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PM plans China visit to drum up investment
Prime Minister Hun Sen is scheduled to pay a state visit to China for talks on new infrastructure projects in Cambodia, including the Phnom Penh-Bavet Expressway. The visit will coincide with the 65th anniversary of the two nations’ bilateral relations. ...
Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/pm-plans-china-visit-drum-investment
Cambodia’s economy and tourism stands to reap benefits from China reopening
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Monday that China’s upcoming reopening of its borders will revitalize the kingdom’s economy and tourism. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501212934/cambodias-economy-and-tourism-stands-to-reap-benefits-from-china-reopening/
China’s BRI greatly benefits Cambodia, other participating countries, says Cambodia’s Prime Minister
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said here on Monday that the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has provided a lot of tangible benefits to his country and other participating countries. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501212941/chinas-bri-greatly-benefits-cambodia-other-participating-countries-says-cambodias-prime-minister/
Cambodia’s goods exports to US rise nearly a quarter on-year to $8.2B
Cambodia and the US traded goods worth $8.510 billion in the first 11 months of 2022, marking gains of 21.79 per cent on-year, with Cambodian exports to the world’s largest economy accounting for a 96.56 per cent share, according to the General Department of Customs ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodias-goods-exports-us-rise-nearly-quarter-year-82b
US embassy welcomes PM to strengthen bilateral ties
US Ambassador W. Patrick Murphy welcomed Prime Minister Hun Sen to the U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh in a move that aims to strengthen bilateral relations into 2023. It added that the United States has welcomed Cambodia’s leadership of ASEAN during a year of “global ...
Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/us-embassy-welcomes-pm-to-strengthen-bilateral-ties
Cambodia-China trade reaches $14.5b
Cambodia-China trade volume hit $14.5 billion, up 19 percent from the previous year, Prime Minister Hun Sen said. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-china-trade-reaches-145b
2022 marks another fruitful year of Cambodia-China cooperation
The year of 2022 marked another fruitful year of pragmatic cooperation between Cambodia and China as the two countries have enjoyed bigger trade and investment volumes, officials and academics said. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501212286/2022-marks-another-fruitful-year-of-cambodia-china-cooperation/
First export of ‘pra’ fish to China seen January at earliest
The inaugural export of Cambodian iridescent shark catfish to China has again been delayed, and is now expected to take place as soon as next month, as the only authorised exporter takes care of some final formalities, according to Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries ...
Bor Pich Zelin
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/first-export-pra-fish-china-seen-january-earliest
Cambodia-China bilateral trade volume surged 19%, says PM
Trade volume between Cambodia and China reached $14.5 billion this year, an increase of 19 percent compared to last year, said Prime Minister Hun Sen today. ...
Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501211511/cambodia-china-bilateral-trade-volume-surged-19-says-pm/
Cambodia says RCEP all about win-win cooperation, not zero-sum game
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the world’s biggest free trade deal, is all about “win-win” cooperation and is “not a zero-sum game,” a Cambodian government official has said. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501211518/cambodia-says-rcep-all-about-win-win-cooperation-not-zero-sum-game/
Cambodia sees new policy framework, ADB loan & BFC extension in 2022
Implementation of the National Policy Framework for Cambodia’s Economic Productivity 2022-35, a pact with Japan to make Sihanoukville a major port, a $50-million loan from the Asian Development Bank to back economic diversification and boost competitiveness, and extension of the Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) programme ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501211700/cambodia-sees-new-policy-framework-adb-loan-bfc-extension-in-2022/
PM Hun Sen highlights Cambodia’s key contribution to ASEAN
Prime Minister Hun Sen said Cambodia has done many things in contribution to ASEAN, including the entry into force of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the signing of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea. (DOC). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501209402/pm-hun-sen-highlights-cambodias-key-contribution-to-asean/
Cambodia-China FTA and RCEP injects new impetus into Cambodia’s agricultural development
Both RCEP and the CCFTA have been in effect since January 2022. “RCEP and the CCFTA are all free trade agreements that mutually open the market in all participating countries, thus giving farmers choices to export their agricultural products to various countries,” he told Xinhua ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501209437/cambodia-china-fta-and-rcep-injects-new-impetus-into-cambodias-agricultural-development/
China funds construction of 30 roads in Cambodia
Prime Minister Hun Sen has spoken highly of the key contribution of China to the connectivity in Cambodia by financing the construction of 30 roads across the country. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501209416/china-funds-construction-of-30-roads-in-cambodia/
US embassy welcomes PM to strengthen bilateral ties
US Ambassador W. Patrick Murphy welcomed Prime Minister Hun Sen to the U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh in a move that aims to strengthen bilateral relations into 2023. ...
Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/us-embassy-welcomes-pm-to-strengthen-bilateral-ties
Dialogue eyes key role of youth in RCEP region’s growth
Investing in and empowering young people is vital for members of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership free trade pact to shore up sustained growth and accelerate global economic recovery amid the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic, leading scholars and media executives said. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501208269/dialogue-eyes-key-role-of-youth-in-rcep-regions-growth/
PM, Chinese Ambassador to preside over ground-breaking ceremony of NR 41
This morning, Prime Minister Hun Sen and Chinese Ambassador Wang Wentian are scheduled to preside over the ground-breaking ceremony for National Road 41. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501208854/pm-chinese-ambassador-to-preside-over-ground-breaking-ceremony-of-nr-41/
One year on, RCEP, CCFTA give momentum to Cambodia’s trade growth in post-pandemic era
One year on, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade deal and the Cambodia-China Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) have injected a vital impetus to Cambodia’s trade growth in the post COVID-19 pandemic era, an official and experts said. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501208233/one-year-on-rcep-ccfta-give-momentum-to-cambodias-trade-growth-in-post-pandemic-era/
$20m pledged to aid marine and coastal fisheries
A $20 million agreement has been signed to boost climate resilience in Cambodia and the sustainability of marine and coastal fisheries. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/20m-pledged-to-aid-marine-and-coastal-fisheries
Cambodia, China reflect joint fight against COVID-19
Cambodia and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on December 21 co-organised a workshop in Phnom Penh to review the bilateral cooperation against COVID-19 and discuss way forward. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501207668/cambodia-china-reflect-joint-fight-against-covid-19/
Cambodia, Vietnam strengthen banking cooperation
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) have agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation through exchange of experience on economy and banking system. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501207675/cambodia-vietnam-strengthen-banking-cooperation/
WB allots $274M for recovery
Cambodia is set to receive a $274 million credit from the World Bank (WB) “to promote a resilient recovery from the recent economic shocks” stemming from ongoing geopolitical competition among major powers and the Covid-19 crisis, more than two years on from the start of ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/wb-allots-274m-recovery
Japan trade up 13%, but surplus shrinks
The bilateral merchandise trade volume between Cambodia and Japan totalled $1.789 billion in the first 11 months of 2022, rising by 13.11 per cent on-year, with Cambodian exports accounting for a 59.76 per cent share, down by 1.74 percentage points on a yearly basis, according ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/japan-trade-13-surplus-shrinks
Cambodia says Chinese vaccines helped to bring COVID-19 pandemic under control
Cambodian officials and scholars on Wednesday extended their gratitude to China for its supply of COVID-19 vaccines to the kingdom from the early days of the pandemic, saying that the jabs have protected lives and reinvigorated economic growth. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501207017/cambodia-says-chinese-vaccines-helped-to-bring-covid-19-pandemic-under-control/