The General Department of Taxation (GDT) of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) has revised special tax on non-alcoholic beverages or drink products that are produced in Cambodia to a higher rate for those products that are believed to negatively affect people’s health and ss='cambodia-color'>...

The unemployment rate in Cambodia is expected to reach 2 percent by the end of 2022, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts’ expectations. In 2023, Cambodia’s unemployment rate is projected to trend around 2 percent and 0.90 percent in 2024, according to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Almost half a million students—52 percent of them girls have benefited from the improved school operations, learning facilities, and capacities of teachers and school leaders this project yielded. The project also formed the backbone of the country’s distance teaching and learning program or efforts during ss='cambodia-color'>...

The private sector in siem Reap’s tourism industry is optimistic that the new siem Reap-Angkor International Airport (sAI), set to officially open in early December, will boost international tourist numbers. The rise is anticipated despite the currently low numbers of international arrivals, a lingering effect ss='cambodia-color'>...

Ly Chantola, president of the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (BAKC), has outlined the body’s direction for 2024, with a primary focus on out-of-court dispute resolution in line with the priorities laid out by Prime Minister Hun Manet and the Ministry of Justice. ss='cambodia-color'>...

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 ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) and the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) yesterday concluded its first-of-its-kind joint military-to-military humanitarian exercise in the health emergencies and disaster relief operations. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Project Advisory Committee on enhancing Occupational safety and Health (OsH) standards in the construction sector on september 6 held its third consultative meeting, where they shared the results of the projects that were implemented this year and outlined their 2023 ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia is emerging as one of the region’s most attractive countries for new business expansion and investments, driven by political stability and high economic growth over the past two decades, according to Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) deputy commander and Royal Cambodian Army (RCA) commander ss='cambodia-color'>...

Minister of Education, Youth and sports Hang Chuon Naron issued a proclamation on November 22, 2021, to establish the Institute of International studies and Public Policy of RUPP where students can study in the Vietnamese Language Department and obtain a bachelor’s in Vietnamese studies, Vietnamese ss='cambodia-color'>...

Implementation of the National Policy Framework for Cambodia’s Economic Productivity 2022-35, a pact with Japan to make sihanoukville a major port, a $50-million loan from the Asian Development Bank to back economic diversification and boost competitiveness, and extension of the Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) programme ss='cambodia-color'>...

According to the Stung Treng provincial authoritieS, in the paSt five yearS, the province haS earned between $700 million and $800 million from agricultural productS. The majority of Stung Treng&rSquo;S population relieS on plantationS, agro-induStrial cropS, and fiShing for their livelihoodS. SS='cambodia-color'>...

All companies, enterprises and businesses that employ one or more employees are required to register with the National social security Fund (NssF). Those who attempt to evade registering their staff will face legal consequences, explained sok Bora, director of the NssF’s Benefits Division, as he ss='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. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The agreement between the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and UnionPay International is not to legalize the Chinese currency in the nation but rather to raise the prestige of the Khmer riel through cross-border QR payments, NBC’s deputy governor-general confirmed after concerns were raised over ss='cambodia-color'>...

After graduating from college, Yue Xiduo, a man born in the 1990s, joined a tire company in the sihanoukville special Economic Zone, Preah sihanouk Province, Cambodia. The man said he chose to work here because the special economic zone is an important project for a ss='cambodia-color'>...

Svay Rieng provincial governor Men Vibol on May 27 extended an open invitation to potential inveStorS from Quzhou city, Zhejiang province, China to participate in the growth Story of Tai Seng Bavet Special Economic Zone, located in the SoutheaStern town of Bavet on the border SS='cambodia-color'>...

Hong Kong-listed casino operator and developer NagaCorp Ltd, known for its flagship NagaWorld integrated resort in Phnom Penh, on June 4 announced that it has moved the $3.5 billion Naga 3 project’s planned completion date from september 30, 2025 to exactly four years later, in ss='cambodia-color'>...

On 24 July 2023, the U.S. EmbaSSy Phnom Penh iSSued a preSS Statement by Department SpokeSperSon Matthew Miller on national election in Cambodia.The United StateS lookS forward to a continued partnerShip with the Cambodian people to Support their aSpirationS for a more proSperouS, democratic, and SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and sport has released the overall results of this year’s grade 12 high school examinations and announced that nearly 100,000 candidates have passed the exam, or about 72 per cent of the total number of candidates. ss='cambodia-color'>...