Army creates new platoon in Areng Valley
The army created a new platoon on Monday to guard an area near the Areng Valley in Koh Kong province, where hundreds of ethnic minority residents have fiercely resisted plans by a Chinese company to build a hydropower dam that would flood their ancestral lands. The ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/army-creates-new-platoon-in-areng-valley-62198/
Opposition to form ‘shadow cabinet’ in parliament
A “shadow cabinet” will be created inside the National Assembly once the CNRP’s lawmakers-elect swear into office, senior opposition party officials said Thursday, in a move that nine years ago saw an opposition lawmaker imprisoned on charges of inciting a rebellion. Prime Minister Hun Sen and ...
Alex Willemyns and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/opposition-to-form-shadow-cabinet-in-parliament-64917/
Cambodian PM, businessmen head to Nanning for 11th ASEAN-China Expo
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, accompanied by businesspeople and senior officials, flew to Nanning City of southwest China’s Guangxi province on Monday to attend the 11th ASEAN-China Expo. Senior officials accompanying the prime minister included Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol, Governor of the National Bank of Cambodia Chea ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-09/15/c_133643051.htm
Cambodia vows to contribute to China's "One Belt, One Road" initiatives
Cambodia, along with other ASEAN members, will make joint efforts to create an upgraded China-ASEAN Free Trade Area and contribute to the building of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, said a senior Cambodian official at the First ASEAN ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-12/13/c_133852295.htm
Regulator gears up for mobile pricing showdown
Cambodia’s telecommunications regulator yesterday stepped up efforts to avert a brewing price war between the country’s six mobile network operators, ordering the companies to submit profitability statements within the next 10 days and summoning all operators to a meeting at the end of the month ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/regulator-gears-mobile-pricing-showdown
Opportunities, challenges for ASEAN
Cambodia will face both challenges and opportunities when the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) combines its 10 countries into a single market for economic development, a move intended for 2015, officials said during a round-table discussion yesterday. Sok Siphanna, an adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ...
Free trade deal with China finally finalised
Cambodia has listed around 340 more commodities to export to China under the Cambodia-China bilateral free-trade agreement (FTA), bringing the total to more than 10,000. Most of the products are in agriculture and agro-processing and are in addition to what Cambodia has received from the ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50749528/free-trade-deal-with-china-finally-finalised/
Ministry mulls ASEAN+3 travel bubble
The Ministry of Tourism plans to launch a travel bubble allowing transit between Cambodia and 12 other regional countries in a bid to resuscitate the tourism sector amid the crushing impact of the ongoing spread of Covid-19, Ministry of Tourism spokesman Top Sopheak told The ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ministry-mulls-asean3-travel-bubble
Announcement on the participation in the 4th China International Import Exposition
On 28 April 2021, the Ministry of Commerce issued an announcement on the participation in the 4th China International Import Exposition which will be held from 5-10 November 2021 in Shanghai, People’s Republic of China aims to expand more markets for Cambodian products and promote ...
Ministry of Commerce
Bilateral trade with Japan up 12% to nearly $2B in Jan-Oct
Standing as one of the largest economies in Asia, Japan is quickly becoming a prime market for Cambodian goods. Even with both economies embroiled in the Covid-19 crisis, bilateral trade managed to reach $1.96424 billion in the first 10 months of 2020, climbing by 12.2 ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/bilateral-trade-japan-12-nearly-2b-jan-oct
Outcomes of the telephone conversation between His Excellency PRAK Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia, with His Excellency Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs of the Republic of India
On 11 January 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on outcomes of the telephone conversation between His Excellency PRAK Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia, with His Excellency ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
CTEP gifts laptops to coding students at two high schools
Minister of Education, Youth and Sports Hang Chuon Naron said the ministry’s long-term goal is to establish at least one technical high school in each province and require each young person to have acquired at least one professional skill. There are currently 18 technical educational ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ctep-gifts-laptops-coding-students-two-high-schools
China-imports 90% of bilateral trade
The Cambodian-Chinese merchandise trade totalled $10.579 billion in the first 11 months of 2022, up 6.31 per cent year-on-year, with imports from China accounting for an 89.51 per cent share, up 3.29 percentage points from the same time in 2021, according to the General Department ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/china-imports-90-bilateral-trade
Press release on Deputy PM Prak Sokhonn receives farewell call by Indonesian Ambassador
On 10 January 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a rress release on Deputy PM Prak Sokhonn receives farewell call by Indonesian Ambassador.DPM Prak Sokhonn underlined the close relationship between both countries leaders and Foreign Ministers as well as the existing ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Cambodia continues selling US dollars to stabilise exchange rates
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) announced on September 19 that it will continue holding two auctions of US dollars (each worth 10 million USD) on September 20 and 22, to ensure exchange rate stability, maintain the purchasing power of the Cambodian riel, and support ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501363489/cambodia-continues-selling-us-dollars-to-stabilise-exchange-rates/
Int’l trade slips but deficit dips 72%
Cambodia’s international trade volume reached $15.611 billion in the first four months of 2023, down 14.10 per cent year-on-year from $17.650 billion, while the trade deficit for the period narrowed by nearly three-quarters on an annual basis, according to provisional figures from the General Department ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/intl-trade-slips-deficit-dips-72
CCC plans to establish EU liaisons
In a move to bolster foreign investment, the Cambodian Chamber of Commerce (CCC) has announced plans to establish additional liaisons abroad, with a particular focus on the European Union. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501529677/ccc-plans-to-establish-eu-liaisons/
2018 AODP Dialogue and International Open Data Conference
The Asia Open Data Partnership is an regional event launched since 2015 with 8 partners from 6 countries in Asia. The 2018 AODP Dialogue is the 4th Dialogue that is organized by Korean partner, the National Information Society Agency (NIA), and hosted by Ministry of ...
Environmental data and strategic environmental assessment (SEA)
Phnom Penh, 03rd November 2022, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) hosted a Technical Workshop on Environmental Data and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA). This workshop was supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through Family Health International (FHI 360) under Cluster Anchor Grant from ...
Open Data Day 2024 : Open data for sustainable and inclusive development for all
On the morning of 2 March 2024, the Open Development Cambodia Organization (ODC) organized and celebrated Open Data Day 2024 (ODD 2024) in Phnom Penh with the support of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade through The Asia Foundation’s Ponlok Chomnes: Data and ...