The Ministry of Commerce plans to integrate state-owned Cambodia Post’s transportation system into CambodiaTrade.com, looking to make the distribution and delivery process easier, faster and safer for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMe) and consumers that buy merchandise on the e-marketplace. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-onboards-cambodia-post-to-e-marketplace/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The General Department of Taxation of the Ministry of economy and Finance has sought cooperation from 49 Internet companies in Cambodia to block electronic transactions should those enterprises are not registered. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gdt-gears-up-to-block-unregistered-companies-electronic-transactions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The implementation of value added tax (VAT) on e-commerce will start today after a three-month delay. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-starts-collecting-vat-on-e-commerce-from-today/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Social media is rapidly taking over the e-Commerce sector in the Kingdom with almost all local businesses promoting their services using social media platforms, a latest market report has revealed. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/social-media-platforms-taking-over-e-commerce-segment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Regional Comprehensive economic Partnership (RCeP) trade pact and the Cambodia-China Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) have given a boost to the fledgling e-commerce industry in Cambodia, experts said on Monday . ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rcep-ccfta-give-boost-to-e-commerce-development/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Up to 211.2 billion riel or $52.2 million of e-commerce tax revenue was collected by the General Department of Taxation (GDT) in the first eight months of 2023 amid rapid online business growth around the world, including Cambodia. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/e-commerce-tax-earnings-hit-52-2m-in-first-8-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Uncertainty over business conditions and the impact of the spread of Covid-19 has prompted the Ministry of Commerce to postpone the issuing of fines until July for online business owners who are late to apply for e-commerce permits or licences. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/deadline-for-online-business-registration-now-extended-to-july/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The number of e-wallet accounts in the Kingdom reached 17.9 million at end-December amid an acceleration in electronic payment volumes driven in part by Covid-19 anxiety, reflecting gradual fintech (financial technology) development towards achieving the government’s digital economy objectives. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nbc-e-wallet-accounts-in-cambodia-hit-17-9m-in-2022/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The soft launch of the electronic Know Your Business (e-KYB) system was recently held at the Techo Startup Center in Phnom Penh. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ekyb-system-launched-to-streamline-verification-of-enterprises/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun Sen announced yesterday that he will appoint a government official to answer questions in the National Assembly about economic land concessions (eLC) allegedly granted to members of the Vietnamese military in Rattanakiri province. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/official-to-address-vietnamese-land-allegation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A bloody scuffle in Phnom Penh on Saturday left scores injured after protesting bus drivers and their supporters were brutally set upon by a rival association armed with sticks, metal bars and hammers. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/protesting-capitol-bus-drivers-attacked/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

While Cambodia remains a largely cash-based society, the market for financial technology has begun to expand through online payment services and mobile e-wallets like Pi Pay. The Post’s Robin Spiess sat down with Pi Pay CeO Tomas Pokorny to discuss the future of economic digitisation in the Kingdom. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/business-insider-boosting-inclusion-for-online-payment-at-pi-pay/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodian Union of Youth Federations (CUYF) has teamed up with e-school Cambodia to deliver free of charge online learning for grades 1 to 12 to keep learning on track amid Kingdom-wide school closures. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/students-get-free-e-education-app-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of education, Youth and Sports (MoeYS) in cooperation with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have officially launched Think! Think! to provide free online classes to young pupils. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/think-think-free-online-classes-launched-by-moeys-and-jica/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 07 December 2020, the General Department of Taxation issued an announcement on the termination of the electronic value-added tax refund system (e-VAT Refund System) and replacing it with the electronic filing system (e-Filing System). The department also informed all companies and enterprises that previously ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/announcement-on-the-termination-of-the-electronic-value-added-tax-refund-system-e-vat-refund-system-replacing-it-with-the-electronic-filing-system-e-filing-system/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A total of 22,713 companies, with cumulative “registered share capital” of $6.40 billion, were approved by the six first-phase agencies and successfully registered on the Online Business Registration Platform – also known as the “Single Portal” – as of March 6 at 2pm, the Online ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/single-portal-registers-22k-firms/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of economy and Finance (MeF) yesterday launched the third phase of its Online Business Registration System, known as the Single Portal, integrating the service of issuing licenses, certificates, professional licenses, and other relevant documents from 12 ministries and institutions. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/single-portal-third-phase-unveiled/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

E. Sun CommErcial Bank (玉山銀行), thE banking arm of E. Sun Financial Holding Co (玉山金控), yEstErday announcEd plans to buy a 70 pErcEnt stakE in Phnom PEnh, Cambodia-basEd Union CommErcial Bank PLC (UCB) for US$69.33 million to facilitatE its Expansion into SouthEast Asia. “WE dEcidEd to Ef='https://opEndEvElopmEntcambodia.nEt/nEws/E-sun-plans-to-purchasE-stakE-in-cambodian-bank/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The government, this year, intends to transfer it’s budget to individual town district authorities, and to vouchsafe into their hands from 2013 onward, aiming to push forward decentralization, said an interior ministry official. The budget, of on average US$ 35,000 per year, is in process of being transferred to the individual 193 town-district authorities across ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/city-district-to-manage-self-budget-in-2012/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

EvEr sincE its dEsignation as a UNESCO hEritagE sitE in 1992, thE Angkor ArchaEological Park has bEEn a tourism magnEt for thE Kingdom. In thE high sEason, it isn’t uncommon to sEE tuk-tuks, privatE taxis and busloads of tourists flooding thE tEmplE complEx, causing traffic jams Ef='https://opEndEvElopmEntcambodia.nEt/nEws/ElEctric-cars-facE-hurdlEs-in-nEw-bid-to-mitigatE-pollution-at-angkor-wat/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...