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The first France-Cambodia Business Forum, scheduled for June 9-10 in Phnom Penh, seeks to promote investment, increase cooperation and expand bilateral trade between the Kingdom and its former colonial power, according to organisers. ...

As the commune council elections approach, the National Election Committee (NEC) has called on voters to prepare their ID Card or documents that were certified by authorities for use to be able to vote. ...

The activist Kung Raiya, already imprisoned twice on charges related to his politics, is resolute about his decision to stand as a candidate in opposition to a CPP commune chief who flipped his party allegiance after the 2017 election. ...

Cambodia and Hungary on May 27 reaffirmed their vows to strengthen and further develop economic and trade cooperation after a reported dip in trade last year pinned on the global Covid-19 crisis. ...

Cambodia has officially launched the National Strategic Plan on Blindness Prevention and Control 2021-2030. The launching ceremony in Phnom Penh last week was chaired by Mam Bunheng, Minister of Health and Pablo Kang, Australian Ambassador to Cambodian. ...

Minister of Education, Youth and Sports Hang Chuon Naron said the ministry’s long-term goal is to establish at least one technical high school in each province and require each young person to have acquired at least one professional skill. There are currently 18 technical educational ...

The Russia-Ukraine and Myanmar issues could pose diplomatic reactions during the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting hosted by Cambodia, nevertheless it should not dilute top agenda of the discussion. ...

The National Election Committee (NEC) has created a commission and three sub-commissions to manage preliminary results of the June 5 commune council elections. ...

The Ministry of Health signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation for filling and packaging COVID-19 Inactivated Vaccines with China’s Sinovac Life Sciences and Cambodian Pharmaceutical Enterprise, a move that will enable Cambodia to package vaccines. ...

The Royal Government of Cambodia plans to officially issue $300 million in securities this month. This is according to Mang Sopheara, Deputy Director General of the General Department of International Cooperation and Debt Management of the Ministry of Economy and Finance and a member of ...

Cambodia and Hungary agreed to enhance economic and trade cooperation at a meeting held recently at the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) after bilateral trade between the two countries re-bounced this year, according to a release. ...

Cambodia’s Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn said here on Tuesday that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) needs to strengthen its centrality, unity, and solidarity to address key challenges for the sake of regional and global peace, security, and sustainable development. Cambodia is the chair ...

Japanese singer and actress Yoko Minamino’s original song “Rainbow for Tomorrow” has been delivered to Cambodia as a gesture of friendship in a handover ceremony between senior diplomats of the two countries. ...

Seng Pha, 63, is unable to read the leaflets of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) posted on the wall of her wooden house, but she recognizes one of the candidates running for commune chief, out of a total of 35, in Boeung Kak II commune. ...

After joining the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on April 30, 1999, Cambodia is holding the bloc chairmanship for the third time this year. As the Chair for 2022, Cambodia has hosted and is going to host many important meetings, including the ASEAN Foreign ...

Making joint efforts to achieve common development is “even more necessary” than in the past for Asian countries that are facing common and critical challenges amid global uncertainty, a Cambodian politician said on Sunday. ...

The Royal Government of Cambodia is promoting the economic literacy for non-economists. An 11-day workshop on the topic was conducted recently in hybrid format by professors and experts from Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University (ANU). ...

Thong Khon, Minister of Tourism, mentioned the situation of domestic tourists on the weekend of May 28-29, 2022, a total of 274,026 tourists, comprising  259,393 local  and 14,633 foreign travellers converged on various tourism spots in the country. ...

Foreign minister Prak Sokhonn, who also serves as the ASEAN special envoy on Myanmar, voiced optimism on May 27 that his second trip to the predominantly Buddhist country in June would produce positive outcomes and that he would be able to meet with a broader ...

The Royal Embassy of Cambodia in Thailand last weekend joined the 11th Celebration of Thai Silk Road to the World in Bangkok, with the showcase of Khmer traditional clothing style of Longvek period in the 16th century. ...

Minister of Labour and Vocational Training Ith Samheng said the activities of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) in Cambodia over the past decade demonstrate its commitment and long-term partnership with the Kingdom. The SDC is an important donor that has assisted Cambodia’s ...

The “Rainbow for Tomorrow”, a special song written and sung by Ms MINAMINO Yoko, a renowned Japanese singer and actress, for the friendship between Cambodia and Japan was handed over yesterday to Cambodia. ...

The National Election Committee (NEC) has received about 160,000 applications – including more than 70,000 from organisations, over 70 from associations, more than 80,000 from 17 political parties, and special guests from three institutions – to observe the June 5 commune council elections.   ...

The provincial authorities of Ratanakiri handed over land titles to residents of two villages in one of its districts. ...