Southeast Asia’s youthful population is embracing the internet and rapidly connecting to the digital economy, creating enormous potential for economic growth throughout the region, panellists at the World Economic Forum on Asean said yesterday. Addressing a panel discussion on “The Asean Dream”, Kao Kim Hourn, the ...

Techo Startup Centre organised a Digital Business Expo with the theme of Startup, Innovation, and Technology in the Context of the Digital Economy and Society at Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra. ...

The escalating health crisis that Cambodia is experiencing because of the Coronavirus outbreak has led to the postponement of several major business-related events supposed to be held this month in the Kingdom, including Digital Cambodia 2020. ...

The general director of the Energy Department at the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy has defended Cambodia’s energy needs and its use of coal power as the country attempts to use modern technology to reduce pollution ahead of the ASEAN Senior Energy officials’ 30th ...

With sweeping changes across Cambodia’s publishing industry, Marcus Holmes, CEO of Post Media, will be steering the publication through a “digital first” agenda that will transform the iconic publication into one that is faster and more effective in reaching its audience.​ ...

The Covid -19 pandemic has driven digital transformation in Cambodia, said Prime Minister Hun Sen, calling for the strengthening of internet services nationwide to allow users access the booming digital platforms. ...

Chinese flag carrier Air China is expected to launch the first non-stop flights from Beijing to Cambodia as early as November this year, officials said yesterday. Director of the Air Transport Department of Cambodia’s State Secretariat of Civil Aviation, Vann Chanty, said that officials from ...

Cambodia’s first ever computing camp is due to be held in Siem Reap this month to promote literacy on cyber security, open-source software, social innovation and the benefits of open data, according to its organizers.The five-day ICT Camp 2018, organized by Open Development Cambodia (ODC), ...

South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT have expressed interest in enhancing cooperation between Korean digital companies and those in Cambodia, in order to support digital business development in the Kingdom. ...

The Kingdom will host its inaugural Cambodia Youth Internet Governance Forum to bridge the technology divide among the younger generation as part of its continued digitalization drive. ...

About 5.1 tons of counterfeit medicines were burned down on Friday at a dumpsite on the outskirts of capital Phnom Penh by Cambodian economic police. ...

The Appeal Court yesterday began hearing now-incarcerated former Anco Brothers deputy general director Heng Chheang’s appeal against Senator Kok An’s requested Phnom Penh Municipal Court injunction over his property. Chheang, and his wife, Tep Kolap, former Phnom Penh International University director, were convicted and sentenced to ...

The private sector is concerned that the newly proposed universal minimum wage law, which is reportedly being drafted by the government and comes on the heels of numerous new labour regulations, has created a climate of uncertainty, according to an industry expert. ...

In the petition to the National Road Administration, Deputy Director of the HCM City Department of Transportation – Mr. Duong Hong Thanh, reported that at the time the Vietnam-Cambodia agreement on land transportation took effect, only 40 cars of each country were allowed to cross ...

Officially called ‘oryza sativa japonica’, the rice variety will be planted in 200,000 hectares around the country, and will be shipped primarily to China, where it is very popular, Agriculture Minister Veng Sakhon said Monday. ...

Cambodia’s newly-elected Prime Minister Hun Manet on Thursday launched the “Pentagonal Strategy-Phase I 2023-2028” during the first cabinet meeting. ...

On October 20 2022, Techo Startup Center has posted an announcement workshop on Cambodia’s digital economy and business web portal on their official social media site. The primary purpose of the workshop is to disseminate to the public and private sectors information related to essential web ...

Cambodia’s Royal Group of Companies is in negotiations to purchase a satellite from China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation for its telecoms operations in Cambodia, Cambodian Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh said Wednesday. Tycoon Kith Meng currently owns the kingdom’s largest mobile phone operator, Mobitel. ...

Plans are in place for a new $10 million international airport on Koh Rong island, but questions remain as to when construction would commence and when funding would be available. Designs for the roughly 7,200-square-metre airport terminal, which will consist of Khmer- and resort-style architecture, were ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new dataset on “ASTER global digital elevation model (ASTER GDEM)​ in Cambodia”. This dataset of ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model (ASTER GDEM) places great emphasis on topographic information of the global terrain. As the ASTER was created with global ...