The General Department of Taxation (GDT) rode out the challenges presented by the Covid-19 pandemic and the downturn in the regional and global economies to reach nearly 95 per cent of its annual revenue collection target as of December 16.​ ss='cambodia-color'>...

During an interview with CoinDesk’s online web show, “Money Re-imagined”, the Director-General and Assistant Governor of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) Chea serey explained how the central bank is working towards financial inclusion by encouraging the opening of formal savings accounts. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Australia has pledged to grant $50 million a year to support Cambodian vulnerable people, including people with disabilities, women who are victims of violence and the minority groups.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

WWF Cambodia released a report on January 15 saying the ungulate populations in two sanctuaries – srepok and the neighboring Phnom Prich – had seen a drastic 10-year decline. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Three prominent financial houses – Hattha Bank Plc, PRAsAC Microfinance Institution (MFI) Plc and PPCBank Plc  – released their annual financial reports and, in so doing, delivered a comprehensive look at how the sector in general fared over the course of pandemic-struck 2020. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI) on June 16 launched a pioneering partnership to make ADB digital publications available in CDRI’s online catalogue. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Cambodia affirmed that its development strategy is in line with that of the Cambodian government. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Kingdom imported 584 tonnes of steel from Vietnam in the first five months of 2021, down 1.5 per cent year-on-year, Vietnamese media outlet VN Express reported. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Japanese government and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have provided the Ministry of Health with essential equipment to strengthen cold-chain management of Covid-19 vaccines to help ensure the regular delivery of them and better long-term processing within the Kingdom. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Asian Development Bank has more than halved its forecast for Cambodia’s economic growth this year. It cut the gross domestic product forecast to 1.9 percent from April’s prediction of 4 percent growth. The ADB left next year’s forecast unchanged at 5.5 percent GDP expansion. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Vietnam was the largest market of Cambodia’s cashew nuts in the first eight months of 2021. ss='cambodia-color'>...

South Korea&rSquo;S KB Kookmin Bank, New York-liSted KB Financial Group Inc&rSquo;S (KB) commercial banking unit, on October 20 announced the completion of the acquiSition the remaining 30 per cent intereSt in PraSac, Cambodia&rSquo;S largeSt microfinance inStitution, aS it expandS itS buSineSS into the Kingdom&rSquo;S financial SS='cambodia-color'>...

Ministry of Justice spokesman Chin Malin rebuffed claims by three UN human rights experts who have accused the Cambodian government of using the courts to persecute rights defenders. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia has updated the country’s poverty line based on the 2019-2020 socio-Economic survey wherein the national minimum was set at 10,951 Riel (roughly $2.7) per capita a day. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Ministry of Education, Youth and sports (MoEYs) was joined by its Capacity Development Partnership Fund (CDPF III) partners to celebrate school reopening in Kampong Chhnang to witness the use of the new Home Learning Packages which are being distributed to all 760,180 Cambodian children in ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government has refuted claims by the Cambodia League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (Licadho) that thousands of families have been involved in land disputes for the last two years and some are detained in prison for voicing their grievances. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Singapore haS aSked Cambodia to conSider Signing the Singapore Convention on Mediation (alSo known aS Convention), a multilateral treaty which offerS a uniform and efficient framework for the enforcement and invocation of international Settlement agreementS reSulting from mediation. SS='cambodia-color'>...

The 38-road expansion project in siem Reap town is now 100 per cent complete, while the installation of accompanying infrastructure such as street lights and security cameras is now 70 per cent finished, according to Minister of Public Works and Transport sun Chanthol. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National AIDS Authority (NAA) took Valentine&rSquo;S Day aS an opportunity to educate the general public about HIV/AIDS prevention, eSpecially among young people and thoSe with Same-Sex partnerS. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Since being endorSed by the Cambodian People&rSquo;S Party in December aS the ruling party&rSquo;S only prime miniSter candidate, Hun Manet iS increaSingly appearing in public, taking hiS father&rSquo;S place at eventS ranging from the inauguration of military buildingS to road openingS. SS='cambodia-color'>...