Swisscontact, on behalf of the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation (GATF), on February 8 launched a new e-trade portal project in partnership with two Cambodian government institutions – the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) and Cambodia Post. ...

The government is making headway on plans to create the Techo Westerdam Park in Preah Sihanouk province, as a new attraction for national and international tourists who may be looking for some time away from the beaches and islands, a decision issued by the National ...

Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in Cambodia between mid-1994 and end-2021 amounted to 168.8 trillion riel ($41.0 billion), rising by 11.2 per cent from the end of 2020, with the Greater China area remaining the Kingdom’s top source market, according to a new report.   ...

The Department of Primary Education of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, in collaboration with Plan International Cambodia (PIC), have worked together to launch a new range of accelerated grade one textbooks to provide opportunities for aging children who previously dropped out of school. ...

Cambodia signed almost $1.22 billion worth of new concessional loans with development partners (DP) in the first nine months of this year – just shy of a four-fold increase from $0.31 billion in the same time last year – of which bilateral DPs accounted for ...

The government has been working to build new infrastructure and upgrade the quality of the existing old tracks to high-speed rail. The government plans to build three high-speed rail lines connecting Phnom Penh to the country’s borders to promote a more diversified transportation sector, according ...

Indigenous communities in Cambodia marked the 29th World Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Day – the 19th in Cambodia – with celebrations across the country. Their aim was to promote cultural identity preservation and growth, while urging the new government to expedite the collective land registration process ...

The government has issued a new sub-decree which increases the size of three major national parks – Virachey, Jayavarman-Norodom and Preah Monivong Bokor – in a bid to ensure the preservation and protection of the Kingdom’s natural heritage, ecosystems and biodiversity. The expansions will also ...

The National Assembly (NA) has approved draft laws which will rename the Ministry of National Assembly-Senate Relations and Inspection and establish a permanent Secretariat of State for Border Affairs. The new legislation is part of the seventh-mandate government’s bid to deepen its reforms. ...

The Asian Development Bank is engaged in developing a new project called ‘Skills for Future Economy’ with the purpose of improving the industry in Cambodia, according to a senior officer of the Royal Government of Cambodia. ...

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Japan in the first eight months of 2022 rose by more than one-sixth on-year, in a trend expected to carry into the foreseeable future, largely driven by agricultural exports from the Kingdom. Still, the business community is calling for greater ...

The government on Wednesday approved a new mechanism to intervene in the informal economy by providing cash to Cambodian households who run informal businesses that are affected by inflation by November 2022 amid Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine and sanctions, said Prime Minister Hun Sen ...

Locally-owned KLP.T Transportation Co Ltd’s new multi-purpose port and logistics centre just east of Kampong Chhnang town is expected to provide a substantial boost to Cambodian freight movement, particularly of agricultural products from the provinces bordering Tonle Sap Lake to international markets. ...

CMA CGM Group, the third largest container shipping company worldwide and number one in France, is slated to launch the Yangon Cambodia Express (YCX), creating a direct link between Myanmar, Cambodia, Singapore and Malaysia, and industry insiders are hailing the service as a promising new ...

Cambodia will not follow in other countries’ footsteps in imposing any additional restrictions towards arrivals from mainland China, amid concerns that soaring Covid-19 cases there could drive the emergence of new and potentially more dangerous variants of the novel coronavirus, Prime Minister Hun Sen affirmed ...

Australia plans to support the Cambodian Government in developing an Agri-food Industrial Park (AIP) in three main provinces. This initiative is expected to benefit the Cambodian economy by generating $5.1 billion and creating 100,000 new jobs, with 50 percent of these opportunities going to women. ...

In the new mandated government, Cambodia’s policy toward China remains unchanged, based on the spirit of traditional friendship, mutual trust and win-win cooperation. ...

Sok Chenda Sophea, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, on October 25, received a courtesy call from Ping M. Kitnikone on the occasion of her appointment as the new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to the Kingdom of Cambodia ...

The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has agreed to exempt patent tax for small online press institutions as well as reduce 50 percent of the registration fee to the new press united in the Ministry of Information (MoI) for the next five years, said a ...