International relations

Over the past 77 years, Vietnam, under the sound leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Government, has grown in all spheres, bring progress, prosperity, and better prestige to the nation in the region and in the world, said a Cambodian official. ...

Cuban First Deputy Foreign Minister Gerardo Peñalver will visit Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos to hold political consultations with his peers, MINREX sources announced. ...

Cambodia and Turkey have pledged to boost cooperation between the two countries, as Prime Minister Hun Sen and the new Turkish ambassador Ulku Kocaefe met at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh on August 25. ...

Bangladesh Ambassador to Cambodia Abdul Hai has said that Bangladesh is interested in “contract farming” in Cambodia. ...

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the Cambodia-China Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA), which both took effect earlier this year, have significantly contributed to boosting Cambodia’s economic recovery, a senior official has said. ...

Cambodia’s agriculture industry is slated to grow after China agreed to set up a working group with the Kingdom to draw up a master plan to develop modern agriculture countrywide and strengthen bilateral trade. ...

Visiting President of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly Abdulla Shahid on Monday praised Cambodia for its key contribution to keeping peace in the world, according to a senior Cambodian official. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has encouraged the United Kingdom to open schools, especially universities in Cambodia, after noting a growing trend of Cambodian students pursuing their studies in the UK. ...

Energy experts say Thailand and Cambodia will resume talks to settle their dispute on an overlapping claim area (OCA) in order to jointly benefit from a new petroleum source and relieve the impact of energy price fluctuations. ...

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and China was amounted to $6,971 million in the first seven months of 2022, up 15.6 percent compared to the same period last year. ...

The Ministry of Economy and Finance, and the United Nations Capital Development Fund signed here on Thursday a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the extension of agreement between the two parties. ...

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and the US was amounted to $5.892 billion in the first seven months of 2022, up 45 percent compared to the same period last year. ...

Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, has called on the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and UN Special Rapporteur to make an accurate, practical, transparent and balanced report on human rights situation in Cambodia. ...

Cambodia’s international trade rose to $32.82 billion in the first seven months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 21.3 percent, and the United States is the biggest market for the country accounting for 43 percent of the Kingdom’s total exports. ...

The trade volume between Cambodia and China surged 15.6 percent year-on-year to $6.97 billion in the first seven months of this year, a General Department of Customs and Excise report said. ...

The Mass Mobilization Commission of the Central Committee of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and that of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee will continue to maintain their good relations in any circumstances. ...

The sixth court conference of Lao, Vietnamese, Cambodian border provinces opened in Vientiane on August 10. ...

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception in Hanoi on August 9 for Lt. Gen. Hun Manet, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) and Commander of the Royal Cambodian Army. ...

The sitting US  administration is set to  spend thousands in US tax dollars to educate youth in Cambodia on how to “stop the spread of misinformation” on the internet, according to a federal grant listing reviewed by the Daily Caller News Foundation. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has warned that rising regional and global security challenges could destabilise the ASEAN region if not properly managed. ...

Global leaders in the finance sector are slated to gather in the Cambodian capital in September when Phnom Penh hosts the SME Finance Forum. ...

The solid relationship with China has provided great benefits to Cambodia’s socio-economic development and poverty reduction, a Cambodian academic said on Monday. ...

ASEAN-Japan relations will be further greatly enhanced, said Prak Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation at the Public Seminar on “ASEAN-Japan Cooperation and Ways Forward in the Next 50 Years,” held here on Saturday . ...

Six more countries have taken part in the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC), raising this deal’s membership to 49. ...