Economy and commerce

Can Cambodia navigate amid tariffs, border tensions and rising debt?

Cambodia’s economic growth, long one of Southeast Asia’s strongest, is forecast to slow to 4.8 percent in 2025 from 6 percent in 2024, as the country contends with a challenging external environment marked by trade frictions, regional tensions, and rising domestic financial vulnerabilities, according to ...

Sum Manet
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501763690/can-cambodia-navigate-amid-tariffs-border-tensions-and-rising-debt/

Tourism key driver of sustainable growth, PM says

Over the past 30 years, the tourism sector has become a major driving force of the economy, contributing to macroeconomic growth, fostering development across all sectors, and creating opportunities for investment and trade, said Prime Minister Hun Manet on Friday to mark World Tourism Day ...

Mom Kunthea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501763709/tourism-key-driver-of-sustainable-growth-pm-says/

US seeks to deepen trade, economic, and investment ties with Cambodia

Economic growth and bilateral trade were at the forefront of discussions on Friday as Aun Pornmoniroth, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance, received a visiting United States Congressional Delegation (CODEL) led by Congressman Adam Smith (D-WA). ...

Sum Manet
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501763721/us-seeks-to-deepen-trade-economic-and-investment-ties-with-cambodia/

Vietnam – Cambodia trade: Path towards $20 billion target

According to Do Viet Phuong, who leads the Vietnam Trade Office in Cambodia, bilateral trade in goods tripled between 2014 and 2024, from $3.3 billion to $10.1 billion, with an average annual growth rate of about 12 percent. Growth momentum has continued in 2025, with ...

Khmer Times Team
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501763328/vietnam-cambodia-trade-path-towards-20-billion-target/

Indigenous people in Rattanakiri suffer no ends to microloans, threats - HRW

Cumulative microloan debt in Cambodia has risen over 50 percent to “over $18 billion” by 2024 from five years ago, with indigenous people in and near Rattanakiri province slipping into overindebtedness, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a study. ...

Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/indigenous-people-in-rattankiri-suffer-no-ends-to-microloans-threats-hrw

Can bonds become the next big investment for Cambodians?

In global finance the bond market, often called the quiet giant of the investment world, influences nearly every other asset class. When bond yields rise, investors shift away from stocks, currencies react, and economies reprice risk. Yet for most ordinary people, bonds remain a mystery—something ...

Tan Kim Heng
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501759735/can-bonds-become-the-next-big-investment-for-cambodians/

Assault on border civilians heats up boycott of Thai goods

The attack by Thai soldiers on Cambodian civilians on Wednesday, removing barbed wire from farmland, injuring at least 23, including women and monks, has further intensified the months-long boycott of Thai goods, as the public called for a stronger movement across social media platforms. ...

Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501759741/assault-on-border-civilians-heats-up-boycott-of-thai-goods/

Phnom Penh Autonomous Port revenue up almost one-fifth

Revenue from the business operations of the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) reached over $32 million in the first eight months of 2025, an increase of nearly 20 per cent compared to the same period last year. Experts suggest that this figure is set to ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/phnom-penh-autonomous-port-revenue-up-almost-one-fifth

Kingdom’s trade with ASEAN shoots up to nearly $11B

Cambodia’s trade volume with its fellow ASEAN member states reached $10.96 billion in the first eight months of 2025, up 4.5 percent compared to the same period last year, said an official report from the Ministry of Commerce on Wednesday. The Kingdom exported products worth ...

Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501758924/kingdoms-trade-with-asean-shoots-up-to-nearly-11b/

Cambodia, China agree to deepen economic ties

Sun Chanthol, Deputy Prime Minister and First Vice-Chairman of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC), and Wang Yi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of China, discussed strategies for attracting investment into Cambodia’s infrastructure on Tuesday, aiming to boost trade and long-term economic growth. ...

Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501758928/cambodia-china-agree-to-deepen-economic-ties/

Exports to RCEP surpass $6.6B in Jan-Aug period

Cambodia exported $6,628 million worth of goods to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) countries between January and August of this year, up nearly 10 percent from $6,050 million in the same period last year, a report from the Ministry of Commerce showed on Monday. ...

Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501757372/exports-to-rcep-surpass-6-6b-in-jan-aug-period/

$2.1B Thai gold exports to Cambodia ‘legal’, MTS says

Mae Thong Suk (MTS) Gold Group, a leading Thai gold trading firm, Friday defended the legality of Thailand’s surging gold exports to Cambodia, stressing that all $2.15 billion in transactions comply with international regulations.​ ...

Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501757376/2-1b-thai-gold-exports-to-cambodia-legal-mts-says/

MoC to seek more GI tags for local products

The Royal Government’s efforts to get more Khmer agricultural, fishery and other products listed under the Geographical Indication (GI) category will continue as it will boost their visibility across global markets, a senior official at the Ministry of Commerce has asserted. ...

Sreekanth Ravindran
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501756891/moc-to-seek-more-gi-tags-for-local-products/

Jan-Aug GFT exports exceed $10 billion

Cambodia exported garment, footwear and travel products (GFT) worth $10.6 billion in the first eight months of 2025, up 18.5 percent from the $8.94 billion recorded in the same period in 2024, according to a report from the General Department of Customs and Excise of ...

Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501755681/jan-aug-gft-exports-exceed-10-billion/

Kingdom’s exports surpass $20B in eight months

Cambodia’s exports have exceeded $20 billion in the first eight months of 2025, representing a 14.8 percent increase compared to the same period last year, according to official customs data released on Wednesday. Figures from the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) show that ...

Sum Manet
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501755683/kingdoms-exports-surpass-20b-in-eight-months/

Air Cambodia agree to purchase of 20 Chinese commercial aircraft

Air Cambodia, the national carrier, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Chinese company Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd. (COMAC) regarding the planned purchase of 20 China-made C909 regional aircraft, as part of broader cooperation in the aviation sector between the two ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/air-cambodia-agree-to-purchase-of-20-chinese-commercial-aircraft

NBC, UN review 22 measures to bolster consumer protection

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and the United Nations (UN) Tuesday co-hosted the ‘3rd High-Level Multi-stakeholder Convening on Microfinance in Cambodia’, to review 22 priority actions to strengthen consumer protection, promote responsible lending, and advance sustainable financial inclusion. ...

Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501755039/nbc-un-review-22-measures-to-bolster-consumer-protection/

Agricultural exports soar 36 percent in first 8 months

In the first eight months of 2025, Cambodia exported about 10.4 million tonnes of agricultural products to 84 destinations, marking a 35.64 percent increase compared to the same period in 2024, and generating revenues of $3.621 billion. ...

Mom Kunthea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501755037/agricultural-exports-soar-36-percent-in-first-8-months/

MAFF pushes for stronger agri-trade with Philippines

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) Tuesday expressed its willingness for cooperation in opening agricultural product markets, strengthening food security, and promoting agri-trade between Cambodia and the Philippines, particularly by boosting exports of Cambodia’s high-quality fragrant rice. ...

Mom Kunthea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501755048/maff-pushes-for-stronger-agri-trade-with-philippines/

Japanese investors urge Thailand to reopen borders with Cambodia

Expressing concerns over disrupted supply chains and regional trade flows, Japanese investors in Thailand Tuesday urged the Royal Thai Government (RTG) to reopen border crossings with Cambodia for goods transport. The request from Japanese investors was discussed during the final session of the caretaker Cabinet ...

Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501755050/japanese-investors-urge-thailand-to-reopen-borders-with-cambodia/

Kingdom, Philippines pledge to boost trade, tourism ties

In a meeting with Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr, Hun Sen, acting head of state of Cambodia and Senate President, urged both countries to further increase bilateral trade, noting that the current trade volume remains limited. ...

Mom Kunthea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501754272/kingdom-philippines-pledge-to-boost-trade-tourism-ties/

Cambodia earns $1.4 bilion from rice exports in 8 months

Cambodia has earned a total of $1,462 million from paddy rice and milled rice exports in the first eight months of this year, a report from the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) showed on Tuesday. From January to August of this year, the Kingdom shipped a ...

Chea Vanyuth
http://khmertimeskh.com/501754280/cambodia-earns-1-4-bilion-from-rice-exports-in-8-months/

US Treasury sanctions Myanmar, Cambodia cyber scam networks

The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sweeping sanctions on cyber scam networks operating in Myanmar’s Shwe Kokko region, with additional locations in Cambodia, allegedly run by Chinese criminal networks, also targeted. ...

Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-treasury-sanctions-myanmar-cambodia-cyber-scam-networks

Cambodia takes big leap towards energy transition

Cambodia has taken a big leap in its clean energy transition with the recent approval of two more wind energy projects, signalling a new era for renewable energy in the country. Figures from the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) showed that two more ...

Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501753367/cambodia-takes-big-leap-towards-energy-transition/

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