Cambodia-Korea bilateral trade jumps 22.8 percent in Q1
The bilateral free trade between Cambodia and South Korea surged 22.8 percent to $234.4 million in the first three months of this year. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501060027/cambodia-korea-bilateral-trade-jumps-22-8-percent-in-q1/
Cambodia requests new checkpoint with Thailand be opened in Pursat province
Cambodia is requesting that a new checkpoint be opened to allow transborder transport and travel between Trat province and Thmor Dar in Cambodia’s Pursat province. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501061583/cambodia-requests-new-checkpoint-with-thailand-be-opened-in-pursat-province/
Landmines pose threat to over a million people in Cambodia
More than one million people in Cambodia still live in fear and work in areas contaminated by mines and explosive remnants of war (ERWs), a senior official said here on Friday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501079403/landmines-pose-threat-to-over-a-million-people-in-cambodia/
Cambodia’s international trade up almost 20 pct in 5 months
Cambodia’s total trade volume was valued at $22.4 billion in the first five months of 2022, up 19.7 percent from 18.7 billion dollars over the same period last year, an official report showed on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501093744/cambodias-international-trade-up-almost-20-pct-in-5-months/
Ly Thuch seeks UN aid in demining Cambodia
Senior Minister Ly Thuch, President of National Committee for Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, has urged the UN agency to offer financial and technical support for the country’s demining. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501072127/ly-thuch-seeks-un-aid-in-demining-cambodia/
Court returns disputed land to firm in Preah Vihear
A joint force, acting on the Preah Vihear Provincial Court order, on May 13 confiscated 23.4ha of state land from an individual and returned it to Mekong Rubber Plantation Co Ltd after he was judged to have illegally occupied the land – which had been ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/court-returns-disputed-land-firm-preah-vihear
$4.685 billion investment projects approved in 2022
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved fixed asset investment projects worth over $4.685 billion in 2022, up 7 percent as compared to a year before. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501216023/4-685-billion-investment-projects-approved-in-2022/
Chinese firm to pump in $12.7B to Cambodia’s agri sector
The Chinese state-owned firm Danong Agricultural Development Group plans to invest $12.7 billion in Cambodia to transform the latter’s agriculture into digital smart agriculture, stock and regional transit hub for agricultural products that will produce different agricultural products to the Chinese market, said an official ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501343619/chinese-firm-to-pump-in-12-7b-to-cambodias-agri-sector/
Battambang attracts over 2.31 million tourists in five years
The Battambang province attracted approximately 2,315,126 local tourists and 256,561 international tourists during the last five years, a press release of the Ministry of Information (MoI) said. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501342421/battambang-attracts-over-2-31-million-tourists-in-five-years/
Factory demand soars in 2023, despite slower overall investment
Demand for industrial property in 2023 is rising compared to 2022, said Stephen Suen, long-time commercial and industrial property expert and co-owner-operator of Yi Fung Real Estate Services in Phnom Penh since 2015. ...
James Whitehead
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501344749/factory-demand-soars-in-2023-despite-slower-overall-investment/
S’pore exports up 500% in H1
Exports to Singapore rose more than five times to $415 million in the first half of 2023 from $62.4 million in the same period last year, as imports from Singapore fell 82 per cent to $371.8 million from $2.02 billion. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/spore-exports-500-h1
ADB loan for TVET to boost skilled workforce in Cambodia
Cambodia will benefit through reforms and investments in technical and vocational education and training (TVET) combined with private sector participation with a new $100 million loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501335348/adb-loan-for-tvet-to-boost-skilled-workforce-in-cambodia/
USAID Announces new support to combat human trafficking in Cambodia
On 16 August 2022, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a new initiative to support Cambodia’s criminal justice responders investigate and prosecute human trafficking crimes today. The new initiative – to be overseen by the International Justice Mission (IJM) – is a part ...
U.S Embassy in Cambodia
PPAP revenue jumps 21 percent in three quarter period
Local publicly-listed river port operator, Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) reported a revenue of over $30.3 million during the January-September period of 2022, a 21 percent year-on-year compared to the same period in 2020. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501171763/ppap-revenue-jumps-21-percent-in-three-quarter-period/
Manet touches down in Beijing for high-level meetings
Prime Minister Hun Manet arrived in Beijing on September 14 for his first official visit to China, where he is slated to attend the 20th China-ASEAN Expo and meet other leaders including Chinese President Xi Jinping. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/manet-touches-down-beijing-high-level-meetings
NGO vows garbage-free rivers in Phnom Penh by 2028
The River Ocean Cleanup (ROC) pledged to achieve its target of garbage-free rivers in Phnom Penh by 2028, while marking the 6th World Cleanup Day on Saturday. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501362340/ngo-vows-garbage-free-rivers-in-phnom-penh-by-2028/
Thavisin touches down in Phnom Penh for first official visit to an ASEAN member state
Thailand’s newly appointed prime minister Srettha Thavisin has arrived in Cambodia for a one-day visit. The trip marks his first visit to an ASEAN country since taking office and aims to enhance bilateral trade and investment. ...
Advancing Internet Governance in Cambodia: Highlights from IGF 2023
The ODC team is excited to share highlights from the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2023, where Open Development Cambodia’s team members (ODC), and advisory committee members of the Youth Internet Governance Forum Cambodia 2023 were in attendance. This significant event took place at Kyoto International ...
Concerns in Cambodia over Indonesia’s e-commerce rules
Indonesia’s new regulations curtailing e-commerce have raised concerns in Cambodia as experts warned that such moves can harm the integration of the regional economy, the progress of digitalization and the future of cross-border trade. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501375024/concerns-in-cambodia-over-indonesias-e-commerce-rules/
Illegal logging claims in Preah Vihear sanctuary denied
Local authorities have refuted claims by a Kuy ethnic minority group in Preah Vihear province that forest crimes persisted in Preah Roka Wildlife Sanctuary. ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illegal-logging-claims-preah-vihear-sanctuary-denied
