Tourism to bump up Cambodia’s GDP to 6.2% in 2023
Amid economic improvement with rising foreign visitors, Cambodia’s tourism recovery is expected to improve in 2023 pushing GDP to 6.2 percent. ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/tourism-to-bump-up-cambodias-gdp-to-62-in-2023
German president’s visit paves way for ties boost, as trade tops $1.2B: pundits
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s visit to Cambodia could give renewed impetus towards the consolidation of bilateral relations between the two countries as well as to the two-way goods trade, which was valued at nearly $1.25 billion in 2022, expanding by almost one-fifth on a yearly ...
Automotive and electronics sectors to receive $2b cash boost
Cambodia has unveiled plans to expand the automotive and electronics sectors in the next three years by pumping more than $2 billion into the industries, generating about 26,000 new jobs. ...
Meas Molika
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-automotive-and-electronics-sectors-to-receive-2b-cash-boost
Cambodia imports oil products worth $2.17 bln in 2023
Cambodia’s imports of diesel fuel and petroleum oil declined by 7.6 percent in 2023, according to a report from the General Department of Customs and Excise on Sunday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501423161/cambodia-imports-oil-products-worth-2-17-bln-in-2023/
Cambodia receives $2 million from US to fight COVID-19
The United States State Department on Tuesday issued a statement noting the US gave $2 million last month for the Kingdom’s fight against COVID-19. ...
Srey Kumneth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50708506/cambodia-receives-2-million-from-us-to-fight-covid-19/
PM Hun Sen: $1, $2 and $5 banknotes are still legal tender
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday has clarified to the public that the $1, $2 and $5 US bank notes are still accepted normally in the Kingdom. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50728542/pm-hun-sen-1-2-and-5-banknotes-are-still-legal-tender/
Japan provides $2 million for flood victims through WFP
The Japanese government has provided $2 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to mitigate the impact of floods on food security in flood-affected households and communities in Cambodia. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50816842/japan-provides-2-million-for-flood-victims-through-wfp/
CDC okays 144 Japan projects worth $2.79B since ‘94 debut
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved a cumulative 144 Japanese investment projects worth $2.79 billion since its inception in 1994, 66 of which are in special economic zones (SEZ) with $340 million in capital investment, it said in a press release. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cdc-okays-144-japan-projects-worth-279b-94-debut
Some 1.2 million of workers bear the brunt of Covid-19
An estimated 1.2 million factory workers have been affected by the government’s lockdown of Phnom Penh and adjacent Takmao town in Kandal province, which will now be extended to May 5, according to the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training spokesperson Heng Sour. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/some-12-million-workers-bear-brunt-covid-19
Siem Reap plastic waste campaign nets nearly 2,000 bags, NGO says
More than 300 families from fishing communities in Siem Reap province’s Puok district have joined a campaign to collect plastic waste from areas around the Tonle Sap Lake and their houses. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/siem-reap-plastic-waste-campaign-nets-nearly-2000-bags-ngo-says
Official launch of the Business Registration System on Information Technology Platform Phase 2
On 01 September 2021, the Ministry of Economy and Finance issued a press release on the official launch of the Business Registration System on Information Technology Platform Phase 2 collaborated with many ministries and departments. It was officially launched on September 01, 2021 at 9am, ...
Ministry of Economy and Finance
Cambodia-China trade volume reaches $11.2 billion in 2021
According to Cambodia’s Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak, the trade volume between Cambodia and China reached nearly $11.2 billion in 2021. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501032773/cambodia-china-trade-volume-reaches-11-2-billion-in-2021-2/
Khmer New Year Covid results in 2 ‘weeks’
Prime Minister Hun Sen said that within a week or two of the traditional April 14-16 Khmer New Year, the level of transmission – or immunity – of Covid-19 in the community would be clear, and then all relevant ministries and institutions would take the ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/khmer-new-year-covid-results-2-weeks
Kantha Bopha treated over 2,300 children in 24-hour period: report
In just over a single day, from April 25 to early on April 26, the Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospital treated more than 2,300 sick children, an unprecedented figure even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kantha-bopha-treated-over-2300-children-24-hour-period-report
Over 2.6 million tourists visit Angkor Resort in first seven months
Some 2,643,000 national and international tourists visited the Angkor Archeological Park in Siem Reap province in the first seven months of this year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501336270/over-2-6-million-tourists-visit-angkor-resort-in-first-seven-months/
Candlelight Party No2 Son Chhay grilled in NEC defamation case
The prosecutor’s office at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court questioned vice-president of Candlelight Party (CP) Son Chhay over his allegations made in a recent interview that the June 5 election “did not reflect the will of the people” and was marred by “threats, vote-buying and ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/candlelight-party-no2-son-chhay-grilled-nec-defamation-case
2.53 mln vehicles travel on Chinese-invested expressway in Cambodia
A highway operator’s spokesman said on Wednesday that 2.53 million cars have gone on the Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Freeway in the 200 days since it opened to the public in October last year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501276315/2-53-mln-vehicles-travel-on-chinese-invested-expressway-in-cambodia/
Cambodia attracts 2.57 mln int’l tourists in H1 of 2023: minister
Cambodia recorded some 2.57 million international visitors in the first half of 2023, a sharp increase of 409 percent from 506,762 over the same period last year, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501318525/cambodia-attracts-2-57-mln-intl-tourists-in-h1-of-2023-minister/
Ministry mulls digital record for 1.2 million IDPoor cardholders
The Ministry of Planning said that about 1.2 million poor people are receiving monthly social allowances from the government since 2006, and it is planning to have a digital record of the IDPoor cardholders. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501470327/ministry-mulls-digital-record-for-1-2-million-idpoor-cardholders/