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ASEAN working on future direction post-2025, says Sec-Gen, adds Timor Leste’s membership on the cards
ASEAN secretary-general Datuk Lim Jock Hoi said that its high-level task force is now in the process of charting the future direction beyond 2025 for the 10-member grouping. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501160058/asean-working-on-future-direction-post-2025-says-sec-gen-adds-timor-lestes-membership-on-the-cards/
Vietnam, Cambodia boost cooperation in culture, art
Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Dao Cuong and secretary of state and spokesman of Cambodia’s Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts Long Ponnasirivath signed a cultural and artistic cooperation programme for the 2023 – 2027 period at a meeting in Ho ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501159301/vietnam-cambodia-boost-cooperation-in-culture-art/
Close ties with China provide enormous benefits to Cambodia’s development, students say
For Veng Bunheang, a 31-year-old master’s student at the Royal Academy of Cambodia (RAC), Cambodia’s relations with China are at the best period in history, and that has brought substantial benefits to Cambodia’s development in various fields. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501159259/close-ties-with-china-provide-enormous-benefits-to-cambodias-development-students-say/
Japan to open Toyota factory in Cambodia
Japan will establish a Toyota car factory in Cambodia, affirmed Kishida Fumio, Prime Minister of Japan in a bilateral meeting with Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501159273/japan-to-open-toyota-factory-in-cambodia/
RCEP partners witness ongoing growth opportunities
Government officials and business leaders from China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are bullish on future business growth opportunities arising from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement, speakers said at the recently concluded 19th China-ASEAN Expo, which was held from Sept 16 to ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501159266/rcep-partners-witness-ongoing-growth-opportunities/
PM bids final farewell to Japan’s Abe; meets EU, VN presidents
Prime Minister Hun Sen on September 27 arrived for the state funeral of the slain former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo, where he also met European Council chief Charles Michel and Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc to discuss issues of common concerns. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-bids-final-farewell-japans-abe-meets-eu-vn-presidents
Dong Thap cooperates with Cambodian locality to fight human trafficking
Fighting human trafficking is one of the fields of cooperation in an agreement signed between the Women’s Union of the southern province of Dong Thap and the Cambodian Women for Peace & Development Association of Prey Veng province yesterday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501158483/dong-thap-cooperates-with-cambodian-locality-to-fight-human-trafficking/
Cambodian PM joins other world leaders in Abe Shinzo’s state funeral
Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Japan, attended in Tokyo this afternoon the State Funeral of former Prime Minister of Japan Abe Shinzo. Some 4,500 people, including about 50 current and former world leaders and around 700 international guests, joined the event of great sorrow. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501158511/cambodian-pm-joins-other-world-leaders-in-abe-shinzos-state-funeral/
Cambodia, EU happy with good cooperation
Cambodia and the European Union have shown their satisfaction with their good cooperation. The appreciation was made by Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia and Charles Michel, President of the European Council, in their meeting in Tokyo yesterday morning, during their stay ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501158526/cambodia-eu-happy-with-good-cooperation/
Vietnam, Cambodia trade climbs to record level of $7.7 billion
Trade between Vietnam and Cambodia reached a record $7.7 billion in the first eight months of the year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501157761/vietnam-cambodia-trade-climbs-to-record-level-of-7-7-billion/
Cambodian Foreign Minister chairs Informal ASEAN Foreign Minister’s Meeting
Deputy Prime Minister Prak Sokhonn, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation chaired the annual Informal ASEAN Foreign Minister’s Meeting (IAMM), held in New York City, USA on Sept. 22, on the sidelines of the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). ...
Khmer Times Staff
http://khmertimeskh.com/501157040/cambodian-foreign-minister-chairs-informal-asean-foreign-ministers-meeting/
Cambodia discusses cooperation promotion with Gambia and Brazil
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia Prak Sokhonn had separate bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Gambia and Brazil to exchange views on promoting bilateral relations, in New York City, USA on Sept. 22, on the sidelines of ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501157032/cambodia-discusses-cooperation-promotion-with-gambia-and-brazil/
PM Hun Sen highlights Cambodia’s anti-COVID-19 efforts at 77th UNGA
Prime Minister Hun Sen, has underscored Cambodia’s efforts to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 and sustain long-term socio-economic growth. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501156996/pm-hun-sen-highlights-cambodias-anti-covid-19-efforts-at-77th-unga/
Hun Sen requests UNDP support for mine-free goal
Prime Minister Hun Sen has requested that the UN Development Progamme (UNDP) continue its support for mine action in Cambodia so the Kingdom can achieve its goal of becoming mine-free by 2025. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-requests-undp-support-mine-free-goal
Hun Sen urges balanced approach to conflicts in address to UNGA
Prime Minister Hun Sen addressed the 77th UN General Assembly (UNGA) in the early hours of September 24, highlighting global challenges exacerbated by the escalation of armed conflicts and superpower rivalry, among others, while urging world leaders to adopt a balanced approach to the pressing ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-urges-balanced-approach-conflicts-address-unga-0
France maintains $100M pledge for Cambodia
The French government through the French Development Agency or Agence Française de Développement (AFD) has maintained its annual financing commitment at about $100 million as a concessional loan for Cambodia to develop and recover the country’s post-Covid-19 economy in line with its national development strategy ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501155615/france-maintains-100m-pledge-for-cambodia/
Lt Gen Hun Manet meets former Thai PM as he winds up visit
As Lieutenant General Hun Manet, the Royal Cambodian Army (RCA) Commander and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Force (RCAF), concluded his official visit to Thailand on Tuesday, the Armed Forces of both nations vowed joint efforts to strengthen efforts to maintain peace, security ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501155411/lt-gen-hun-manet-meets-former-thai-pm-as-he-winds-up-visit/
Pakistan’s President underscores importance to realize investment, trade, business potential with Cambodia
President Dr Arif Alvi has underscored the need for fully realizing the immense potential for investment, trade and business between Pakistan and Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501154902/pakistans-president-underscores-importance-to-realize-investment-trade-business-potential-with-cambodia/
HK Commerce Chief says Hong Kong will be Cambodia’s prime partner in tapping vast business potential
The Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Algernon Yau, met with the Cambodian business sector to promote Hong Kong’s business opportunities after attending the 6th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Economic Ministers-Hong Kong, China Consultation in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501154159/hk-commerce-chief-says-hong-kong-will-be-cambodias-prime-partner-in-tapping-vast-business-potential/
Cambodia cooperates with other ASEAN nations and partners to promote regional and global integration
Cambodia has tried her best to cooperate with other ASEAN Member States and partners to boost regional and global integration for economic recovery. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501154152/cambodia-cooperates-with-other-asean-nations-and-partners-to-promote-regional-and-global-integration/
16th ASEAN ministerial meeting on transnational crime and related meetings to take place this week
Cambodia’s Ministry of Interior is going to host the 16th ASEAN Ministerial Meetings on Transnational Crime and Related Meetings on Sept. 21-22, 2022 via Videoconference. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501154145/16th-asean-ministerial-meeting-on-transnational-crime-and-related-meetings-to-take-place-this-week/
Cambodia sets strategies for ASEAN amid changing economic system
Cambodia, as the Chair of the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) in 2022, has set out four key strategic thrusts under the ASEAN Economic Community Pillar, while the building process of the economic community has continued to be hindered by the constant changes of ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501150835/cambodia-sets-strategies-for-asean-amid-changing-economic-system/
New talks to end Overlapping Claims Area petroleum riches by Thailand and Cambodia
Thailand is scheduled to hold talks with Cambodia over a 26,000 sq kilometers overlapping claims area (OCA) estimated to hold up to 500 million barrels of oil and gas deposits under the sea floor. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501152822/new-talks-to-end-overlapping-claims-area-petroleum-riches-by-thailand-and-cambodia/
Cambodia highly values CLMV Action Plan in 2023-2024
Cambodia, the ASEAN Chair in 2022, applauded important discussions related to economic cooperation and development orientations among CLMV countries at the 14th Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam Economic Ministers’ Meeting (CLMV-EMM 14) in Cambodia, including the approval of the CLMV Action Plan for the 2023-2024 ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501152800/cambodia-highly-values-clmv-action-plan-in-2023-2024/