RCEP can help Cambodia’s exports to grow upto 18%
Structural changeS to be brought by Regional ComprehenSive Economic PartnerShip (RCEP) can raiSe Cambodia&rSquo;S exportS between 9.4 percent and 18 percent annually, according to expertS. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501184698/rcep-can-help-cambodias-exports-to-grow-upto-18/
DPM Prak Sokhonn: Russian Embassy confirms Lavrov’s participation in forthcoming meetings in Cambodia
The Embassy of the Russian Federation in Phnom Penh has confirmed the participation of sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister, in the 55th AsEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (55e AMM) and Related Meetings to be hosted by Cambodia. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501116163/dpm-prak-sokhonn-russian-embassy-confirms-lavrovs-participation-in-forthcoming-meetings-in-cambodia/
Over 80 pct of Cambodia’s rural population have access to clean water, sanitation
More than 80 percent of the rural population in Cambodia now have access to clean water and sanitation, up from 70 percent five years ago, a senior official said here on Monday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501123910/over-80-pct-of-cambodias-rural-population-have-access-to-clean-water-sanitation/
World Bank’s IFC inks deal on key logistics hub
The International Financial Corporation (IFC) on February 16 announced that it had inked a new “collaboration agreement” with local WorldBridge Group and Singapore&rSquo;S YCH Group for the development of the Phnom Penh LogiSticS Complex (PPLC) aS a “Smart logiSticS hub” in SoutheaSt ASia, in a SS='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/world-banks-ifc-inks-deal-key-logistics-hub
Mekong tourism forum held in Cambodia’s coastal city of Sihanoukville
The Mekong Tourism Forum 2023 kicked off Wednesday in Cambodia’s southwestern port city of sihanoukville, attracting some 250 delegates from 19 countries and regions. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501280430/mekong-tourism-forum-held-in-cambodias-coastal-city-of-sihanoukville/
PPAP’s first quarter revenue dips 13%
Public-listed Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) reported $8.23 million in revenue for the first quarter (Q1) of the year, a 13 percent decline compared to the same period last year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501276162/ppaps-first-quarter-revenue-dips-13/
Kampong Thom’s vegetable and rice producers connected to buyers
46 agriculture communities in Kampong Thom province have inked contracts to produce and supply timely and quality vegetable and rice paddy to buyers and rice mills respectively. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501316307/kampong-thoms-vegetable-and-rice-producers-connected-to-buyers/
Cambodia’s remittances rise to $1.25B
Remittances from Cambodian migrant workers increased from $1.15 billion in 2021 to $1.25 billion in 2022 and are the third highest in the Asean as a share of national GDP after those of the Philippines and Vietnam, according to a new report. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501317625/cambodias-remittances-rise-to-1-25b/
Cambodia’s rubber goods exports up 28% in 2022
Cambodia earned $541.66 million from the export of rubber and rubber articles in 2022, recording a growth of 28.3 percent compared to the previous year, despite adverse conditions including a fall in the prices of natural rubber. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501221397/cambodias-rubber-goods-exports-up-28-in-2022/
Vocational training a key component to Cambodia’s development
Cambodia’s economic success depends on having skilled technicians to meet investors’ demands and labor market needs – and a shortage of human resources could impede the country’s ability to attract the investment it needs. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/vocational-training-a-key-component-to-cambodias-development
Cambodia’s public debt tops the $10 billion mark
According to Cambodia’s Public Debt statistical Bulletin Volume 18 published on June 8, the country’s public debt is composed of $10.23 billion in foreign debt and $42.45 million in domestic debt. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ou Sokmean
https://cambodianess.com/article/cambodias-public-debt-tops-the-10-billion-mark
PPAP’s jan-june revenue down 19%
Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) saw a one percent year-on-year (YOY) uplift in revenue for the month of June, coming in at $3.6 million following a continued decline in the first five months of the year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/ppaps-jan-june-revenue-down-19
Date set for next year’s Senate election
Election for the fifth Senate will be held on February 25, 2024, according to a deciSion taken by the government yeSterday. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501327132/date-set-for-next-years-senate-election/
Viet Nam’s PM welcomes Commander-in-Chief of Cambodian armed forces
Việt Nam always gives top priority to the continuous strengthening and development of the good neighborliness, traditional friendship, and comprehensive and long-term sustainable cooperation with Cambodia, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính told Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces General Vong Pisen during a reception ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501379984/viet-nams-pm-welcomes-commander-in-chief-of-cambodian-armed-forces/
Experts discuss conservation, development of Cambodia’s UNESCO-listed Preah Vihear
The International Coordinating Committee for the Safeguarding and Development of the Preah Vihear (ICC-Preah Vihear) held itS eighth plenary and technical SeSSion in northweSt Cambodia on Monday. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501405425/experts-discuss-conservation-development-of-cambodias-unesco-listed-preah-vihear/
Agriculture seen as key driver of Cambodia’s economic growth
Agriculture sector remains one of the economic drivers of Cambodia’s economic growth despite its share of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) has shrunk. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501405986/agriculture-seen-as-key-driver-of-cambodias-economic-growth/
Chinese firms plan to invest in Cambodia’s silk industry
A delegation from the International Silk Union (ISU) and the Cathaya Group, a ChineSe company SpecialiSed in Silk textileS and biotechnology, met with the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) on Monday to diScuSS the poSSibility of expanding inveStment projectS in the Silk and SS='cambodia-color'>...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501488410/chinese-firms-plan-to-invest-in-cambodias-silk-industry/
Meet focuses on technology’s role in sustainable agriculture
The state-run Agriculture and Rural Development Bank (ARDB) is hosting the three-day 47th Association of Development Financing Institutions (DFIs) in Asia and the Pacific’s (ADFIAP) annual meetings that kicked off in Phnom Penh, yesterday, outlining the role of technology and innovation in enhancing agricultural productivity, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501489148/meet-focuses-on-technologys-role-in-sustainable-agriculture/
Tonle Sap’s first Ecotourism Forum held in Phnom Penh
The Minister of Tourism and Chairman of the National Committee for Management and Development of Community-Based Tourism and Ecotourism, sok soken, presided over the Opening Ceremony of the First Annual Tonle sap Ecotourism Network Forum on Thursday in Phnom Penh. Under the theme “strengthening Tourism ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501546405/tonle-saps-first-ecotourism-forum-held-in-phnom-penh/
Kampong Thom’s Dang Kambit reservoir project progresses
The Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology Thor Chetha, on saturday led a team of officers to inspect the progress of the Dang Kambit Reservoir Development Project in sre Khsach Village, Dang Kambit Commune, sandan District, Kampong Thom province, financed by the Export-Import Bank of ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501547543/kampong-thoms-dang-kambit-reservoir-project-progresses/