia early next week to strengthen bilateral cooperation between the two countries,” the media release from the foreign ministry said on October 7. “Serbian Foreign Minister H.e. Vuk ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/serbian-foreign-minister-strengthen-bilateral-ties/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...