Bilateral development assistance

Cambodia’s GDP growth was projected to reach 7 percent in equivalent to 15.65 billion U.S. dollars in 2013 despite a challenging global economic environment, the World Bank said Monday. Overall macroeconomic outlook remains positive, having sustained agricultural growth, continued strong performance of the tourism sector, a ...

The World Bank said Monday that the impact of Cambodia’s political uncertainty was “unclear” but left its growth forecasts unchanged for this year and next year.  “The Cambodian economy remains robust amidst a challenging global economic environment,” the bank said in its East Asia and Pacific ...

CNRP vice president Kem Sokha on Thursday renewed the opposition party’s calls for the 18 signatories of the 1991 Paris Peace Agreement to intervene in Cambodia, saying that the more than two-decades-old agreement had still not been properly implemented. The opposition has announced that October 23—the ...

Energy demand in Southeast Asia is expected to increase by more than 80 per cent by 2035, fuelling some $240 billion in oil spending, a new report from the International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) shows. In its “Southeast Asia Energy Outlook” published yesterday, the Paris-based IAEA ...

Popular online news website CEN (Cambodia Express News) reported Wednesday that European Union (E.U.) Ambassador Jean-Francois Cautain told CPP Deputy Prime Minister Sok An that the E.U. wished to see the opposition CNRP take their seats in the National Assembly. Mr. Cautain’s comments were made during ...

Cambodia’s economic growth rate is expected to exceed 7 percent both this year and next, the Asian Development Bank said Wednesday. The ADB maintained its forecast for this year’s economic growth at 7.2 percent, supported by strong exports and robust construction and service sectors. The ...

During the first half of 2013 the import of bicycles in the 27 European Union member states dropped with a big 11%. Almost all EU bike supplying countries saw their export drop; except for one. Cambodia stands out as their export of bicycles to the ...

Following the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) announcement that its Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) program will from January name and shame firms that contravene Cambodian labor laws, the Garment Manufacturers Asso­ciation in Cambodia (GMAC) has urged factory operators to refuse entry to ILO monitors, unless they ...

The Japanese ambassador is set to meet with senior police officials to discuss the shooting of a Japanese tourist in Phnom Penh on Saturday, according to an embassy official, while the U.S. Embassy on Monday said it was “very troubled” by a similar attack on ...

Phnom Penh will face flooding in certain areas in the coming days as the level of the Mekong River surpasses emergency level, while heavy rainfall from tropical storm Wutip, which made landfall in Laos from the South China Sea on Friday, prompted the government to ...

Cambodia had imported 1.1 million tons of petroleum in the first eight months of the year, a 3.5 percent decrease compared with the 1.14 million tons over the same period last year, the figures of the Ministry of Commerce showed Friday. From January to August this ...

Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs urged Cambodia’s ruling and opposition parties to resume talks to resolve political dispute over the results of the country ‘s July 28 election. “Japan has been actively supporting Cambodia’s nation-building efforts to date,” said the Ministry’s statement released to Cambodian media ...

SIEM REAP, Cambodia, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) — National flag carrier, Cambodia Angkor Air (CAA) began regular flights to Guangzhou City in China’s Guangdong province on Thursday, aiming at attracting more Chinese travelers to Cambodia, a company’s senior official said. China is the third largest source ...

The U.S. State Department on Tuesday called for the ruling CPP and opposition CNRP to “work together” and repeated its call for a transparent review of irregularities in July’s national election. “The United States urges leaders of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and the CNRP ...

U.N. human rights envoy Surya Subedi on Wednesday wrapped up his appearance before the Human Rights Council in Geneva with a vow to continue assisting Cambodia in improving its judicial system as NGOs provided withering testimony of the situation of rights in the country. A dialogue ...

Japan plans to relax visa requirements for Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos by the end of this year, as part of efforts to boost tourism to promote the country’s economic growth strategy, government sources said Wednesday. The government is considering allowing the issuance of “multiple-entry visas” for visitors ...

Cambodia exported 221,027 tons of milled rice in the first seven months of the year, an increase of 103 percent compared to the same period last year, according to figures from the Ministry of Commerce. Officials and rice experts said the increase in exports was thanks ...

The United States and the European Union on Monday urged Cambodia’s ruling and opposition parties to continue their dialogue towards electoral reforms and settlement of national problems. “The United States calls for a transparent review of irregularities in the July 28 national elections which would help ...

Cambodia’s garment industry, the kingdom’s largest income maker, recorded 3.65 billion U.S. dollars in export value in the first eight months of the year, up 21 percent from 3.01 billion U.S. dollars over the same period last year, the Ministry of Commerce said Friday. Cambodian ...

His party is reeling from its worst-ever election result. His political opponents have grown bold and vocal. His people are protesting on the streets. So why is Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen smiling? The long-ruling autocrat emerged beaming from lengthy closed-door meetings this week with his ...

KAMPONG SPEU PROVINCE— Three years ago, Pao had a farm and a charcoal stove near a stream in a community called Omlaing in western Cambodia. The farm gave her rice, charcoal sales gave her extra income and the nearby forest provided edible and medicinal plants. Pao ...

A long-abandoned Pepsi bottling factory that became a part of the tourist trail in Battambang province has been razed to make way for a water-treatment facility, according to officials. On June 19, JICA signed off on a $33.5 million water-supply-system project in Kampong Cham and ...

The U.S. on Monday called for a full and transparent investigation into the killing of a 29-year-old man by security forces on Sunday night during a heated clash around Monivong Bridge, while the European Union said that the police should show more re­straint in the ...

Although China has undergone an unprecedented economic slowdown, Chinese and Cambodian officials believe it will not seriously affect Cambodia’s economy. Over the past nine months, China’s GDP grew slightly above 7 percent, its slowest pace in 13 years, and some economists expect poor performance for the ...