Economy and commerce
Cambodia bats for trade cooperation at WTO meet
Cambodia on Sunday called for the inclusion of the Investment Facilitation for Development (IFD) agreement into the WTO programme as such a fusion will benefit the member states – including Cambodia – by enhancing the investment climate. ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501446580/cambodia-bats-for-trade-cooperation-at-wto-meet/
China mulls more investments in Cambodia
Wuxi Capital Group Co., Ltd. of China is interested in investing in Cambodia, especially in the Preah Sihanouk province’s Special Economic Zone (SEZ). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501445308/china-mulls-more-investments-in-cambodia/
India-Cambodia Joint Business Council launched
In a significant move aimed at bolstering economic ties between India and Cambodia, the India-Cambodia Joint Business Council (ICJBC) was officially launched on Friday. ...
Taing Rinith
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501445965/india-cambodia-joint-business-council-launched-2/
Cambodia invests $40B in infrastructure over 10 years
Cambodia has spent about $40 billion developing infrastructure in the last decade, with the Master Plan on the Cambodian Transit and Logistics System 2023-2033 laying out a roadmap for the next 10 years. ...
Chhorn Raksmey
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-invests-40b-in-infrastructure-over-10-years
Banks need robust cybersecurity for data privacy
In the age of digitalisation, banks play a crucial role in safeguarding the money and information of both people and businesses. However, as Cambodia embraces this digital revolution, the Kingdom also makes itself vulnerable to the constant danger of cyberattacks and breaches, putting financial data ...
Jigmee Palden Pazo
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501444679/banks-need-robust-cybersecurity-for-data-privacy/
SMEs registration inches up to 443,628 last year
The Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology, and Innovation (MISTI) registered a new growth of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) by 1.43 percent to 44,628 last year, an official report showed. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501444697/smes-registration-inches-up-to-443628-last-year/
Plans moving forward for Japanese SEZ
Cambodia is actively working to establish the Cambodia-Japan Special Economic Zone (SEZ) to attract more Japanese investment, given its current status as a key trade and investment partner, according to a press release from the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). CDC first vice-president ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/plans-moving-forward-for-japanese-sez
Cambodian ministry projects nearly 6.6% growth in 2024
Cambodia’s economy is projected to grow by nearly 6.6 per cent this year despite geopolitical tensions and a global economic slowdown, according to officials from the ministry of economy and finance. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://khmertimeskh.com/501444973/cambodian-ministry-projects-nearly-6-6-growth-in-2024/
SMEs registration inches up to 443,628 last year
The Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology, and Innovation (MISTI) registered a new growth of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) by 1.43 percent to 44,628 last year, an official report showed. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501444697/smes-registration-inches-up-to-443628-last-year/
Cambodia’s GDP likely to touch $35B this year, ministry says
Cambodia’s GDP could touch $35 billion (143 trillion riel) this year, said a senior official from the Ministry of Economy and Finance. ...
Rachel David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501443985/cambodias-gdp-likely-to-touch-35b-this-year-ministry-says/
PM: SMEs still plays crucial role in bolstering national economy
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet paid high attention to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as it contributed to enhancing the national economy. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501444255/pm-smes-still-plays-crucial-role-in-bolstering-national-economy/
A large Indonesian company interested in Cambodia’s real estate and healthcare sectors
Lippo Group, a large Indonesian company, is interested in investments in the areas of real estate, healthcare, financial and banking services, supermarket, etc. in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501443469/a-large-indonesian-company-interested-in-cambodias-real-estate-and-healthcare-sectors/
Home not farming, takes precedence when Cambodians take MFIs loans
Showing a shift in mindset, more Cambodians are now taking loans from microfinance institutions (MFIs) over home needs than for farming. ...
Rachel David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501442492/home-not-farming-takes-precedence-when-cambodians-take-mfis-loans/
CDC registered 22 investment projects worth $444 million in the first 15 days of February 2024
In the 15 days of February 2024, the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) decided to issue certificates for the registration of 22 qualified investment projects with a total investment capital of more than $444 million. This is according to the report from the ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501442338/cdc-registered-22-investment-projects-worth-444-million-in-the-first-15-days-of-february-2024/
Cambodia, UK foster bilateral trade and economic cooperation
Cambodia and the United Kingdom have agreed to push for better economic and trade cooperation, amid significant growth in bilateral trade in recent years. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501442504/cambodia-uk-foster-bilateral-trade-and-economic-cooperation/
PM invites Chinese investors to put money into infra sector
Prime Minister Hun Manet has invited Chinese investors to invest in infrastructure projects in Cambodia as the government sees this as key to the country’s socio-economic development. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501442510/pm-invites-chinese-investors-to-put-money-into-infra-sector/
Thai businessmen likely to invest $1B in Cambodia
A week after Prime Minister Hun Manet concluded his first official trip to Thailand, hundreds of Thai businessmen have shown keen interest in exploring investment opportunities in three potential projects across Cambodia in early March to the tune of $1 billion. ...
Nheng Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501442027/thai-businessmen-likely-to-invest-1b-in-cambodia/
Microfinance sector provided $5.12B loans to 1.57M clients in 2023
The microfinance sector has provided a credit sum of $5.12 billion to 1.57 million clients, an average of $3,260 per account last year, creating direct employment for 21,567 people nationwide with a business network of 904 offices. ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501440074/microfinance-sector-provided-5-12b-loans-to-1-57m-clients-in-2023/
Cambodia’s rubber exports rise by 123 percent
Amid the fall in global demand, Cambodia earned $121 million from the exports of rubber articles in the first month of this year, an increase of 123.5 percent compared to the same period last year, according to the latest trade data of the General Department ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501440080/cambodias-rubber-exports-rise-by-123-percent/
Cambodia boosts rice exports 25% to 46,221 tonnes in Jan
Cambodia exported 25.2 percent more milled rice to 46,221 tonnes this January, compared to the previous year, as per a Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF)’s report. This resulted in a 13 percent year-over-year rise in income to the exchequer of $32.6 million from rice exports in ...
Rachel David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501439361/cambodia-boosts-rice-exports-25-to-46221-tonnes-in-jan/
Cambodia’s GFT exports jump 22% amid rising hopes
The exports of garments, footwear and travel goods (GFT) rose by 21.64 percent in January this year, earning $967 million for the sector after declining for most of the time last year. The turnaround brought cheers to the vital sector of the Cambodian economy that ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501439379/cambodias-gft-exports-jump-22-amid-rising-hopes/
Cambodia-Japan SEZ project on the cards
The Cambodian government is preparing a policy on establishing Cambodia-Japan special economic zones as the country is keen to attract more direct investments from Japan. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501439391/cambodia-japan-sez-project-on-the-cards/
Cambodia’s international trade up 16.7 pct in January
Cambodia’s foreign trade volume hit $4.05 billion in January 2024, up 16.7 percent from $3.47 billion in the same month last year, an official report showed on February 12, 2024. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501439008/cambodias-international-trade-up-16-7-pct-in-january/
Cambodia’s tourism earns $3.04 billion revenue in 2023
Cambodia’s tourism earned gross revenue of $3.04 billion in 2023, up 115 percent from $1.41 billion in a year earlier, according to a Ministry of Tourisms report released on February 12, 2024. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501439009/cambodias-tourism-earns-3-04-billion-revenue-in-2023/