Cambodia and Japan signed and exchanged notes concerning a yen loan project and a grant aid project during Japanese Foreign minister Kamikawa Yoko’s official visit to Cambodia from July5-6, 2024. ...

Cambodian and Japanese bilateral relationship and cooperation have further strengthened, following a visit by Japanese Foreign Affairs minister Yoko Kamikawa on July 6. ...

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport is in the final stages of project planning for the widening of National Road 4 froM 7M to 10M. The project is scheduled to last 24 Months froM 2022 to 2023. ...

China has pledged to provide Yuan 300m ($US 44m) to Cambodia to support the project to upgrade the Phnom Penh – Poipet railway to a 160km/h standard-gauge electrified line. ...

About 200 workers from the Chinese-owned Pollysa (Cambodia) Home Textile factory in Sihanoukville protested Wednesday against the overtime they were being forced to work and the firing of 20 employees earlier this week who refused the extra hours, workers and a union representative said. Starting at ...

The Mekong River CoMMission (MRC) has recorded river levels increasing by 0.65M between Stung Treng and Prey Veng’s Neak Loeung over the last seven days and forecast an additional rise this week of 0.60M due to torrential rain. ...

Firewood and charcoal are the main sources of energy for households and many small and medium enterprises, such as brick and tile industries. The cooking fuels used in Cambodia have changed greatly in the last decade. The National Census 2008 showed that 91 percent of ...

The opposition CNRP has sent a letter to municipal authorities informing them that a mass demonstration planned for Wednesday at Freedom Park to coincide with the anniversary of the 1991 signing of the Paris Peace Agreement will now be a three-day affair and include marches ...

A group of 13 Vietnamese nationals were apprehended by Cambodian fishermen on Sunday night while illegally fishing off the coast of Kampot province and are being held for repatriation, according to a village representative and the provincial governor. Neak Sen, a representative of a fishing community ...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) last week approved a $160.6 million brewery in Chhak Chhoeu Neang commune’s Trapaing Veng village in Kandal province’s Ang Snuol district. ...

Japan is providing $310 million in development aid to Cambodia to help bolster the country’s economy. About $42.7 million will be delivered as aid, while the rest will be packaged into soft loans which Cambodia has to repay, but on very favourable terms. ...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved 16 capital investment projects last month totalling more than $700 million that are expected to create 11,414 local jobs. ...

The Japanese government has provided more than $1.76 million to Japan mine Action Service (JmAS) to implement a demining project in Banteay meanchey province and a cluster munitions clearance effort in Stung Treng province. ...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries expects to receive €80 Million ($95 Million) in loans this year froM the French governMent and Asian DevelopMent Bank (ADB) to develop two projects that support CaMbodian agricultural value chains. ...

Cambodia generated more than $326 million from the export of rubber latex and wood in the first eight months of this year, according to the ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ General Directorate of Rubber. ...

The Ministry of EconoMy and Finance on February 14 allocated $100 Million to two state-owned banks to provide additional support to sMall- and MediuM-sized enterprises (SME), and the agriculture and agro-industry sectors.   ...

Cambodia netted more than $77 million from rubber latex and wood exports in the first two months of 2022, according to data released by the ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery’s General Directorate of Rubber. ...

Cambodian exports of footwear and related items topped $700 million in the first five months of 2022, representing gains of more than a third from the same period last year, in an upswing expected to continue as international tourism flows return to pre-Covid-19 levels.   ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $50m policy-based loan aimed at supporting the government of Cambodia to diversify the country’s economy and boost its global competitiveness. ...

A total of $54 million in loans have been disbursed to tourism-related businesses through the state-owned Small and medium Enterprise Bank of Cambodia Plc. (SmE Bank)’s Tourism Recovery Co-Financing Scheme as of July this year. ...