Cambodia’s international trade up 21 percent in January-July
Cambodia’s international trade was amounted to $32.82 billion in the first seven months of this year, a year-on-year increase by 21.3 percent. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501130188/cambodias-international-trade-up-21-percent-in-january-july/
Poverty rate dropped to 17.8% in 2020
The poverty rate in Cambodia fell to 17.8% in 2020, from nearly 40% in 2009, according to a senior official at the Ministry of Planning. ...
Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501122948/poverty-rate-dropped-to-17-8-in-2020/
Cambodia hasn’t put all its eggs in China’s basket
Cambodia’s foreign policy is largely shaped by the worldview of Prime Minister Hun Sen, who has more than four decades of practical experience in diplomacy and foreign affairs. ...
Chheang Vannarith
https://asiatimes.com/2022/09/cambodia-hasnt-put-all-its-eggs-in-chinas-basket/
KNUP eyes third place in National Election
Khmer National United Party (KNUP) led by former military general Nhek Bun Chhay is eyeing third place in the National Assembly (NA) after Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and Candlelight Party (CP) in the upcoming 2023 National Election and will use that position to address the ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501155418/knup-eyes-third-place-in-national-election/
Cambodia-Korea Free Trade Agreement to enter into force in December
Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, yesterday morning announced that the bilateral free trade agreement between Cambodia and South Korea will come into force in December this year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501179178/cambodia-korea-free-trade-agreement-to-enter-into-force-in-december/
Cambodian officials in Labuan to cement economic collaboration
More cooperation in investment and trade is expected to take place between Labuan’s industry players and Cambodian counterparts following a technical study tour by a high-level delegation from the Cambodian Royal Government to the Labuan Corporation (LC) Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501238361/cambodian-officials-in-labuan-to-cement-economic-collaboration/
Pact to boost coffee value chain development in Mondulkiri province
A local supplier of coffee beans Kofi Co Ltd and SNV Netherlands Development Organisation have entered into a collaboration to boost sustainable coffee value chain development in Mondulkiri province. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501243074/pact-to-boost-coffee-value-chain-development-in-mondulkiri-province/
$230M hydropower dam to start construction in Pursat province
The construction of $230 million Stung Pursat hydropower I dam with a capacity of 80 megawatt is set to break ground soon, after the ground preparation at the construction site has been made since last year. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501251643/230m-hydropower-dam-to-start-construction-in-pursat-province/
Japan gifts primary schools, prosthetic limbs in grants
Japan has signed an agreement to provide over $300,000 in grants for the construction of primary school buildings and the procurement of prosthetic limbs and physiotherapy equipment in Oddar Meanchey, Kratie and Phnom Penh. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-gifts-primary-schools-prosthetic-limbs-grants
Cambodia collects $1.9 billion taxes in Q1
Cambodia collected $1.9 billion from all sources of taxes in the first quarter (Q1) of 2023, up 2 percent from nearly $1.86 billion in the same period last year, according to press statements released on Thursday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501273079/cambodia-collects-1-9-billion-taxes-in-q1/
GDT brings in $20.9M of e-commerce VAT over Q1
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) announced that it collected 84.67 billion riel, or $20.91 million, in value-added tax (VAT) from e-commerce in the first quarter of the year, which is seen as a reflection of the boom in online transactions witnessed since the advent ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gdt-brings-209m-e-commerce-vat-over-q1
9 ministries, institutions included in National Single Window 3
The steering committee of the Cambodia National Single Window (CNSW) on Tuesday officially launched the implementation of the system for the third phase, said a press release by the CNSW. Nine ministries and several institutions of the Royal Government of Cambodia were included in the ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501214072/9-ministries-institutions-included-in-national-single-window-3/
Cambodia reports $6.6M budget surplus in 11 months
The Royal Government of Cambodia has collected 22,302 billion riels or $5.44 billion as the total national revenue in the first 11 months of 2022, while the total national expenditures reached 22,275 billion riels or $5.43 billion, resulting in 27 billion riels or $6.6 million ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501214805/cambodia-reports-6-6m-budget-surplus-in-11-months/
New dolphin and fish protection measures launched in Stung Treng
The Stung Treng Provincial Administration has introduced measures to further strengthen the effective management of dolphin and fish conservation areas. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-dolphin-and-fish-protection-measures-launched-stung-treng
REDD+ promotes decent income generation, preserves natural resources in Pursat
Chicken and frog growing is among new income-generation options for people in a community in Pursat province where natural resource conservation project REDD+ Samkos is implemented. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501312564/redd-promotes-decent-income-generation-preserves-natural-resources-in-pursat/
Ministry sees 4.5M tourists in 2023
Cambodia received more than 2.16 million international visitors during the first five months of the year, representing 75 per cent of numbers recorded in the same period of the pre-pandemic year of 2019. Minister of Tourism Thong Khon said the ministry hopes to see the ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ministry-sees-45m-tourists-2023
New teaching methods in Cambodia transform learning for young students
Seven-year-olds Sovandara Lima and Prey Haraty are excited to begin their maths lesson. Today they are working on their addition, but instead of just copying down exercises from the whiteboard like they would have been doing last year, they’re choosing the sums themselves. The game ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501321111/new-teaching-methods-in-cambodia-transform-learning-for-young-students/
‘Education, health to get top priority in budget 2023’
Prime Minister Hun Sen said last week that education and health sectors would be given the highest priority in the national budget as the government needs to invest in human development and the protection of human lives, while other sectors such as national defence and ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501223917/education-health-to-get-top-priority-in-budget-2023/
Taxation law may take effect in ‘next 2-3 months’: GDT
The new Law on Taxation may be promulgated as soon as “in the next two or three months”, replacing the 1997 original, aiming to bring the Cambodian tax regime more in line with current and anticipated international standards and economic environment, as well as to ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/taxation-law-may-take-effect-next-2-3-months-gdt
Cambodian authorities urged to probe forced labor in factories
The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) and VF Corporation are urging Cambodian authorities to investigate forced labor used to produce export goods. ...
Chhorn Raksmey
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodian-authorities-urged-to-probe-forced-labor-in-factories