As of November, the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (BAKC) has provided legal representation in nearly 5,000 cases for poor people at the Phnom Penh municipal and provincial courts, an increase of nearly 30 per cent compared to the same period last year. ...

The garment sector in Cambodia has shown good performance in terms of production, exports and growth in orders, while the import of fabrics for garment production increased by more than 25%. ...

Cambodia’s total trade volume was valued at $22.4 billion in the first five months of 2022, up 19.7 percent from 18.7 billion dollars over the same period last year, an official report showed on Monday. ...

The International Multi-Purpose Logistics and Port Centre, principally invested by Kampot Logistics and Port Co Ltd and projected to cost $1.5 billion, has officially broken ground in Bokor town, Kampot province.   ...

The retail prices of regular-grade petrol and diesel respectively increased by about 2.65 per cent and 10.91 per cent on June 13, according to a notice issued by the Ministry of Commerce.   ...

The personal loan market improved significantly in the third quarter of 2022, according to the Consumer Credit Index of the Credit Bureau Cambodia (CBC). In the third quarter, the number of consumer credit applications increased marginally from the second quarter, according to the latest report. ...

Cambodia’s two gold producers have pumped out 252 semi-refined gold bars weighing 3,563kg as of the beginning of this month, according to a senior mining official on August 9. ...

An under-construction $1.5 million medium-sized multi-purpose sea wharf in Koh Kong province is on course to be inaugurated at the end of 2022, to boost tourism and goods trade with neighbouring countries, the public works ministry reported. ...

Up to $4.9 billion of total investment capital for 268 investment projects have been approved by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) in 2023, with some 307,000 jobs created, according to its statement on Wednesday. ...

Real estate growth has marginally improved year-over-year. But the momentum of growth is still slow with 2023 seeing the real estate sector grow 0.5 percent, compared to 0.2 percent in 2022. ...

Rising tourism footfalls and strong manufacturing prospects will drive Cambodia’s economy to grow at the rate of 5.8 percent this year and six percent next year, according to the latest edition of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) flagship economic report, released yesterday. ...

More than $30 million in Cambodian sand exports registered by Taiwan appear to be missing from Cambodia’s customs records, according to data from both governments, marking yet another large-scale discrepancy in the Kingdom’s figures on the trade. ...

COVID-19 rapid antigen tests should be administered to at least five-to-10 per cent of staff at all public and private institutions, said a new government guideline released amid the pandemic. ...

The government has purchased an additional five million doses of Covid-19 vaccine from China to vaccinate the 12-17 age group in a bid to reopen schools, with their shipments expected in August and September. ...

On the 1st of June 2022, National Election Committee has posted an instruction on strengthening security for the 5th mandate of the Commune/Sangkat council election 2022 on its official social media site. The instruction aims to ensure the process of the 2022 Commune/Sangkat election goes smoothly ...

The National Election Committee (NEC) has added three new functions – location of polling stations, candidate lists and voting results – to its NEC KH mobile app to provide information to the general public ahead of the June 5 commune council elections. ...

From April 1 to September 5 of 2023, the government allocated almost $1.5 million in cash transfers to nearly 35,000 factory workers whose contracts were suspended. Many of the suspended workers have returned to work. ...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved three new investment projects with a total capital of $16.5 million in Kampong Speu province and Phnom Penh capital. ...

Thai tourists visiting Cambodia can now pay for goods easier after a bilateral agreement between the two countries was reached for cross-border QR payments. ...

The government has issued a sub-decree to increase the monthly salary of government contract officials from $162.5 to $167.5 starting next month. The sub-decree, signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen on December 4, said the government has decided to increase the salary by $5 for the ...