Economy and commerce

Report: 28.1% of Cambodians take out loans for healthcare

A new report has found that 28.1 per cent of Cambodians borrow money to pay for healthcare, with microfinance insiders claiming it does not reflect the reality in the financial sector. The University of New South Wales (UNSW) surveyed 5,000 households across Cambodia and found ...

Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/report-281-cambodians-take-out-loans-healthcare

Smart Axiata accounts for 1.5 per cent of GDP

Smart Axiata Co Ltd, the Kingdom’s leading mobile telecommunications operator, contributed nearly $374 million to the Cambodian economy last year, accounting for 1.5 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), its CEO Thomas Hundt said on Wednesday. ...

Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/smart-axiata-accounts-15-cent-gdp

Kingdom lays out the welcome mat for renewable energy investment

The government welcomes investment from Germany in the Kingdom’s solar and renewable energy sector as local demand for electricity continues to rise between 15 to 20 per cent annually, Ministry of Mines and Energy official Victor Jona said on Tuesday in Phnom Penh. ...

May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-lays-out-welcome-mat-renewable-energy-investment

China to finance Preah Sihanouk development

Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang has agreed to a request from Cambodia to provide financial support for the development of Preah Sihanouk province. The request was made on Sunday by Prime Minister Hun Sen on the sidelines of the 35th Asean Summit and Related Summits ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50657174/china-to-finance-preah-sihanouk-development/

Cambodia seeking stronger economic, trade ties with US

The Cambodian government has called on more US investors to build economic and trade relations with the Kingdom, the Ministry of Commerce said. The call was made at a meeting between the US Ambassador to Cambodia Patrick Murphy and Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak during the ...

Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-seeking-stronger-economic-trade-ties-us

GIZ fund of $4.5M to reinforce Kingdom’s SMEs

German international development organisation Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) will provide $4.5 million in aid to promote a small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) development project in four Asean countries, including Cambodia. In Cambodia, Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts undersecretary of state Son Seng Huot ...

Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/giz-fund-45m-reinforce-kingdoms-smes

China a market for fragrant rice

Cambodia is campaigning to boost its luxury fragrant rice exports to China, the world’s largest market, said Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) vice-president Chan Sokheang on Thursday. Sokheang told The Post on Thursday that the CRF plans to achieve the quota that China provided Cambodia – ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/china-market-fragrant-rice

Kingdom will export one million tonnes of rice by 2022, says CRF

The Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) has committed to raising the Kingdom’s rice exports to one million tonnes by 2022, its president Song Saran said on Wednesday. The comment was made at the Strategic Plan 2020-2023 Consultation Workshop, which was attended by CRF members, ministry representatives, ...

Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-will-export-one-million-tonnes-rice-2022-says-crf

Export of fishery products sinks in first nine months

Cambodia exported 10,980 tonnes of fishery products in the first nine months of this year – down 0.5 per cent from the same period last year – a Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries report said. The Kingdom exported 7,000 tonnes of fresh fish (60 ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/export-fishery-products-sinks-first-nine-months

Cambodia’s ranking in World Bank index drops once again

The latest release of the World Bank’s ease of doing business index puts Cambodia in the 144th spot out of 190 countries, a drop of six places from a year ago. The 2019 ease of doing business index ranked the Kingdom 138th out of 190 ...

IMF: Cambodia’s economic growth to be highest in Asean

Cambodia’s economic growth is projected to be highest in the Asean region despite facing several challenges, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said. In its latest Regional Economy Outlook published on Tuesday, the IMF predicts that the Kingdom’s economic growth will remain strong at seven per ...

Sorn Sarath
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/imf-cambodias-economic-growth-be-highest-asean

Investment in construction hits $6.5 billion: Ministry

Investment in construction in the Kingdom reached a new high during the first nine months of the year, amounting to $6.5 million, according to the latest government report. From January to September, investment in the sector grew by 34.7 percent compared with the same period last ...

Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50652396/investment-in-construction-hits-6-5-billion-ministry/

Siem Reap to welcome $27mln Cambodia-China Cultural Park

The Council for the Development of Cambodia, a government agency that oversees investment, last week approved a large-scale tourism project in Siem Reap. ‘Cambodia-China Cultural Park,’ the project will be developed by Angkor International Culture Investment & Development (Cambodia) Co., Ltd with a capital of ...

Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50651322/siem-reap-to-welcome-27mln-cambodia-china-cultural-park/

IMF mission projects positive economic outlook with possible downside risks

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Jarkko Turunen, deputy division chief of the Asia Pacific Department (APD) visited Phnom Penh to conduct discussions under what is known as the Article IV consultation.​ Under the Article IV consultation, IMF staff undertakes annual surveillance and analysis ...

Poovenraj Kanagaraj
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50651166/imf-mission-projects-positive-economic-outlook-with-possible-downside-risks/

Czechs vow support over EBA

The Czech government on Monday pledged to support the Kingdom’s efforts to retain its Everything-but-arms trade status during Prime Minister Hun Sen’s visit to the republic. Mr Hun Sen is on a five-day official visit to Eastern Europe which started on Sunday. He met Czech Prime ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50651403/czechs-vow-support-over-eba/

Investment skyrockets this year

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) yesterday announced that it approved 831 investment projects, with a total investment capital of $22.5 billion, from 2016 to August 2019, according to its latest report. The report added that in the first eight months of the year, ...

Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50650679/cdc-approves-6bln-in-investment-projects-in-first-eight-months-of-the-year/

Cambodia improves in WEF global competitiveness ranking

Cambodia, which has shed its status of ‘Sick man of Asia’ is becoming more competitive economically, and the world is starting to notice it. The 2019 Global Competitiveness Report, which was released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Oct 8, ranked Cambodia 106th out of ...

Jose Rodriguez T. Senase
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50650070/cambodia-improves-in-wef-global-competitiveness-ranking/

ADB continues its support of Kingdom’s financial inclusion

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $40 million policy-based loan to support poor and rural households and improve their financial access, it said. ...

Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/adb-continues-its-support-kingdoms-financial-inclusion

Climate change to delay Kingdom’s ascent to middle-income economy

Climate change will slow down Cambodia’s economic growth progressively over the next decades and delay the country’s graduation to middle-income economy by one year, recent government reports show. The ministries of Economy and Finance and Environment on Friday launched two research papers: ‘Addressing Climate Change Impacts ...

Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50648301/climate-change-to-delay-kingdoms-ascent-to-middle-income-economy/

Kingdom’s rice exports rise 2%

Cambodian rice exports in the first nine months of the year rose two per cent year-on-year, led by the Chinese market, a Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) report said. Rice exports to China increased more than 44 per cent, the report said, while exports to the ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdoms-rice-exports-rise-2

The macro challenges in Cambodia’s microfinance sector

In August, two local Cambodian organizations, Licadho and Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT) published Collateral Damage: Land Loss and Abuses in Cambodia’s Microfinance Sector, a report about the dangerous growth of the country’s microfinance sector. It spotlighted an issue that researchers have been warning about for years. A report ...

David Hutt
https://thediplomat.com/2019/10/the-macro-challenges-in-cambodias-microfinance-sector/

Sihanoukville aims to reform tourism landscape

Preah Sihanouk province plans to attract a new type of Chinese investor which could restore the image of Sihanoukville as a tourist city and shift investment away from casinos. In a meeting with Chinese embassy officials in August, provincial governor Kuoch Chamroeun said the current ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sihanoukville-aims-reform-tourism-landscape

Sar Kheng: Cambodia is still negotiating to keep EBA, GSP status

Minister of Interior Sar Kheng has said that Cambodia is still trying to keep its access to the EU’s Everything But Arms (EBA) agreement and the US’ General System of Preferences (GSP) through negotiations. His remarks came during his mission to Germany from September 24 ...

Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/sar-kheng-cambodia-still-negotiating-keep-eba-gsp-status

Thai, Cambodian SEC sign pact on capital markets

Cambodia and Thailand’s Securities Exchange and Commission (SEC) yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on mutual cooperation for capital market development through cross-listing, dual listing and depositary receipt offerings. ...

Bangkok Post Staff
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/1752539/thai-cambodian-sec-sign-pact-on-capital-markets

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