Cambodia observes World Food Day 2021
Cambodia on October 16 joined other countries to observe World Food Day (WFD), held globally this year under the theme “Our actions are our future. Better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life”. ...
Mom Kunthear and Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-observes-world-food-day-2021
Agri exports nearly 6M tonnes in Jan-Sep
Cambodia exported 5.93 million tonnes of agricultural products to 90 countries and territories in the first nine months of this year, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries reported on October 14. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/agri-exports-nearly-6m-tonnes-jan-sep
Cambodia, China committed to raising bilateral trade to $10 bn by 2023
Cambodia’s export of goods to China saw a significant rise, valued over $1.1 billion in the third quarter this year—a year-on-year increase of 52.74 per cent, according to figures from the former’s ministry of commerce. Both sides are committed to raising bilateral trade to $10 ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50966092/cambodia-china-committed-to-raising-bilateral-trade-to-10-bn-by-2023/
Singapore goods flood Cambodian shores
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Singapore totaled $4.37 billion in the first 10 months of 2021, a 51.27 per cent year-on-year surge from $2.89 billion, as reported by the Ministry of Commerce, despite Covid-related disruptions to manufacturing supply chains. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/singapore-goods-flood-cambodian-shores
Kampong Cham-Tbong Khmum bridge to open Nov 23
Prime Minister Hun Sen is set to open the Stung Trang-Kroch Chhmar Cambodia-China Friendship Bridge to full public use on November 23, linking Kampong Cham and Tbong Khmum provinces across the Mekong River, according to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-cham-tbong-khmum-bridge-open-nov-23
S’pore asks Cambodia to ink treaty
Singapore has asked Cambodia to consider signing the Singapore Convention on Mediation (also known as Convention), a multilateral treaty which offers a uniform and efficient framework for the enforcement and invocation of international settlement agreements resulting from mediation. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50977508/spore-asks-cambodia-to-ink-treaty/
ASEM vows supply chain, digitalisation cooperation
Eurasian senior officials and private sector representatives on November 25 agreed to work together to prop up global supply and value chains and overcome the challenges posed by the current Covid-19 crisis. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/asem-vows-supply-chain-digitalisation-cooperation
Indonesians invited to get slice of local agri markets
With agricultural production on a steady growth trajectory, even in the face of Covid-19, Phnom Penh welcomes Indonesian businessmen to invest in the Cambodian agricultural market, in hopes of bolstering capacity in response to an ongoing surge in domestic and international demand. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/indonesians-invited-get-slice-local-agri-markets
WTO help sought in LDC exit
Cambodia has asked the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to support a comprehensive study of its exit strategy from the group of the least developed countries (LDC), the Ministry of Commerce reported on December 6. ...
Hom Phanet |
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/wto-help-sought-ldc-exit
Low production, campaigns burn tobacco exports
Cambodia exported 4,294.05 tonnes of tobacco in the first 11 months of 2021, dipping by 24.42 per cent year-on-year, of which 98.108 per cent was exported to Vietnam, according to Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries data. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/low-production-campaigns-burn-tobacco-exports
Tax breaks to be extended beyond reopening
The government has decided to extend tax exemptions to sectors ravaged by the Covid-19 outbreak, to allow businesses breathing space for recovery and boost economic growth amid a lingering uncertainty over the convergence of crises brought on by the pandemic. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tax-breaks-be-extended-beyond-reopening
Finance ministry launches ‘Startup Cambodia’ platform
The Ministry of Economy and Finance on December 8 rolled out “Startup Cambodia”, an online platform managed by the Techo Startup Center (TSC) and Khmer Enterprise (KE) that sets out to create a supportive business environment for start-ups and develop the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/finance-ministry-launches-startup-cambodia-platform
High school diploma exams go ‘smoothly’
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport said the first day of the high school diploma exams, which kicked off on December 27, went smoothly although over 4,000 registered candidates were absent and automatically failed the test. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/high-school-diploma-exams-go-smoothly
Kingdom strives to dampen fallout from Sino-Vietnam border cargo gridlocks
Cambodia is looking for workarounds to ship cargo to China while avoiding the risks and problems associated with ongoing severe congestion at Sino-Vietnamese land border gates, which has been blamed on Beijing’s response to the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant and its “dynamic zero-Covid” policy. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-strives-dampen-fallout-sino-vietnam-border-cargo-gridlocks
IRC chief drums up support for more bancassurance deals
Insurance Regulator of Cambodia (IRC) director-general Bou Chanphirou on January 12 urged banks, other financial institutions and insurance companies to cooperate in bancassurance to drive further growth in the insurance sector, and raise penetration and density. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/irc-chief-drums-support-more-bancassurance-deals
CHRC, French envoys talk rights
The Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) and the French embassy in Phnom Penh have pledged to deepen and improve relations between the two countries, especially on human rights cooperation, with both sides agreeing that this is an area that requires attention. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chrc-french-envoys-talk-rights
PM defends results of Myanmar trip
Prime Minister Hun Sen on January 8 indicated that anyone who “opposes the ceasefire” in Myanmar, which the military has purportedly extended until end-2022, merely wants to “see deaths and injuries as a result of war”. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/pm-defends-results-myanmar-trip
Next week’s ATF likely to prop ASEAN tourist spots open: Khon
Minister of Tourism Thong Khon is optimistic that next week’s ASEAN Tourism Forum 2022 (ATF 2022) will be a major catalyst for the broader reopening of tourist attractions in the bloc, and put Cambodia on the map as a safe regional travel destination. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/next-weeks-atf-likely-prop-asean-tourist-spots-open-khon
Gov’t beefs up campaign to address malnutrition
The Ministry of Health will beef up its campaign on behaviour changes in the area of nutrition for mothers, babies and children, as 14 per cent of women at reproductive age are underweight while another 45 per cent are anaemic. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-beefs-campaign-address-malnutrition