NGOs praise solar energy push
Six non-governmental organiSationS on TueSday praiSed the government&rSquo;S deciSion to increaSe electricity generated by Solar panelS up to 20 percent of national output by 2023. The organiSationS included the NGO Forum on Cambodia, 3S RiverS Protection Network, My Village, Culture and Environment PreServation ASSociation, FiSherieS SS='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50638118/ngos-praise-solar-energy-push/
After Sok An’s death, Bin Chhin’s duties continue to grow
The portfolio of Deputy Prime Minister Bin Chhin has grown again after he was handed a handful of new jobs on Tuesday, including advising the prime minister on anti-corruption efforts and overseeing the Council of Jurists and “one-window” service for foreign investors. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Van Roeun
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-sok-ans-death-bin-chhins-duties-continue-to-grow-127247/
South Korea leads Asia’s big three as Cambodia’s leading investor
South Korea replaced the UK aS the largeSt inveStor in Cambodia laSt year, with about $287 million injected, 12.5 per cent of the total foreign direct inveStment, according to data from the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). ThiS repreSentS 33 per cent SS='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia sends possible remains of 3 U.S. soldiers to U.S.
Possible remains of three missing U.s. soldiers recovered in Cambodia was repatriated to Hawaii on Wednesday for testing, officials said. During a ceremony at Phnom Penh International Airport, American soldiers carried three white coffins draped with U.s. flags onto a C-17 military cargo plane. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-04/02/c_133232442.htm
Non-garment sectors predicted to remain healthy next year
The Kingdom’s non-garment industry is predicted to remain healthy next year, supported by the agriculture and services sector, according to the government’s national strategic budget plan 2021-2023. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50734782/non-garment-sectors-predicted-to-remain-healthy-next-year/
Plans to boost agricultural exports and increase rice prices in 2023
The Ministry of Agriculture’s strategy to boost exports, particularly farmers’ rice costs, will be strengthened in 2023. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-plans-to-boost-agricultural-exports-and-increase-rice-prices-in-2023
Int’l trade rises as commerce ministry lays out 2023 plans
Cambodia’s 9.19 per cent on-year rise in foreign trade value to the $52.425 billion logged by Customs for 2022 was driven by “in-depth reforms in all areas”, improvements in export competitiveness, and an increasingly favourable business and investment environment, according to Minister of Commerce Pan ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/intl-trade-rises-commerce-ministry-lays-out-2023-plans
Cambodia expects tourism generating $4B in 2023
With the expectation of attracting around 4 million international and 15 million domestic tourists this year, Cambodia expects the tourism sector to generate about $4 billion. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501220676/cambodia-expects-tourism-generating-4b-in-2023/
Cambodia Securities Exchange rollout of green bonds set to bloom in 2023
With the growing effects of climate change increasingly a major concern globally, balancing economic activities with environmental considerations has never been more urgent. ss='cambodia-color'>...
RGPPSEZ reports strong growth in revenues for 2023
The Royal Group Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (RGPPSEZ) recorded a total revenue of almoSt $64 million throughout the 2023 year, marking an increaSe of 137 percent compared to 2022 annual revenueS, SayS the Cambodia SecuritieS Exchange (CSX). SS='cambodia-color'>...
James Whitehead
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501474093/rgppsez-reports-strong-growth-in-revenues-for-2023/
The open of the first social assistance fund
On 14 August 2023, the National social Assistance Fund issued the notification on the open of the first social assistance fund for August 2023 to provide veterans, former civil servants, and dependants. social assistance policy budget for the first two weeks in August 2023 will be ss='cambodia-color'>...
National Social Assistance Fund
ODC ISAC infographics shared via mobile app
![](https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/punleusevamoulthan1-150x150.png)
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) team designed budget infographics of sangkat administrations in target municipalities of the Innovation for social Accountability in Cambodia (IsAC) project, namely Ta Khmau, Kampot, siem Reap, Kampong Chhnang, Battambang, serie saophoan and Poi Pet. In November 2021, ODC collaborated with one ss='cambodia-color'>...
ASEAN initiate talks on digital economy framework agenda
ASEAN economic miniSterS have initiated talkS on the Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA), a Significant regionwide accord Set to Shape the world&rSquo;S foremoSt tech-driven financial SyStemS partnerShip.&nbSp;The launch occurred during the ASEAN Economic Community Council (AECC) gathering, held in the IndoneSian capital Jakarta on September SS='cambodia-color'>...
Ry Sochan
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/asean-initiate-talks-digital-economy-framework-agenda
Immediate release on U.S. Embassy launches "Talk2StopLittering" campaign in collaboration with conservation partners in Cambodia
On 10 March 2023, the U.S. EmbaSSy Phnom Penh&nbSp;iSSued an immediate releaSe on U.S. EmbaSSy launcheS “Talk2StopLittering” campaign in collaboration with conServation partnerS in Cambodia.Funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), thiS campaign encourageS CambodianS to Stop littering, ceaSe burning plaStic waSte, and SS='cambodia-color'>...
U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh
ADB retains Cambodia’s growth forecast at 5.3 percent in 2022 and 6.2 percent in 2023, down by 0.3 percent
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) maintained its economic growth forecast for Cambodia at 5.3 percent in 2022, but lowered the 2023 forecast to 6.2 percent from the earlier prediction of 6.5 percent due to weaker global growth, according to its updated outlook report released on ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501155788/adb-retains-cambodias-growth-forecast-at-5-3-percent-in-2022-and-6-2-percent-in-2023-down-by-0-3-percent/
Press release: "Leading private equity fund manager in the region, EMIA, to invest in Amru Rice to bolster Cambodia’s status as a high-quality rice producer and exporter"
On 10 March 2023, Singapore-baSed private equity fund manager, Emerging MarketS InveStment AdviSerS, announced itS firSt inveStment in Amru Rice, Cambodia&rSquo;S largeSt certified organic rice producer and exporter, through itS new fund, ASEAN Frontier MarketS Fund (AFMF). SS='cambodia-color'>...
Amru Rice Cambodia Co., Ltd
Loan-to-deposit ratio normalising in 2024, say bankers
A number that might be of concern in Cambodia’s banking system is its loans versus deposits. For 2023, Cambodia’s banks total loans outstanding was $57.6 billion and total deposits $47.9 billion. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Rachel David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501505072/loan-to-deposit-ratio-normalising-in-2024-say-bankers/
Lao Dams, Mining Ruining Sekong Water Quality in Cambodia
Dam-building and gold mining in southern Laos are ruining water quality downstream on the sekong River in Cambodia, where villagers are no longer able to drink or use the water, according to an environmental group. The activities undertaken by Lao and Vietnamese companies on the sekong’s ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/sekong-06252013190742.html
US embassy welcomes PM to strengthen bilateral ties
US AmbaSSador W. Patrick Murphy welcomed Prime MiniSter Hun Sen to the U.S. EmbaSSy in Phnom Penh in a move that aimS to Strengthen bilateral relationS into 2023. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/us-embassy-welcomes-pm-to-strengthen-bilateral-ties
Cambodia airports receive 481,582 foreign tourists in Q1
Cambodia’s three international airports welcomed 481,582 foreign tourists in the first quarter of 2023, a staggering 453 percent increase from the same period in 2022. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501302669/cambodia-airports-receive-481582-foreign-tourists-in-q1/