Economy and commerce

Economic policy and administration

CMA says member institutions have restructured $1.38B of loans

The Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) has announced that as of January 3, 2021, CMA members have provided loan restructuring worth $1.382 billion.  The total number of restructuring requests stood at 303,593 with 285,234 having been granted. ...

Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50802377/cma-says-member-institutions-have-restructured-138b-of-loans/

Firms yearn for investment law in 2021

Optimism prevails in the private sector that the Investment Law widely anticipated to launch later in the year will spell new momentum in the Kingdom’s industrial diversification in parallel with the region and beyond. The current edition of the law comprises 11 chapter and 39 ...

May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/firms-yearn-investment-law-2021

NBC: 4% economic growth in 2021

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) on December 31 forecast that the Kingdom’s economic growth will return to four percent growth this year if Covid-19 vaccines can successfully curtail the spread in the first half. The central bank’s forecast published in its Macroeconomic and Banking ...

May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nbc-4-economic-growth-2021

An outlook into 2021 economy

Cambodia’s economy will contract two per cent in 2020 before swiftly recovering to four per cent growth this year, the World Bank projects, citing effective government measures that respond to the specific needs of the most affected sectors – including tourism, garments and textiles, and ...

May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/outlook-2021-economy

Tax cuts and exemptions extended

Tax cuts and exemptions will be extended to help companies and unemployed workers better weather the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, according a statement issued last week by the government. ...

Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50797743/tax-cuts-and-exemptions-extended-2/

GDT terminates the E-VAT Refund System

General Department of Taxation (GDT) has announced to the taxpayers that it has terminated the electronic value added tax refund system (E-VAT Refund System), replacing it with the electronic filing system (E-Filing System), according to the GDT’s announcement. ...

Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50792276/gdt-terminates-the-e-vat-refund-system/

2021 draft budget sees a half billion reduction

The Royal Government of Cambodia, through the Council of Ministers, has approved a draft annual budget of approximately $7.62 billion for the year 2021. The approval was made during a cabinet meeting held last Friday, chaired by Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...

Harrison White
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50776654/2021-draft-budget-sees-a-half-billion-reduction/

NBC: Informal lenders shouldn’t tarnish all industry

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) has made it clear that the whole microfinance industry should not be held accountable for some of the unregulated microloans that are pushing people deeper into debt. ...

Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50771437/nbc-informal-lenders-shouldnt-tarnish-all-industry/

Arbitration rules under review

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. ...

Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50749327/arbitration-rules-under-review/

‘Single Portal’ integrated registration system welcomes nearly 50 firms

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.​ ...

Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/single-portal-integrated-registration-system-welcomes-nearly-50-firms

Anti-money laundering draft law approved

Cambodia’s draft law of anti-money laundering bill has been approved today at the Council of Ministers meeting chaired by Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...

Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50723656/anti-money-laundering-draft-law-approved/

Australia comes to Cambodia’s help

Australian government is studying the new project to help Cambodia’s economy development, trade facilitate and diversification, according to Australian Ambassador to Cambodia. ...

Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50722365/australia-comes-to-cambodias-help/

Int’l digital payment firms ‘committed’ to de-dollarisation

Visa Inc. is one of several international digital payment firms who have said they are committed to supporting the government and the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) in their de-dollarisation mission. ...

Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50713285/intl-digital-payment-firms-committed-to-de-dollarisation/

Cambodian firms urged to embrace e-commerce

The president of the Cambodian Investment Federation on Sunday highlighted the critical role of e-commerce in the local market as the government works to turn the Kingdom into a digital economy. ...

Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodian-firms-urged-embrace-e-commerce

Trademark registrations slightly increase in 2019

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 ...

Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/trademark-registrations-slightly-increase-2019

Local business registration up, sound macro-economic performance cited

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 ...

Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/local-business-registration-sound-macro-economic-performance-cited

Cambodia Startup Advisers set to launch non-technical, practical guide for start-ups

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 ...

Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-startup-advisers-set-launch-non-technical-practical-guide-start-ups

Digital economy needs 10 years

Cambodia’s digital economy remains at a nascent stage and will need at least 10 years to grow and aim for a technology-driven economy, said Minister of Economy and Finance Aun Pornmoniroth. Speaking at the national consultation workshop on Policy and Direction of Cambodia’s Digital Economy ...

Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/digital-economy-needs-10-years

Government approves 269 trademarks

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. ...

Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-approves-269-trademarks

Experts call for faster, cheaper business registration process

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. ...

Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50562154/experts-call-for-faster-cheaper-business-registration-process/

Government hopes decentralisation boosts business registration

To promote the registration of small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs), the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft will begin early next year to decentralise the process by granting provincial government officials the authority to register businesses. ...

Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-hopes-decentralisation-boosts-business-registration

A roadmap for financial growth

The government yesterday unveiled its financial sector development strategy for 2016 to 2025, which provides stakeholders with a document to evaluate the last decade of growth while outlining an action plan for the next decade. Chea Serey, director-general of the NBC, said the content of ...

Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/roadmap-financial-growth

Online trademarks go live

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 ...

Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38781/online-trademarks-go-live/

World Bank economists grilled over pervasive rural debt

The head of Transparency International Cambodia used the release of a World Bank economic report yesterday to press the lender’s economists on rural indebtedness and their claim that the country’s strong GDP growth was helping the country’s poor. ...

Brendan O’Byrne
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/world-bank-economists-grilled-pervasive-rural-debt-129932/

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