MoC responds to UN study citing negative RCEP impact on revenue
An official from the Ministry of Commerce said the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) will definitely open up opportunities for Cambodia. He was speaking in response to a report released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) citing potential serious negative ...
Economy to grow 5.5% in 2023, says NBC
Cambodia’s GDP is expected to grow by 5.5 percent with a low inflation rate of two percent in 2023, due to external factors and the re-opening of the economy. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/national-bank-cambodia-economy-to-grow-5-point-5-2023
Food safety set to be in curriculum
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport is set to finalise its draft national policy on student health, with food safety incorporated into schools’ curriculum throughout the country, according to a senior official at the ministry. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/food-safety-set-be-curriculum
OECD to further support Cambodia with technical assistance
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) will continue to provide technical support for Cambodia in order to realise its vision of becoming a high-income nation by 2050. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501424450/oecd-to-further-support-cambodia-with-technical-assistance/
Big $0.3B tyre plant finished ‘by May’
Construction work on a massive tyre factory in Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) is expected to be completed by May, according to Preah Sihanouk Provincial Administration spokesman Kheang Phearom on January 3. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/big-03b-tyre-plant-finished-may
Education boost needed: PM
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday encouraged Cambodia to pick up the slack on its higher-education system in order to bolster the country’s economic competitiveness. “Training human resources is necessary to developing the labour market and encouraging investments,” the premier said during the Royal University of Law ...
Chhay Channyda and Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/education-boost-needed-pm
Microfinance association claims NGO statement “biased”
The Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) regarded the commentary by NGOs and civil society organizations on the industry as “biased, incomplete, and cherry-picked”, taking just the negative parts of a report produced by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) into account while ignoring ...
Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/microfinance-association-claims-ngo-statement-biased
CNRP talks mass protests after Sokha conviction
Opposition leaders on Sunday called on supporters to consider mass demonstrations after the conviction on Friday of CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha, while a government spokesman warned that those who attempted to heed the call to action would pay a “very high price.” ...
Khuon Narim and George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/second/cnrp-talks-mass-protests-sokha-conviction-117862/
Government spokesman admits to NGO scare
Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak’s pre-election warning that some NGOs and their leaders were being watched for illegally aiding the opposition was a threat designed to frighten them, General Sopheak said on Wednesday, as civil society groups warily condemned the statements. ...
Aun Pheap and Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-spokesman-admits-to-ngo-scare-131115/
Plug pulled on critics’ airtime
The Ministry of Information has closed down multiple radio stations that have been renting airtime to the opposition CNRP party and to two radio news organisations that have been under fire from the government. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5079678/plug-pulled-critics-airtime/
Sudary highlights drop in women NA members, but rise in Senate
Khuon Sudary, President of the National Assembly (NA) of 7th legislature, yesterday pointed out that the number of female members in the NA has dropped significantly, despite an increase in the senate. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501395424/sudary-highlights-drop-in-women-na-members-but-rise-in-senate/
Supreme Consultative Council officially created
King Norodom Sihamoni has legitimised the Supreme Consultative Council and appointed 30 representatives of 15 political parties as advisors to the government at the request of Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50531950/supreme-consultative-council-officially-created/
Vietnam, Cambodia foster economic, science and technology partnership
Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn co-chaired the 19th meeting of the Vietnam-Cambodia Joint Committee on economic, science and technology cooperation via videoconference on December 19. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50992272/vietnam-cambodia-foster-economic-science-and-technology-partnership/
EU talks ‘election climate’
The EU’s high representative for foreign affairs, Frederica Mogherini, yesterday released a letter outlining Europe’s continued concern with what it perceives as a deteriorating political situation in Cambodia. ...
Cristina Maza
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/eu-talks-election-climate
Agriculture ministry to end ELC assessment in October
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) will finalize its assessment over the companies which have been granted economic land concessions (ELCs), in October, as the ministry has announced to reduce the period of ELC investment to 50 years from 70-99 years, said a ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/agriculture-ministry-to-end-elc-assessment-in-october-9002
Agriculture ministry to end ELC assessment in October
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) will finalize its assessment over the companies which have been granted economic land concessions (ELCs), in October, as the ministry has announced to reduce the period of ELC investment to 50 years from 70-99 years, said a ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/agriculture-ministry-to-end-elc-assessment-in-october-9002
Cambodian Commerce Minister attends a multilateral meeting on trade for development in Switzerland
Mrs CHAM Nimul, Minister of Commerce of Cambodia, participated in a multilateral meeting on Trade for Development, a sideline of the Word Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2024 in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 16. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501425212/cambodian-commerce-minister-attends-a-multilateral-meeting-on-trade-for-development-in-switzerland/
MEF reviews policies to boost economic productivity
The Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) recently organised several meetings and discussions with the public and private institutions to ensure the effective and productive uses of the national budget in line with the economic policies master plan. ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501517937/mef-reviews-policies-to-boost-economic-productivity/
Unions, bosses ink deal to end SL garment factory dispute
A year after violent clashes broke out between workers from the SL Garment Factory and gun-wielding security forces, leading to the shooting death of a bystander, representatives for workers and management at the factory signed off on a list of agreements this week to end the ...
Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/unions-bosses-ink-deal-to-end-sl-garment-factory-dispute-72685/
Ministry ‘bullish’ on prospects of recovery
The Kingdom’s real economic growth is expected to recover by 4 percent in 2021 following a contraction of 3.1 percent in 2020, according to a report from the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF). ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50807772/ministry-bullish-on-prospects-of-recovery/