Press release on commencement of distribution of invitation of citizens who have names on official voter lists 2022
On 1 September 2023, the National Election Committee (NEC) via commune/Sangkat councils and the village chiefs nationwide commenced distribution of the invitation of citizens who have names on the official voter lists 2022 for the voter lists revision and voter registration 2023. This invitation distribution ...
National Election Committee (NEC)
Announcement of the 56th Indian Handicrafts & Gifts Fair (IHGF) Delhi Fair (Autumn) 2023
On 10 August 2023, the Ministry of Commerce released an announcement regarding the 56th Indian Handicrafts & Gifts Fair (IHGF) Delhi Fair (Autumn) 2023 on their social media channel. According to the announcement, The Ministry of Commerce of the Kingdom of Cambodia wishes to inform all ...
The Ministry of Commerce
Cambodia’s exports grow by 13% in past seven years
Cambodia’s exports grew by an average of 13.3 percent between 2017 and 2023 and reached $23.47 billion, or 54.7 percent of the country’s gross domestic product in 2023. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501484828/cambodias-exports-grow-by-13-in-past-seven-years/
Manet set for China-ASEAN expo 2023 as head of gov’t
Prime Minister-in-waiting Hun Manet is scheduled to travel to China in mid-September for the 20th China-ASEAN Expo 2023 in Nanning, the capital city of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region – in one of his first official trips seen by analysts as a significant step in ...
Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/manet-set-china-asean-expo-2023-head-govt
PATHMAZING to lead management and fundraising For SEA Games 2023
PATHMAZING Inc, a Cambodian company-led consortium, has been given full rights to provide Games Management system “GMS” and act as a one window service to raise funds for the Southeast East Asian Games 2023, which Cambodia is gearing up to host for the first time. ...
Prak Chan Thul
https://kiripost.com/stories/pathmazing-to-lead-management-and-fundraising-for-sea-games-2023
Tourism to bump up Cambodia’s GDP to 6.2% in 2023
Amid economic improvement with rising foreign visitors, Cambodia’s tourism recovery is expected to improve in 2023 pushing GDP to 6.2 percent. ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/tourism-to-bump-up-cambodias-gdp-to-62-in-2023
Garment exports likely to decline in first half of 2023
Orders for garments and footwear have not picked up in Cambodia last year, and it will continue to decline, according to a senior official of the Textile, Apparel, Footwear & Travel Goods Association in Cambodia (TAFTAC). ...
Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501215004/garment-exports-likely-to-decline-in-first-half-of-2023/
Hun Manet cheers prominent lawyer groups on for 2023
A high-ranking military official on January 20 called on members of the Royal Government Attorney Group (RGAG) and Samdech Techo Sen’s Voluntary Lawyers Group to remain engaged in government efforts to advance the rule of law, reform the legal and judiciary systems, combat corruption, strengthen ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-manet-cheers-prominent-lawyer-groups-2023
ACU chalks up 21,640 Jan 2023 asset declarations
The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) announced that it received 273 state-mandated declarations of assets and liabilities on January 20, bringing the total to 21,640. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/acu-chalks-21640-jan-2023-asset-declarations
National Career and Productivity Fair 2023 to offer over 20,000 vacancies
The National Career and Productivity Fair 2023, scheduled for Nov. 10 and 11, will offer more than 20,000 vacancies for potential young people and interested workers. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501379769/national-career-and-productivity-fair-2023-to-offer-over-20000-vacancies/
Cambodia imports oil products worth $2.17 bln in 2023
Cambodia’s imports of diesel fuel and petroleum oil declined by 7.6 percent in 2023, according to a report from the General Department of Customs and Excise on Sunday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501423161/cambodia-imports-oil-products-worth-2-17-bln-in-2023/
$5.18B disbursed as wages by registered firms in 2023
Businesses and factories registered with the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (MLVT) paid $5.18 billion as wages last year, according to Prime Minister Hun Manet, yesterday. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501437084/5-18b-disbursed-as-wages-by-registered-firms-in-2023/
Outcomes of the ASEAN foreign ministers’ meeting, the 27th ASEAN political-security community council meeting and the 34th ASEAN coordinating council meeting
On 5 September 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on the outcomes of the ASEAN foreign ministers’ meeting, the 27th ASEAN political-security community council meeting and the 34th ASEAN coordinating council meeting, which was held in Jakarta, Republic ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
New Law to Support the Creation of Farmers’ Cooperatives
Agriculture Ministry officials said yesterday that they would soon complete a new law to regulate and support the creation of farmers’ cooperatives. They said the law would allow farmers to organize cooperatives, which could improve their market position and allow access to financial and technical ...
Royal Group linked to new $2.2bn firm
A fertiliser company that has been approved to do billions of dollars’ worth of business in Cambodia, and is presumed to be based in the United Kingdom, is in fact affiliated with domestic conglomerate Royal Group, an insider has confirmed. Nitrogen Chemicals and Fertiliser (Cambodia) Ltd ...
No consultation as government develops new urban planning policy
The Ministry of Land Management and Urban Planning announced yesterday that it will soon complete a new draft sub-decree that aims to guide and regulate urban development in towns and cities. Land and human rights groups, however, criticized the ministry for failing to consult them on ...
Pay Off Officials, Risk Prison Stint, New Law Says
The government has brought into force a new law that makes all illegal payments to officials punishable by up to 15 years in jail for those who accept such payments and up to 10 years for those who make payments. Im Oudom, a member of ...
Cambodian farmers could benefit from new Thai rice prices
The Thai government’s plan to implement a minimum price for Thailand’s rice growers next month is expected to push up paddy prices for Cambodian farmers during the upcoming harvest, agriculture experts said yesterday Agriculture experts said rice paddy prices in Cambodia would likely increase due to ...
New draft sub-decree aims to bolster dolphin protection
A draft sub-decree sent to the Council of Ministers last week aims to strengthen the protection of the critically endangered Mekong dolphin population by designating key protection zones in the 180km stretch of Mekong River where the dolphins live. Touch Seang Tana, chairman of the Commission ...
New project aims to lower levels of industrial pollution
Industrial pollution ‘hot-spots’ have been identified in waterways in Phnom Penh, Kandal and Kompong Cham provinces following a five-month period of research as part of a UN-backed effort to encourage companies to adopt cleaner practices. The hot spots – defined as a source of pollution where ...
