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. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Cambodia-Canada merchandise trade in 2022 was valued at $1.154 billion, soaring by 16.06 per cent over 2021, while the Kingdom’s exports to the second largest economy of the Americas accounted for 97.07 per cent, edging up by 1.08 percentage points on-year, according to the ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Bank of Cambodia has prepared a draft proclamation on standardised or common consumers’ complaint response mechanism for all banking, payment and financial institutions in the country to comply with NBC’s guidelines after consumers have expressed dissatisfaction over the existing mechanisms, said a senior ss='cambodia-color'>...

National Assembly President Heng samrin, in his capacity as honorary president of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), said his party remains dedicated to enhancing national unity, disregarding political affiliation, gender, religion, ethnicity, or social status.​ ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Preah Sihanouk provincial authoritieS detained a group for allegedly encroaching on State land in Chamnot Ream village of Prey Nop diStrict&rSquo;S Bit Traing commune and diSmantled the 18 hutS they had built there. SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) and Wing Bank (Cambodia) Plc have inked a deal that will offer accessible, low interest rate loans to support the government’s Agriculture Priority policies through the innovative Wingagri supply chain platform built specifically to support the sector. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Fourth Intergovernmental Conference on Angkor at UNESCO in PariS haS concluded, with King Norodom Sihamoni SuggeSting that UNESCO Send technicianS to help Cambodia with human reSource training to combating the illegal trade in artefactS, and preparationS for the future regiStration of the Kingdom&rSquo;S tangible SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has urged young people to promptly register for courses at technical institutes throughout the country. The move follows the government’s official announcement of a national programme on technical and vocational training for 1.5 million young individuals from impoverished ss='cambodia-color'>...

The newly appointed governor of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), H.E Dr. Chea Serey, gave an in-depth interview to Khmer TimeS on the Bank&rSquo;S aS well aS her prioritieS in her role aS the Governor. SS='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee (NEC) January 2 held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new office building, constructed on land acquired by the government from Kong Korm, a former opposition leader. The site is located on sothearos street in Tonle Bassac commune in Phnom Penh’s Chamkarmon ss='cambodia-color'>...

Minister of Justice Koeut Rith calls on court and prosecutor’s office leaders as well as judicial and law enforcement officials at all levels to prioritise “legal and judicial reform”. He also called upon civil society organisation (CsOs) to endorse this initiative. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government’s national revenue collection in the first 10 months of 2023 reached nearly $4.9 billion, equating to almost 78% of the target set by the 2023 Law on Financial Management, while total expenditures stood at over $6.3 billion, as reported by the Ministry of ss='cambodia-color'>...

Visa, a world leader in digital payments, is introducing resources to help Cambodian merchants and tiny and medium-sized businesses (sMBs) take full advantage of Visa’s digital payment solutions to optimize the customer shopping experience and increase sales, particularly in the tourism sector. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun Manet yesterday said that the bilateral trade volume between the Republic of Korea and Cambodia reached approximately $751 million while Korea’s foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Kingdom recorded $30 million last year, taking the total FDI from the country to $5 ss='cambodia-color'>...

After the recent withdrawal from the development pact known as the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Area (CLV-DTA), the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) shifted its stance to promote bilateral cooperation with the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) including the removal of double taxation, trade, tourism and ss='cambodia-color'>...

The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has announced a partnership with Cambodia’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the Ministry of Environment to launch the Public-social-Private Partnerships for Ecologically-sound Agriculture and Resilient Livelihood in Northern Tonle sap Basin (PEARL). ss='cambodia-color'>...

Children make up nearly 35% of Cambodia’s population, and 48.7% of these children (ages 0-17) live in multidimensional poverty. Children have the right to an education, but many schools in Cambodia are structurally and hygienically inadequate.  ss='cambodia-color'>...

On 15 March 2024, Meas Kim Heng, secretary of state of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (MLC) sOM Leader of Cambodia, received a courtesy call by Chen Cong, Minister-Counsellor of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) has been championed by the highest levels of the Cambodian state as well as a myriad of international donors and development partners, who correctly understand it to be a cornerstone of Cambodia’s National strategic Development Plan, sustainable Development ss='cambodia-color'>...

Employees at a Taiwanese-owned shoe factory in Kompong speu province where two workers were killed when one of the building’s floors collapsed on Thursday have been ordered back to work today, despite ongoing concerns from labor activists about the building’s safety. While conceding that some parts ss='cambodia-color'>...