Industries
Textile industry seeks solutions for circular economy
Government representatives and industry leaders in Cambodia are joining forces to explore opportunities for a circular textile economy, aiming to address the pressing challenges in waste management within the textile industry. ...
Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-textile-industry-seeks-solutions-for-circular-economy
World Bank says Cambodia needs to diversify its tourism products and improve its trade competitiveness
Cambodia’s economy is on a recovery path, with growth predicted to accelerate to 5.5 per cent in 2023, led by manufacturing exports, according to a World Bank report. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501293706/world-bank-says-cambodia-needs-to-diversify-its-tourism-products-and-improve-its-trade-competitiveness/
Koh Kong’s first int’l seaport set for launch
Koh Kong province’s first international seaport, invested in and developed by Koh Kong Port Management Co Ltd, is scheduled to launch in the second half of the year, as a number of linked infrastructure works reach completion, according to provincial governor Mithona Phoutong. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/koh-kongs-first-intl-seaport-set-launch
Construction contract inked for $1.5B Kampot port
Kampot Logistics and Port Co Ltd (KLP) on May 5 signed a construction contract with Chinese state-backed China Harbour Engineering Co Ltd (CHEC) for a $1.5 billion multi-purpose port in Kampot province’s Bokor town. ...
Post Staffs
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/construction-contract-inked-15b-kampot-port
Cambodian T&A industry needs to align product mix as per global trends
Cambodia’s Industrial Transformation Map for Textile and Apparel Industry 2023-2027 (T&A ITM) sees a need for the sector to align its product mix as per global sourcing trends, integrate backwards to reduce dependence on imports and diversify its market mix. ...
Sreekanth Ravindran
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501282182/cambodian-ta-industry-needs-to-align-product-mix-as-per-global-trends/
Measures needed to cope with future tourism influx
Mekong countries, including Cambodia, are not equipped for a major surge in international tourists as they struggle to recover from pandemic-fuelled job losses, a lack of skilled workers, and meet the rising demands of visitors, a regional tourism leader has warned. ...
Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-measures-needed-to-cope-with-future-tourism-influx
Mekong tourism forum held in Cambodia’s coastal city of Sihanoukville
The Mekong Tourism Forum 2023 kicked off Wednesday in Cambodia’s southwestern port city of Sihanoukville, attracting some 250 delegates from 19 countries and regions. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501280430/mekong-tourism-forum-held-in-cambodias-coastal-city-of-sihanoukville/
Cambodia to attract approximately 4 million international tourists this year
Cambodia is expected to attract 4 million international tourists in 2023, including 1million Chinese tourists. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501279643/cambodia-to-attract-approximately-4-million-international-tourists-this-year/
AIP planning tours of ‘safe worker transport’ factories
The Asia Injury Prevention Foundation (AIP) plans to lead study tours of factories and schools that have implemented guidelines for safe transport options. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/aip-planning-tours-safe-worker-transport-factories
Cambodia records 1.26 million air passengers in Q1
Cambodia reported 1.26 million air travelers during the first quarter of 2023, up 549 percent from only 195,000 passengers over the same period last year, said the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation’s report released on Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501276387/cambodia-records-1-26-million-air-passengers-in-q1/
Cambodia’s rubber export up 6.8 percent in Q1
Cambodia exported 65,921 tons of dry rubber in the first quarter of 2023, an increase of 6.8 percent from 61,739 tons in the same period last year, said a General Directorate of Rubber report on Thursday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501277044/cambodias-rubber-export-up-6-8-percent-in-q1/
Strategy aims to strengthen garment sector
The Cambodian government has adopted a new strategy for the garment, footwear and travel goods (GFT) sector that focuses on strengthening human resources, improving working conditions, promoting investment in high-value industries, and attracting investment in supportive industries. ...
Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-strategy-aims-to-strengthen-garment-sector
Over 13M domestic trips during Khmer New Year
Cambodia received over 13 million domestic and international visitors to its resorts and tourist destinations in the three days of the official April 14-16 Khmer New Year holiday, according to an April 17 report from the Ministry of Tourism. ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/over-13m-domestic-trips-during-khmer-new-year
Cambodia’s quest for tourism transformation
For the last several years Cambodia’s has been fast-tracking development with once-sleepy beach towns like Sihanoukville turned into bustling cities with more than 70 skyscrapers most built since 2016 with Chinese investment. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501274337/cambodias-quest-for-tourism-transformation/
Over 650,000 tourists visited Siem Reap province on 2nd day of Khmer New Year
Siem Reap province received a total of 653,670 tourists on the second day of Khmer New Year holiday, according to the Provincial Tourism Department’s report. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501274369/over-650000-tourists-visited-siem-reap-province-on-2nd-day-of-khmer-new-year/
Cambodia, Japan boost bilateral tourism cooperation
Cambodia and Japan have boosted their bilateral tourism cooperation, urging for the resumption of Japanese airline company All Nippon Airways’ (ANA) flights to Cambodia to facilitate the travel of tourists, businessmen and investors. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501272600/cambodia-japan-boost-bilateral-tourism-cooperation/
Cambodia’s garment exports to Turkiye jump 110% to $84 million in 2022
Cambodia’s exports of garments, footwear and travel (GFT) goods declined by 22.62 percent in the first three months of the year (Q1) compared to the same period in 2022 as the slide that started in the latter half of the last year continued, raising the ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501272800/cambodias-garment-exports-to-turkiye-jump-110-to-84-million-in-2022/
Factory workers end protest after owner agrees to pay wages
Authorities in Phnom Penh’s Por Senchey district on April 11 facilitated the negotiation of a settlement between a factory owner and its workers that ended their public protests in Choam Chao II commune. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/factory-workers-end-protest-after-owner-agrees-pay-wages
Siem Reap hotels 90% full for KNY
About 90 percent of hotel and guesthouse rooms in Siem Reap province are booked during the upcoming Khmer New Year, during the 10-year anniversary of the Angkor Sangkranta festival. ...
Meas Molika
https://kiripost.com/stories/siem-reap-hotels-90-full-for-kny
Cambodia’s tourism roadmap
As Cambodia prepares to host this year’s Mekong Tourism Forum (MTF) in Sihanoukville, Minister of Tourism, Thong Khon, has unveiled Cambodia’s targets for tourism, aviation expansion plans, and encouraging tourists to explore beyond the hubs of Siem Reap and Phnom Penh. ...
Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodias-tourism-roadmap
Spending on capital’s new airport nears $700M: SSCA
Nearly $700 million has been spent on the new $1.5 billion Techo International Airport (TIA), the main construction work on which has reached 46 per cent as of March 31, motivated by positive tourism growth, according to a senior civil aviation official. ...
Rann Reuy
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/spending-capitals-new-airport-nears-700m-ssca
Private investors sought for $55m ecotourism project
Private sector investment is being sought for a $55 million project to develop sustainable eco-tourism in the Cardamom Mountains and Tonle Sap area. ...
Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-private-investors-sought-for-55m-ecotourism-project
Cambodian government spokesman says China’s reopening revives int’l tourism market
China’s optimization of its anti-COVID-19 strategy and resumption of its outbound group tours earlier this year have revived the tourism industry in countries around the world, Cambodian government chief spokesman Phay Siphan has said. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501270323/cambodian-government-spokesman-says-chinas-reopening-revives-intl-tourism-market/
Cambodia’s fabric imports from Thailand at $157 million in 2022
Despite volatility due to COVID-19, Cambodia’s 2022 apparel exports to Thailand reached $57.6 million, and fabric imports were $157 million. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501269748/cambodias-fabric-imports-from-thailand-at-157-million-in-2022/