Announcement on the encouragement to use electronic services
On 20 April 2021, the National Bank of Cambodia released an announcement on the encouragement to use electronic services aims to take efforts to prevent the serious spreading of COVID-19 in the community through reducing the usage of banknotes. ...
National Bank of Cambodia
Statement: Cooperate partnerships report in 2020 “WWF-Cambodia”
On 24 March 2021, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) issued a statement on the cooperation partnerships report in 2020. Generally, the cooperation between WWF and the private sector is taken in three ways such as driving sustainable business practices, communication and awareness-raising activities, and philanthropic relationships. ...
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
New president for Cambodian Women Entrepreneurs Association
Keo Mom, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Lyly Food Industry, has been elected as the new president of the Cambodian Women Entrepreneurs Association (CWEA) for its fourth mandate. Her term will last from 2021-2024. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50834182/new-president-for-cambodian-women-entrepreneurs-association/
Announcement on the temporary travel ban on all Indian nationalities and foreigners traveling from India
On 29 April 2021, the Ministry of Tourism released an announcement on the temporary travel ban on all Indian nationalities and foreigners traveling from India aims to prevent the new variants of COVID-19 virus, B1617. ...
Ministry of Tourism
Cambodia “Preparing To Welcome Back Foreign Tourists In Q4”
A new video released by the Ministry of Tourism seems to indicate that Cambodia is preparing to welcome back tourists in the 4th quarter of 2021, in a move designed to “revive Cambodia’s tourism industry hit hard by the global COVID-18 crisis” ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50860697/cambodia-preparing-to-welcome-back-foreign-tourists-in-q4/
Smart installs 68 Siem Reap base stations
Smart Axiata Co Ltd has installed 68 new base stations in Siem Reap province as part of its $90 million investment plan to expand and improve its network across the country in 2021, the telecoms operator said in an April 27 press release. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/smart-installs-68-siem-reap-base-stations
GFT exports increase 0.9% to $4.7B in first six months
The Kingdom exported $4.7214 billion worth of garments, footwear, travel products (GFT) and other finished textile goods in the first half of 2021, up 0.9 per cent year-on-year from $4.6813 billion, according to the General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia. ...
Thou Vireak
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/gft-exports-increase-09-47b-first-six-months
Study set to pinpoint trade flow bottlenecks at ports
The results of a crucial ongoing study will enable Cambodia to set out a framework of strategies to enhance the efficiency of the trade facilitation environment and the Kingdom’s competitiveness on the international stage, according to General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) director-general Kun ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/study-set-pinpoint-trade-flow-bottlenecks-ports
Korea trade surges 6.2% in Jan-May
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and South Korea in the first five months of 2021 was worth $377.05 million, up by 6.17 per cent year-on-year from $355.11 million, according to data from the Korea International Trade Association (Kita). ...
Hin Pisei
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/korea-trade-surges-62-jan-may
Rubber exports bounce past $265M in first nine months
Cambodia exported 174,100 tonnes of rubber valued at $265.8 million in the first nine months of 2021, surging by 48,300 tonnes (38.4 per cent) in volume and $111.6 million (72.3 per cent) in value over January-September 2020, the General Department of Customs and Excise reported. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rubber-exports-bounce-past-265m-first-nine-months
SSEZ imports, exports hit $1.77B in Jan-Oct
The value of imports and exports passing through the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) reached $1.767 billion in the first 10 months of 2021, marking a 38.81 per cent year-on-year uptick from $1.273 billion, the operator reported on November 17. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ssez-imports-exports-hit-177b-jan-oct
GDT rakes in $2.3B of tax revenue over first 10 months
Although the Covid-19 outbreak has had a prolonged impact on the economy from late 2019 to 2021, it has had little effect on tax revenue, reflecting the effectiveness of tax governance and transparency efforts, according to General Department of Taxation (GDT) chief Kong Vibol. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gdt-rakes-23b-tax-revenue-over-first-10-months
Peppercorn exports sprout 457% to nearly 28K tonnes
Cambodia shipped out about 27,730.07 tonnes of peppercorn – both geographical indication- (GI) branded Kampot pepper and non-GI cultivars – in the first 11 months of 2021, up 456.53 per cent year-on-year, with Vietnam as the top buyer, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/peppercorn-exports-sprout-457-nearly-28k-tonnes
New non-SEZ projects fall 24.11%
Despite a modest improvement in the Covid-19 situation in Cambodia, the number of new projects outside of special economic zones (SEZ) approved by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) saw a sharp decline in January-November 2021 compared to the same period a year ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-non-sez-projects-fall-2411
Cambodia-US trade rises 32%
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and the US in the first 11 months of 2021 topped $8.396 billion, surging by more than 32.1 per cent from over $6.355 billion in the same period last year, according to US Census Bureau (USCB) data on January 10. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-us-trade-rises-32
Half of capital’s public land dwellers accept relocation
Speaking at a press conference on the progress and future direction of Phnom Penh on March 1, Deputy governor Keut Che said that from 2019 through 2021, the administration has solved the problems of 150 out of the 300 poor communities living on state public ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/half-capitals-public-land-dwellers-accept-relocation
Soybean, mung bean exports double on-year
Cambodia exported a total of 64,660 tonnes of soybeans and mung beans in the first four months of this year, roughly doubling from the same period in 2021, with more than 96.5 per cent bought by Vietnam, according to the agriculture ministry. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/soybean-mung-bean-exports-double-year
Cambodia churns out 4.85 tonnes of dore bars
Cambodia’s four official gold producers have pumped out more than 4.8 tonnes of dore bars – a semi-finished product that is smelted at a mine, usually at about 90 per cent purity – since the first commercial gold pour took place in June 2021, according ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-churns-out-485-tonnes-dore-bars
Cambodia’s export surges 18% to $20 billion
Cambodia exported $20,457 million worth of goods in the January-November period of this year, an increase of almost 18.1 percent compared to the same period in 2021, according to a report from the General Department of Customs and Excise report yesterday. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501201379/cambodias-export-surges-18-to-20-billion/
Cambodia remittances to reach $2.7 billion this year
Remittances from Cambodian migrant workers have continued to rise, totalling $2,630 million in 2021, an increase of 11.4 percent compared to 2018, figures from the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training showed yesterday. The remittances are set to increase this year. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501167410/cambodia-remittances-to-reach-2-7-billion-this-year/