International relations

The Chinese government has given the green light to attract investors to Preah Sihanouk province, prompting hopes that fresh life will be breathed into many of Sihanoukville’s abandoned buildings. ...

Sok Chenda Sophea, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, on October 25, received a courtesy call from Ping M. Kitnikone on the occasion of her appointment as the new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to the Kingdom of Cambodia ...

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is offering the Kingdom an ideal platform for economic structural transformation, a study carried out by a leading economic research institute has found. ...

The European Union (EU) remains a committed partner of Cambodia and wants to deepen its engagement equally with the government and people, Igor Driesmans, the new EU Ambassador to Cambodia, said yesterday. ...

The Cambodian National Assembly (NA) has encouraged the economic, trade, and cultural cooperation and people-to-people connectivity between Cambodia and Liaoning, a northeastern Chinese province. ...

Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Manet expressed his hope that Cambodia-Japan cooperation will increase in all fields, especially in tourism, investment and people-to-people exchange. ...

The Vietnamese and Cambodian governments on October 24 agreed to maintain their close coordination and increase efficiency of bilateral cooperation in the search for, gathering and repatriation of remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in Cambodia during the wartime. ...

China’s foreign minister Wang Yi has reiterated that a number of ASEAN members of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) have benefited from development projects under the policy, and that the Chinese government will continue to support them, no matter the circumstances. ...

Prime Minister Hun Manet has called for free and open trade, the stimulation of investment and the creation of a conducive environment to promote business between ASEAN and the Gulf states, as the two regions seek to strengthen ties at their historic first-ever ASEAN-Gulf Cooperation ...

Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Nguyen Huy Tang on October 23 met with Second Vice President of the Cambodian National Assembly (NA) Vong Sauth. ...

The Federal Republic of Germany has pledged to provide approximately $66 million to Cambodia to support projects on socio-economic development. ...

Việt Nam always gives top priority to the continuous strengthening and development of the good neighborliness, traditional friendship, and comprehensive and long-term sustainable cooperation with Cambodia, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính told Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces General Vong Pisen during a reception ...

Leaders of the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum and Cambodia’s Ratanakiri province on October 19 signed a memorandum of understanding on bilateral cooperation for the 2023-2028 period. ...

Indonesian Minister of Communication and Information (Kominfo), Budi Arie Setiadi, stated that servers of rampant online gambling sites in the country are based in Cambodia and the Philippines, where such gambling activities are ilegal. ...

A Cambodian media delegation led by Kao Imran, Head of Arabic News at the Ministry of Information, together with their counterparts from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and ASEAN member countries yesterday visited the Saudi State History Exhibition, held at the headquarters of the Saudi ...

The Kampong Chhnang Provincial Governor, Sun Sovannarith, expressed his deep gratitude to the Turkish government and people for their generous donation of 150 bicycles distributed among underprivileged students in the province. The bicycles were received on October 18th. ...

The Chinese Communist Party has expressed its readiness to continue to support the first phase of the pentagonal strategy of the Royal Government of Cambodia for the seventh mandate. ...

Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Tan Cuong chaired an official reception ceremony for and held talks with visiting Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces General VongPisen in Hanoi ...

The Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) has announced the “success” of recent human rights dialogue between the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) and the UN Office at Geneva. It noted that the talks had made a significant contribution to the implementation of a ...

Cambodia and China signed several high-level cooperation documents on October 17, during Prime Minister Hun Manet’s visit to Beijing for the 3rd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation from October 17-18. On the sidelines of the forum, Manet also met with several Chinese investors who ...

The Cambodian and Chinese top leaders have agreed to define 2024 as the year of people-to-people exchange to promote tourism and connectivity between the two countries. ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Manet yesterday held separate talks with leaders of four more Chinese companies, during his stay in Beijing, China for the 3rd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation on Oct. 17-18. ...

With an eye on Cambodia’s ascent into the upper-middle-income country category by 2030, Prime Minister Hun Manet is slated to rendezvous with Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China during his second trip to the country after taking over as Prime Minister. ...

Prime Minister Hun Manet will join other ASEAN Heads of State / Government at the Summit between ASEAN and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, this week. ...