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The National Assembly (NA) said the European Parliament (EP) did not respect the Kingdom’s independence and sovereignty when it passed a resolution strongly critical of the recent conviction and sentencing of former opposition leader Kem Sokha for “treason”. ...

The National Election Committee (NEC) will consider requesting support from France as it prepares to administer the July national election, its senior official said, noting that the French counterparts want to see the poll take place in a manner acceptable to all parties and in ...

Cambodia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have thrashed out a deal after three rounds of negotiations over the Comprehensive Economic Partnership (CEPA) trade agreement. ...

A Chinese-invested tire factory in Cambodia’s Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) launched its operation on Saturday after more than one year of construction. ...

VISA has committed to the enhancement of e-commerce and digital economy of Cambodia, affirmed Chris Clark, VISA’s Regional President for Asia Pacific, while paying a courtesy call on Pan Sorasak, Minister of Commerce, at the ministry office yesterday afternoon. ...

Cambodia welcomed 2.28 million foreign tourists last year, injecting $1.4 billion to the national economy. The Ministry of Tourism’s report showed that the revenue had an increase of 667 percent compared to 2021. ...

Five “major” factories and manufacturing enterprises will be opening in Kampong Speu province that will employ more than 5,000 workers starting from March 17 to meet the need of workers searching for new job opportunities, according to the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training. ...

On a Friday afternoon, Him Bunchhay wore no safety equipment as he laid bricks on the second floor of a residential building site in Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ampov district. ...

Former opposition leader Kem Sokha’s lawyers said in a Tuesday statement that they were denied access to their client in violation of his rights, preventing them from discussing a planned appeal against his treason conviction. ...

The conglomerate Cambodia’s Royal Group of Companies will export renewable energy to Singapore after the group signed an agreement with Keppel Energy Pte Ltd on Wednesday, which will enable the latter to purchase electricity from the Kingdom. ...

The new Law on Taxation may be promulgated as soon as “in the next two or three months”, replacing the 1997 original, aiming to bring the Cambodian tax regime more in line with current and anticipated international standards and economic environment, as well as to ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen urges an end to “baseless” foreign accusations surrounding the development of the Kingdom’s Ream Naval Base, as the US has consistently suggested that the base is being expanded to accommodate a Chinese military presence. ...

The General Department of Taxation (GDT) during a meeting on Tuesday announced a work plan for this year with an emphasis on developing a system that will make paying taxes easy and evasion difficult. ...

The General Department of Taxation (GDT) has collected $539 million as tax income in the first two months of this year, representing 15 percent of the national budget plan 2023. ...

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a $43 million project to enhance the adaptive capacity of smallholder farmers, local communities and other value chain actors of the Northern Tonle Sap Basin to cope with the increasing threats of climate change in the Kingdom. ...

Cambodian Minister of Tourism Thong Khon said on Tuesday that he hoped the China-Laos Railway would help bring more international tourists to the kingdom. ...

The European Union (EU) plans to deploy observers for the upcoming National Election to monitor liberal and multi-party democracy in the country. ...

Minister of Environment Say Samal on March 13 encouraged the garment and other textile-related industries to step up clean-energy and green efforts to better position the Kingdom to meet key government greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation commitments, as a prominent EU-backed programme registers a record-breaking 50th ...

Preah Sihanouk provincial authorities are running a series of training courses on water rescue for the life guards of each of the province’s tourist beaches. With the assistance of the Thai embassy, the workshops began on March 13. ...

Kampong Speu provincial governor Vei Samnang has pledged to attract more investment to his province. Samnang announced that he would lead a provincial delegation to Hong Kong later this month to discuss business opportunities in the Kampong Speu. ...

Prach Chan, chairman of the National Election Committee (NEC), flew to France yesterday evening with 10 senior officials to gain experience and learn about the electoral system to improve the electoral process in Cambodia. ...

Cambodia’s public debt is still evaluated as controllable with a low risk of distress despite the country’s economy having been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic and other external factors. ...

 A new LICADHO report detailing the murders of 26 women and five children between January 2020 and June 2022 by current or former intimate partners reveals the persistence of domestic violence and flaws in law enforcement. ...

By 2030, Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS) will be able to ship goods directly without any transit to the US and European Union (EU) markets, said Sun Chanthol, Minister of Public Works and Transports (MPWT) yesterday. ...