Cambodia’s exports surge 22.7% in first two months
Cambodia’s international trade recorded a growth of 19.2 percent in the first two months of this year compared to the same period last year and reached $8.12 billion. While exports surged 22.7 percent to reach $3.98 billion, imports grew by 16.1 percent to reach $4.13 ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501454157/cambodias-exports-surge-22-7-in-first-two-months/
MoU aims to elevate youth financial literacy
Financial literacy among Cambodia’s youth is slated to receive a boost after an agreement was signed between SOSORO Museum and the Association of Banks in Cambodia (ABC) to enhance youth’s educational awareness about their money affairs. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/mou-aims-to-elevate-youth-financial-literacy
CDC approves projects worth $2.2 billion in first quarter
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved 106 fixed assets investment and expansion projects worth $2.2 billion in the first three months of this year, a jump of 649 percent over the same period last year. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501469196/cdc-approves-projects-worth-2-2-billion-in-first-quarter/
Ten investment projects worth over $60 million registered at CDC
Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has decided to issue licences to ten investment projects with a total investment capital of more than $60 million, as of Jan. 15. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501425808/ten-investment-projects-worth-over-60-million-registered-at-cdc/
Law to strengthen water transportation sector
A draft law on water transportation has been created to strengthen the sector and find solutions to serve national and international trade, while supporting national economic growth. ...
Chhorn Raksmey
https://kiripost.com/stories/law-to-strengthen-water-transportation-sector
Cambodia’s international trade up 16.7 pct in January
Cambodia’s foreign trade volume hit $4.05 billion in January 2024, up 16.7 percent from $3.47 billion in the same month last year, an official report showed on February 12, 2024. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501439008/cambodias-international-trade-up-16-7-pct-in-january/
Cambodia’s rubber exports rise by 123 percent
Amid the fall in global demand, Cambodia earned $121 million from the exports of rubber articles in the first month of this year, an increase of 123.5 percent compared to the same period last year, according to the latest trade data of the General Department ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501440080/cambodias-rubber-exports-rise-by-123-percent/
Cambodia’s investment policy preserves existing investments while fostering new ones; peace and stability are crucial, PM says
Prime Minister Hun Manet stated that the investment policy of the Royal Government of Cambodia is to preserve existing investments while also fostering new ones. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501479676/cambodias-investment-policy-preserves-existing-investments-while-fostering-new-ones-peace-and-stability-are-crucial-pm-says/
PM pledges to enhance investment climate
Prime Minister Hun Manet yesterday pledged to enhance the investment climate of Cambodia, in a bid to attract more investments to the country. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501479439/pm-pledges-to-enhance-investment-climate/
Business forum to scale up Cambodia-Mexico trade, investment ties
Trade and investment cooperation between Cambodia and Mexico are expected to increase after a business forum which is planned to be organized in Phnom Penh soon. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501481587/business-forum-to-scale-up-cambodia-mexico-trade-investment-ties/
CDC endorses 173 investment projects worth approximately $4 billion in six months
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved 173 investment projects worth some $4 billion during the last six months, from September 2023 to February 2024. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501470535/cdc-endorses-173-investment-projects-worth-approximately-4-billion-in-six-months/
25 more projects receive incentives in Sihanoukville
The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has approved special incentives for 25 projects in Preah Sihanouk province, including 12 projects for completing unfinished buildings, 12 new projects and one expansion project, with a total investment budget of $917 million. ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501582226/25-more-projects-receive-incentives-in-sihanoukville/
MoU to help Cambodia fast-track clean energy transition
To fast-track its initiatives for the clean energy transition with a higher share from renewable sources, the Ministry of Mines and Energy recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with EnergyLab Cambodia. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501579011/mou-to-help-cambodia-fast-track-clean-energy-transition/
MAFF makes move at raising income of farmers, consumers
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with two partners, Cambodian Green (CG) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Cambodia, to increase the income of both farmers and consumers and to raise awareness of natural resource conservation. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501583078/maff-makes-move-at-raising-income-of-farmers-consumers/
Almost 100% of tax now collected electronically
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) has attributed the significant growth in tax revenue collection since 2014 to the implementation of technology solutions. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501583076/almost-100-of-tax-now-collected-electronically/
IFC and Association of Banks in Cambodia to boost green finance, support sustainable growth
To help address climate change impacts and foster a sustainable financial ecosystem in Cambodia, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) is collaborating with the Association of Banks in Cambodia (ABC) to boost the capacity of local financial institutions in the climate finance space. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501576152/ifc-and-association-of-banks-in-cambodia-to-boost-green-finance-support-sustainable-growth/
At Cambodia’s last independent newspaper, top editor fired, foreign journalists quit
All but a handful of foreign journalists on staff at The Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia’s last remaining independent daily newspaper, resigned on Wednesday. Citing differences over the meaning of “editorial independence,” they quit within days after new owners fired its editor-in-chief who refused to remove a published ...
Hul Reaksmey
https://www.voanews.com/a/cambodia-last-independent-newspaper-editor-fired-reporters-quit/4387613.html
Rights groups, former opposition concerned by sale of independent newspaper to investor linked to PM
Human rights groups and former opposition officials have expressed concerns over the impact of the recent sale of the Phnom Penh Post newspaper to a Malaysian investor with historical ties to Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
Newspaper staff protest firing of editor as new owners cull dissenting voices
Kay Kimsong was fired on Monday after representatives of the new owner ordered senior staff to remove an article about the sale from its website, claiming factual inaccuracies. ...
Hul Reaksmey
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/newspaper-staff-protest-firing-of-editor-as-new-owners-cull-dissenting-voices/4384807.html
Illegal timber still flowing: EIA
More than one million cubic metres of illegal timber has flowed unhindered from protected areas in Cambodia’s northeast provinces to Vietnam as the latter continues its role as a serial illegal timber trade offender, according to a report issued by the Environmental Investigation Agency. ...
May Titthara
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50496726/illegal-timber-still-flowing-eia/