Business structures and legal registration

The launch of Cambodia’s ‘Strategy for the Development of E-Services for Business 2025–2028’ is expected to redefine public service delivery for businesses, creating a robust digital ecosystem that promotes efficiency, transparency, and ease of access.   ...

The Ministry of Economy and Finance yesterday officially announced the implementation of the ‘Strategy on the Development of Electronic Services for Business 2025–2028’, aimed at enhancing Cambodia’s business environment and better responding to the needs, demands, and aspirations of both citizens and businesses.   ...

The Coordinating Committee on Informal Economy Development (CCIED), in collaboration with the Phnom Penh Municipal Administration, co-organise an outreach campaign with 1,500 members of Phnom Penh’s informal economy on January 20.​ ...

The Royal Government through the Ministry of Industry, Technology, Science, and Innovation (MITSI) has encouraged micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) to formally register with relevant authorities to access the government’s support program.​   ...

Minister of Industry, Science, Technology, and Innovation Hem Vanndy said the government is committed to promoting micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) access to finance and motivating informal SMEs to register into the formal economy. ...

Some 29,311 companies with a total capital of $8.6 billion have successfully registered their businesses through the Online Business Registration System (OBRS) via IT Platform phase 1, compared to $5.8 billion capital and 20,693 firms on January 2, 2023. ...

The Ministry of Commerce (MoC) issued an announcement to alert businesspeople that the sub-decree on requirements and procedures for business merging that the government approved on March 6, 2023, with the signature affixed by Prime Minister Hun Sen will enter into force on September 6, ...

Cambodia has launched the third phase of online business registration by including an additional 12 relevant ministries and institutions to facilitate business procedures in Cambodia. ...

A total of 20,574 companies, with cumulative “registered share capital” of $5.77 billion, were successfully registered on the Online Business Registration Platform – also known as the “Single Portal” – as of December 26 at 2pm, the Online Business Registration Service (“OBRS”) reported. ...

Cambodia has received the full support of members to lead the 20th session of a Working Group on the legal development of the Madrid System for the international registration of trademarks by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for 5 days from November 7- 11. ...

China Matrix Technology Group-Horche Intelligent Automobile plans to set up a unit to assemble electric vehicles in Koh Kong province, as per a virtual meeting on October 22. ...

A total of 3,789 businesses were successfully registered on the Online Business Registration Platform, also known as the “Single Portal”, in the 125 days to October 17, bringing the cumulative figure to 18,465, according to the Online Business Registration Service, the competent government agency. ...

Uncertainty over business conditions and the impact of the spread of Covid-19 has prompted the Ministry of Commerce to postpone the issuing of fines until July for online business owners who are late to apply for e-commerce permits or licences. ...

Cambodia, with support from the World Economic Forum (WEF), on May 12 launched the Supplier Database with Sustainability Dimensions (SD2) database, the first of its kind, to provide information on the sustainability operations of domestic companies. ...

The National Commercial Arbitration Centre (NCAC) of Cambodia is in the process of  reviewing and amending its current arbitration rules, which have been implemented since 2014, to better serve the needs of businesses. ...

Forty-seven companies have successfully registered via a newly-launched information technology e-business registration platform as of the end of the second week of this month, Ministry of Economy and Finance secretary of state Phan Phalla said.​ ...

Registrations for trademarks rose slightly in the first 11 months of last year compared to the same period in 2018, the Ministry of Commerce’s Results Review and Implementation Plan for 2020 report stated. The report showed that trademark registrations rose by 2.13 per cent to ...

Crediting sound macro-economic performance, the Ministry of Commerce reported a more than 24 per cent increase in the number of firms registering with it in the first 11 months of this year on the same period last year. According to the ministry, business registration increased ...

Cambodia Startup Advisers (CSA) is set to launch its Cambodia Startup Handbook as a tool for the Kingdom’s entrepreneurs, its press release said on Friday. Scheduled to be launched on Tuesday, the book is co-authored by Sreypeou Chaing, Junro Binang, Pheng Thea and David Haskel ...

The Ministry of Commerce approved 269 business trademarks this year, bringing the total number of such registrations at the ministry to 4,186 – an increase from 3,917 last year, its annual report said. ...

To encourage more young people to become entrepreneurs, the government must prioritise improving the process of starting and registering a business, reducing capital requirements, and expanding access to finance, experts said last week. ...

The Ministry of Commerce is urging local and foreign businesses to register their trademarks in Cambodia via a new online system.Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak said the system will serve both the public and private sector and make it easier for organisations to protect their intellectual ...

The Cambodian government has made negligible progress in bringing small- and medium-size enterprise (SMEs) into the regulatory fold, reporting a less than 0.5 percent increase in the total number of companies registered in the last five years – a sign business professionals claim shows that ...

A two-year income tax exemption is being offered to small and medium-sized enterprises that register with the Ministry of Economy and Finance before the end of 2018.   ...