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The Minister of Education has revealed the government’s 8-point education policy which will become the Cambodian People’s Party’s (CPP) strategy to improve the country’s education system. ...

The government has taken a significant step towards improving public service delivery and local development by issuing a sub-decree that transfers additional state budget resources to communes. ...

Most of the troops sent to the eastern border with Vietnam to shoot down drones have since been withdrawn and that no drones were destroyed, military officials told CamboJA. ...

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in partnership with Cambodia’s Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation, is implementing the “Let’s Chat” digital campaign to address the vulnerability of Cambodian adolescents to online sexual predators. ...

In engaging with external partners, ASEAN needs to maintain its Centrality, both in words and, in deeds, amid rising geopolitical competition among major powers while stressing the principles of openness, transparency, and inclusiveness. ...

Cambodia attracted 113 fixed-asset investment projects worth $1.1 billion in the first half of 2023, creating some 122,000 new jobs, said a Council for the Development of Cambodia’s report on Tuesday.   ...

Cambodia and Myanmar are the ASEAN countries most strongly economically dependent on trade with China, with Australia the nation in Asia-Pacific that is most reliant on Beijing, according to the Global Peace Index 2023. ...

Cambodia is experiencing a favourable demographic context and should seize the opportunity to lay deeper foundations for growth, including more investment to promote girls’ and women’s potential. ...

The first ten days of the campaign for Cambodia’s 7th mandate general election went smoothly. ...

Cambodia and Singapore have launched a Financial Transparency Corridor (FTC) initiative intended to provide the necessary digital infrastructure for cross-border financial services and trade between small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in either country. ...

Minister of Environment Say Samal has announced plans to enhance infrastructure in two key protected areas to boost local livelihoods and sustainable tourism.​ ...

According to Cambodia’s Public Debt Statistical Bulletin Volume 18 published on June 8, the country’s public debt is composed of $10.23 billion in foreign debt and $42.45 million in domestic debt. ...

The Ministry of Tourism (MoT) on Tuesday announced that the Cambodian People Party’s (CPP) election campaign may have led to a drop in local tourists. ...

Cambodia’s international trade performance in the first half of 2023 registered $23.69 billion, a decrease of 13 percent from $27.24 billion in the same period last year, according to a report from the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) on Monday. ...

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and UnionPay International (UPI) signed a deal on Monday to promote cross-border payment with China and improve the use of the Khmer riel. ...

The government has issued a new sub-decree to transfer funds for an additional five years to commune administrations for local development expenditures. The money will help to improve public services and local level development for the period between 2024 and 2028. ...

Australia’s special envoy for Southeast Asia, Nicholas Moore, said that his nation will deepen economic ties with Cambodia and other regional countries in ASEAN as part of engagement with the bloc. ...

Huge investment potential in Cambodian sectors such as automotive, agriculture development, tourism, technology and innovation, education, logistics and supply chains, and mining have been identified in the latest investment handbook. ...

Talks are underway to promote Cambodian rice on the Alibaba platform with the aim of increasing sales by competing in the Chinese market. ...

The Kingdom’s competition law framework has grown steadily to become more robust during the last two years, according to a leading law firm in the region pioneering intellectual property rights. ...

FacebookTwitterEmailShareThe small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Cambodia play an important role in socio-economic development and it is necessary to encourage SMEs to embrace the principles of sustainability and inclusiveness, a top official said. ...

The arrest of a Candlelight Party member in Bangkok last Friday was related to his activism against the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), a National Police spokesperson said. ...

The National Election Committee (NEC) announced the successful printing of over 13 million ballot papers. The ballots are set to be dispatched to provinces throughout the country on July 18, a strategic move scheduled five days ahead of the July 23 general election. ...

Koh Ker Temple, a remote archaeological site in northern Cambodia about 120 km away from Siem Reap and an ancient capital of the Khmer Empire is set to be listed as a World Heritage Site. ...