The government has disbursed $913.8 million concessional loans in the first half of 2023, which is an increase of 11 per cent compared to the same period in 2022, the Ministry of Economy and Finance announced. ...

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, which took effect last year, has given an extra boost to trade exchanges in the region, a Cambodian senior official and experts said on Saturday. ...

Cambodia’s international trade totalled more than $35.16 billion in the first nine months of this year, inching down 3.5 percent from the same period last year, the General Department of Customs and Excise’s report showed on Tuesday. ...

Cambodia and China signed several high-level cooperation documents on October 17, during Prime Minister Hun Manet’s visit to Beijing for the 3rd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation from October 17-18. On the sidelines of the forum, Manet also met with several Chinese investors who ...

Dr. Cheam Yeap, First Vice President of the National Assembly, welcomed Kim Jin Pyo, President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea to Phnom Penh International Airport on the evening of September 6, 2023. ...

Minister of Environment Eang Sophalleth highlighted waste management and plastic reduction as priority tasks during his recent meeting with Japanese ambassador to Cambodia Atsushi Ueno. ...

Cambodians abroad will soon be able to renew their passports in the country they are in. The government will offer this service starting with South Korea as it is home to some 50,000 Cambodian migrant workers.​ ...

On 02 November 2022, the Cambodian Journalists Alliance Association (CamboJA) and 31 other civil society members released a Joint Statement on International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists to call on Cambodian authorities to prosecute crimes committed against journalists and to stop committing ...

Despite rising crackdowns and inspections, vehicular violations continue to be recorded in the hundreds. At least 227 vehicles were inspected and fined by the police on August 28 including 178 motorcycles and 49 cars. This is according to Lt. Gen. Chhay Kim Khoeun, Deputy Commissioner ...

Cambodia continued to receive substantial Foreign Direct Investment in the construction sector in 2021, despite the economic slowdown in the wake of Covid-19, showed the Asean Investment Report 2022. ...

Illegal logging is on the rise in Sre Pok Wildlife Sanctuary in Mondulkiri province, with timber traders rushing to move the luxury wood along smuggling routes into Vietnam, right under the noses of local authorities. ...

Cambodia exported 327,000 tonnes of milled rice in the first semester this year, an increase of 16 percent compared to the same period last year, earning the country $279 million, according to a report by the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF). ...

The General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) collected $2.02 billion in tax income in the January-September period of this year, a 19 percent increase compared to the same period last year. ...

The General Department of Taxation (GDT) has collected $2,680 million in tax income in three quarters of this year, representing 95 percent of the national budget plan 2022. ...

The region and the globe remain in the grip of a slew of intractable crises on top of the persistent effects of Covid-19, posing precarious economic headwinds and dampening growth prospects for the coming years. ...

A Sambo Wildlife Sanctuary biodiversity monitoring and research team were on November 22 excited to report the presence of 48 lesser adjutant nests, with 68 adult birds and their chicks confirmed living in the Mekong flooded forest habitat. ...

Canadian-owned company EnerCam Resources Co Ltd (EnerCam) is studying the possibility of investing in oil extraction from Cambodia’s offshore Block A after the government terminated an agreement with Singapore-based KrisEnergy Ltd, after the oil and gas exploration company went bankrupt last year. ...

Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone’s (SSEZ) exports were worth $1.3 billion during the first half of 2022, marking a year-on-year increase of almost 40 percent, according to the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training. ...

Banana exports from Cambodia have seen a decrease in the first seven months of this year and the Ministry of Agriculture has reported a decrease of 7.28 percent. ...