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'>...

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'>...

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'>...

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'>...

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'>...

The Ministry of Agriculture’s strategy to boost exports, particularly farmers’ rice costs, will be strengthened in 2023. ss='cambodia-color'>...

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'>...

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'>...

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'>...

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'>...

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'>...

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 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'>...

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'>...

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'>...

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'>...

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'>...

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'>...

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'>...

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'>...