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. ...

The Ministry of Rural Development confirmed that in 2022, the ministry had declared 472 communes in 39 districts in the country to have Open Defecation Free (ODF) status. ...

The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction reported that from 2003 to 2022, the Ministry received 14,567 complaints of land disputes from across the country, resolving 11,085 cases with 3,482 cases still pending. ...

Cambodia’s three international airports welcomed 481,582 foreign tourists in the first quarter of 2023, a staggering 453 percent increase from the same period in 2022. ...

The number of poor people in Cambodia has halved since 2014, from 5.6 million to 2.8 million in 2022, according to a UN report. ...

Cambodia has 753,670 business establishments, providing jobs to 2.98 million people, according to the official results of the 2022 Economic Census released here on Tuesday. ...

The number of e-wallet accounts in the Kingdom reached 17.9 million at end-December amid an acceleration in electronic payment volumes driven in part by Covid-19 anxiety, reflecting gradual fintech (financial technology) development towards achieving the government’s digital economy objectives. ...

Australia has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening relations with Cambodia in the fight against Covid-19 as the Kingdom will chair ASEAN in 2022. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has highlighted the roles that private sector can play so as to contribute to achieving the priority works and work plan of ASEAN in 2022. ...

The government has decided to suspend the recruitment of new government officers in 2022 to save national budget to help Cambodians with their health and social issues while handling the Covid-19 crisis. ...

Thong Khon, Minister of Tourism, has stated that there were more than 210,000 tourists nationwide on the weekend from 29 to 30 January 2022. ...

Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has introduced a number of new plans and projects to support Cambodia’s development goals from 2022 to 2024. ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping “always puts the people at the center of his heart,” said Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni in an interview with People’s Daily after attending the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing at the invitation of Xi. ...

Public-listed special economic zone (SEZ) developer Phnom Penh SEZ Plc (PPSP) has reported a sharp increase in total revenue and lower net loss in the first quarter of 2022, a filing with Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) showed. ...

Cambodia ranks 150 of 180 countries in the annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2022, an improvement over 2021, when the country ranked 157th. ...

Despite challenging global conditions, Cambodia’s finance sector delivered a reasonable performance in 2022 with a strong balance sheet growth, offset by higher expenses and credit costs. ...

The Council of Ministers has approved a draft budget for 2023 of 39,206,205 million riels, or $9.6 billion, a 13 percent increase on 2022. ...

Cambodia’s level of development of government technology measured by the GovTech Maturity Index (GTMI) has been upgraded by the World Bank (WB) to Grade B from C for 2022. ...

Cambodia had made a total of $544.1 million from the exports of dry rubber and milled rice during the first eight months of 2022, according to official reports on Tuesday. ...

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and China was amounted to $6,971 million in the first seven months of 2022, up 15.6 percent compared to the same period last year. ...