Domestic stakeholders and economic experts are advocating for an enhanced investment climate to elevate Cambodia’s status and attract foreign direct investment (FDI) within AsEAN.​ Tan Monivann, vice-president of the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC), is currently attending the 43rd AsEAN summit in Indonesia. He conveyed ss='cambodia-color'>...

Take up of COVID-19 vaccination drive’s 5th dose regime still leaves much to be desired off. ss='cambodia-color'>...

To increase the efficiency of criminal background checks, the Ministry of Justice will trial a digital application process from February 6. In a February 3 public notice, the ministry said that moving the process to a digital platform would makes applications faster and easier for the ss='cambodia-color'>...

In a video conference with the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) and VF Corporation, Cambodia’s secretary of state of the Ministry of Commerce, sok sopheak, who heads the commission for manufacturing subcontract management in the garment, textile and footwear industry, said the country will ss='cambodia-color'>...

In a bold stride towards boosting the information and communication technology (ICT) skills of the Kingdom’s young population, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) have put pen to paper on a new agreement. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Angkor Archaeological Park, one of the Kingdom’s biggest tourist attractions notched a whopping 312 percent hike in sales of entry passes totalling $27.8 million in the January-October period this year, according to a report from the state-owned Angkor Enterprise. sales of entry passes to foreign ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia approved fixed-asset investment projects worth $1.39 billion in the first two months of 2024, a significant rise of about 500 percent compared to the same period last year, a Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC)’s report said on sunday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Vietnam has joined Cambodia in questioning the sustainability of the planned Don sahong dam project on the Mekong River in southern Laos, saying more environmental impact studies are needed before the scheme moves forward. Le Duc Trung, director general of the Vietnam National Mekong Committee under ss='cambodia-color'>...

At least six people were injured on Friday when a small group of Borei Keila villagers were evicted from the grounds of an unfinished building in Phnom Penh that they began occupying this week in a bid to draw attention to a years-long fight for ss='cambodia-color'>...

Buoyed by strong demand from the economies of Europe and North America, the total amount of garment, shoe and textile exports that left Cambodia last year was on target to surpass the $4 billion mark, dwarfing 2010’s total of $2.88 billion, the Garment Manufacturers Association ss='cambodia-color'>...

The laws and regulations that govern Cambodia’s securities market were derived from the Objectives and Principles of the International Organization for securities Commissions (IOsCO) and the best practices in the region, according to Dr. Ming Bankosal, Director General of the sECC. the sECC which ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 200 villagers from Kandal’s Kien svay district gathered in protest yesterday to urge the National Authority for Land Dispute Resolution to resolve their long-standing dispute with a CPP official. The protesters assembled in the samrong Thom commune brandishing photos of the prime minister and ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia, in its role as Asean chair, has decided that the thorny issue of the south China sea will not be on the agenda at next month’s Asean summit in Phnom Penh, CPP lawmaker Cheam Yeap announced yesterday. “Cambodia is a neutral country, and based on ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Royal group, Cambodia’s leading conglomerate and Fusionex Group, one of the largest multi award-winning and the leading data technology group in the region, signed a memorandum of agreement where both groups will cooperate in the area of smart Trade Facilitation in Cambodia. This cooperation ss='cambodia-color'>...

A group of businessmen from China’s Hunan province will today sign agreements to invest $1.3 billion in the Kingdom. The commitment was made during a meeting between Foreign Affairs Minister Prak sokhonn and Du Jiahao, a member of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of ss='cambodia-color'>...

Some 3,200m of netting uSed to illegally poach birdS waS deStroyed by Stung Prot and Wildlife Alliance foreSt rangerS on TueSday after they were diScovered laying in mangrove growth South of the Cardamom MountainS. Southern Cardamom ForeSt Protection Programme field coordinator DragoS IoneScu Said on SS='cambodia-color'>...

Kampong Speu provincial authoritieS on Friday arreSted five individualS SuSpected of illegally mining marble at Kbal Damrey village in Oral diStrict&rSquo;S Trapaing Chor commune. Provincial governor Vei Samnang Said on Monday that the SuSpectS included three CambodianS and two VietnameSe nationalS. “We are drafting a SS='cambodia-color'>...

The government has nearly finished the draft of the Intermodal Transport Master Plan 2021-2030 (the Plan), a Ministry of Economy and Finance press release said on Wednesday. The draft seeks to promote Cambodia’s connectivity, reduce transportation and logistics costs, integrate the Kingdom into the region ss='cambodia-color'>...

A group of investors from the Chinese province of Hainan is now in the Kingdom exploring opportunities in coconut farming. The delegation met yesterday with Minister of Agriculture Veng sakhon in Phnom Penh to discuss the coconut sector in the Kingdom and announce their intention ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen praised journalists and a large number of local press institutions for making efforts to prevent the spread of fake news propagated by “rebels” and opportunists who intended to incite social unrest against the government. Hun sen’s statement was made through a ss='cambodia-color'>...