World Bank forecasts Cambodia’s economic growth to reach 4.5 percent in 2022 and 5.5 percent in 2023.
A World Bank released on January 12, 2022, said that Cambodia’s economic growth this year is expected to reach 4.5 percent this year and is projected to grow further to 5.5 percent in 2023. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501006196/world-bank-forecasts-cambodias-economic-growth-to-reach-4-5-percent-in-2022-and-5-5-percent-in-2023/
Cambodia sees nearly $700 million in profits from bicycle exports in nine months
From January to September 2022, Cambodia earned nearly $700 million from bicycle exports, as the sector continues to grow. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501168715/cambodia-sees-nearly-700-million-in-profits-from-bicycle-exports-in-nine-months/
Cambodia exported 656,000 tonnes of cashew, earning $837 million in revenue in 2023
Cambodia exported $837 million worth of raw cashew nuts in 2023, a year-on-year decrease of 16.9 percent, according to the Cashew Nut Association of Cambodia’s report on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501420104/cambodia-exported-656000-tonnes-of-cashew-earning-837-million-in-revenue-in-2023/
Cambodia sees 3X growth in money changers in less than two decades
Walk along the streets of any city in Cambodia and there will be at least one money exchanger. ...
Rachel David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501501026/cambodia-sees-3x-growth-in-money-changers-in-less-than-two-decades/
Standards Building Up Safety Fears
When a 100-metre-long section of a Phnom Penh garment factory crumpled in on itself like a cheap pup tent, Sen Sok district officials promised an investigation. The results of that investigation, which was to have taken place more than a year ago, in March 2012, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052265780/National/standards-building-up-safety-fears.html
Conserve water in reservoirs: Prime Minister
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday urged authorities and people to conserve water for cultivation and daily consumption as dry season sets in. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50660038/conserve-water-in-reservoirs-prime-minister/
Ministry of Foreign Affairs targeted by US visa ban, in retaliation for government's deportee stance
The United States yesterday banned business and tourist visas for Cambodian Foreign Ministry officials and their families in response to the Kingdom’s refusal to accept “inhumane” deportations of Cambodian citizens convicted of felonies in the US. ...
Erin Handley and Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-foreign-affairs-targeted-us-visa-ban-retaliation-governments-deportee-stance
Former SRP senator Sok Hour receives pardon after serving more than two years in jail
After serving more than 800 days of a seven-year prison sentence on charges of “incitement” and “forgery”, former opposition Senator Hong Sok Hour was released last night, following an unexpected royal pardon from King Norodom Sihamoni. ...
Kong Meta, Andrew Nachemson and Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/former-srp-senator-sok-hour-receives-pardon-after-serving-more-two-years-jail
Proposal to teach Hun Sen’s life story in schools seen as hagiography by some
Students at schools in Cambodia will learn about the life, achievements and leadership of Prime Minister Hun Sen under a proposal by the Defence Ministry to change the nation’s curriculum and introduce the ruling party’s fiercely contested historical narrative into textbooks. ...
Mech Dara and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/proposal-teach-hun-sens-life-story-schools-seen-hagiography-some
Japan donates another US$120,000 to promote child and mother health in Kampong Cham
Government of Japan has donated an additional amount of US$120,000 to promote mother and child health in vulnerable areas of Kampong Cham province. ...
Mom Chandara Soleil
http://www.akp.gov.kh/?p=108246
Hun Sen’s ‘Win’ set in stone: minister floats plan to immortalise post-dissolution defections
Across the Prek Pnov Bridge, where Phnom Penh gives way to Kandal, the massive foundations of an unfinished stone spire commemorating the achievements of Prime Minister Hun Sen jut up from an otherwise empty expanse. ...
Mech Dara and Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/hun-sens-win-set-stone-minister-floats-plan-immortalise-post-dissolution
China, Cambodia call for adopting Code of Conduct in S. China Sea at early date
China and Cambodia on Thursday jointly called on related parties to adopt at an early date the Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea to make it a sea of peace, friendship and cooperation. ...
Lifang
http://xinhuanet.com/english/2018-01/11/c_136888220.htm
Cambodia's Angkor Wat Temple attracts 1.36 mln foreign visitors in 8 months, up 31%
About 1.36 million international tourists visited Cambodia’s Angkor Wat Temple, one of the World Heritage Sites, in the first eight months of this year, a 31 percent rise compared with 1.04 million during the same period last year, a report of Siem Reap provincial tourism ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/culture/2012-09/26/c_131874967.htm
U.S., S. Korean, Chinese, Japanese leaders to attend 21st ASEAN Summit in Cambodia
U.S. President Barack Obama, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda have already confirmed their participation in the 21st ASEAN Summit and related Summits here on Nov. 15-20, said Cambodia’s Foreign Minister Hor Namhong on Monday. ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-10/22/c_131922509.htm
French government injects $74 million loan to support social and economic development projects in Cambodia
French government through French development agency will give $74million loan to Cambodia to support social and economic development in the kingdom, according to a senior official said today. Director General of French Agency for Development (Agence Française de Développement -AFD) Mr Dov Zera will travel to ...
Cambodia’s trade with US reaches US$1.39-B in 1-H, + 4.5%
Cambodia’s trade with US reaches US$1.39-B in 1-H, + 4.5% Bi-lateral trade volume between Cambodia and the United States had jumped to US$1.39-B in 1-H of this year, a 4.5% rise compared with US$1.33-B at the same period last year, according to the statistics of the ...
http://www.livetradingnews.com/cambodias-trade-with-us-reaches-us1-39-b-in-1-h-4-5-83222.htm
Cambodia-U.S. trade reaches 2.2 bln USD in 9 months, up 2 pct
The bilateral C volume between Cambodia and the United States reached 2.2 billion U.S. dollars in the first nine months of this year, a 2 percent rise compared with 2.15 billion U.S. dollars at the same period last year, according to the statistics of the ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2012-11/19/c_131984263.htm
Siem Reap International Airport records 340,000 passengers in January, South Korea stands first row
PHNOM PENH: the Siem reap international airport announced today that it gained 340,000 passengers for January and the South Korean passengers stand first class. “This is first time in its history, [sic] the statement said. It adds: barely a month after crossing the 2-millionth passenger milestone, ...
Cambodia's Angkor heritage site greets 694,700 foreign visitors in Q1, up 8 pct
Cambodia’s Angkor Wat temples, one of the world heritage sites, received 694,700 foreign tourists in the first quarter of this year, a 8 percent rise from the same period last year, the statistics of Siem Reap provincial tourism department showed Friday. The top three countries visiting ...
Foreign visitors to Cambodia's World Heritage Preah Vihear temple rise 39 pct in 5 months
Cambodia’s Preah Vihear temple, a World Heritage site, received 4,710 foreign tourists in the first five months of this year, up 39 percent compared with the same period last year, statistics by Preah Vihear province’s tourism department showed Tuesday. Kong Vibol, chief of the department, said ...
http://www.asean-china-center.org/english/2013-06/19/c_132468531.htm