The Kingdom’s first Ford assembly plant was inaugurated on June 16 in Pursat province amid rising demand for brand-new vehicles among Cambodians. The facility is seen as a game changer for the domestic automobile industry, which could bring a wave of investors seeking to cash ss='cambodia-color'>...

Huadian Sihanoukville Power Generation Co Ltd (HSPGC), under China&rSquo;S Huadian OverSeaS InveStment Co Ltd, on December 16 officially put online the “number-two unit” of itS 700MW coal-fired HSPGC Power Plant in Preah Sihanouk province, after a SucceSSful commiSSioning teSt, making it the largeSt power Station SS='cambodia-color'>...

Ground has been broken on a new water treatment plant in Battambang province which will serve the provincial capital. The plant, in Kampong Wat Kor commune’s seima village of the town, is co-financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Agence Francaise de Developpement- AFD ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s global corruption core has slightly improved with it receiving 24 out of 100 in the 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), which was released today by Transparency International (TI), placing it 150th out of the 180 countries. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Minister of Commerce (MoC) Pan sorasak on Wednesday discussed strategies to strengthen the bilateral collaboration between Cambodia and the Us as well as renew the Generalized system of Preferences (GsP) for some of Cambodia’s products with a delegation led by Jason smith, Chairman of ss='cambodia-color'>...

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 ss='cambodia-color'>...

While acknowledging that the new minimum wage for factory workers falls short of their expectations, Prime Minister Hun Manet reaffirmed the government’s commitment to providing a yearly increment, however modest. This dedication, he noted, stands in contrast to certain countries that have not granted any ss='cambodia-color'>...

The SecuritieS and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC) iS currently reviewing the application from CamGSM Plc, the nation&rSquo;S largeSt locally-owned mobile operator, which SeekS to iSSue debt SecuritieS (SuStainable bondS). The move aimS to Secure around $20 million for network expanSion and debt refinancing. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Two hydropower projects along southeast Asia’s most important river have had a measurable though moderate impact on water flows, sediment and fisheries, according to a press release on the preliminary findings of a report by the Mekong River Commission (MRC) released last week. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A senior agriculture official has clarified that calls to reduce the use of rosewood in furniture will not mean a total ban but rather the adoption of techniques which will contribute to the conservation of the Kingdom’s forests, as the population continues to grow. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The government has given the nod to EnerCam Resources Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Toronto-listed Angkor Resources Corp, for oil and gas exploration, development and production on southwestern Cambodia’s roughly 7,300sq km onshore Block VIII in the Kampong-som Basin, the parent company reported on October ss='cambodia-color'>...

Around 1.7 million national identification cards had expired by July this year, prompting the Ministry of Interior to call for those holding expired ID cards to renew them within the next 90 days to ensure their validity, especially for use in the next year’s general ss='cambodia-color'>...

Agricultural exports to China in the 14 quarters to June 30 amounted to 2.4 million tonnes, worth $1.942 billion, said a Chinese embassy report citing Cambodian agriculture ministry data, as the government’s new policies to boost productivity in the field and turn the Kingdom into ss='cambodia-color'>...

Koh Kong province’s sre Ambel district administration informed the chiefs of all six communes in the district to encourage residents who have reached 15 years of age or older to apply for Cambodian National Identification cards and remind those whose ID cards are about to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Khmer National United Party (KNUP) led by former military general Nhek Bun Chhay is eyeing third place in the National Assembly (NA) after Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and Candlelight Party (CP) in the upcoming 2023 National Election and will use that position to address the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Two major multilateral lenders have forecast Cambodia’s economic growth for 2022 at around five per cent, buoyed by bumper export performance earlier in the year, coupled with ongoing policy support and continued tourism recovery, but held back by external pressures associated with Covid-19 and the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia views 2023 as a pivotal year for attracting more foreign tourists. After the devastating impacts of the Covid-19 outbreak, the year should considerably assist Cambodia in overcoming the crisis that has enveloped the tourism sector, which is regarded one of the four pillars on ss='cambodia-color'>...

A surge in land sales has helped tycoon Kith Meng’s Phnom Penh sEZ Plc (PPsP) to return to the black, posting $5.7 million net profit in the first quarter ended March 31 (Q1’23) after suffering a $680,743 net loss a year ago. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance (MEF) Aun Pornmoniroth said yesterday that Cambodia’s annual economic growth per person or GDP per capita has been forecasted to increase to $1,932 in 2023 from $1,784 in the previous year, even as inflation has been ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s goods exports to Vietnam reached $1.324 billion in the first five months of 2023, up 22.69 per cent year-on-year from $1.079 billion and up 83.92 per cent half-on-half from $719.79 million, according to the General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia (GDCE). ss='cambodia-color'>...