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Trade with Malaysia soars 23% to $620M in 2022

The merchandise trade volume between Cambodia and Malaysia totalled $620.373 million in 2022, rising by 23.33 per cent over a year earlier, with Cambodian exports accounting for a 18.03 per cent share, down by 2.11 percentage points on a yearly basis, according to the General ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/trade-malaysia-soars-23-620m-2022

Commercial Court could function ‘as early as 2024’: Justice ministry officials

A Ministry of Justice official said that a Commercial Court could be established and put into action as soon as 2024. Addressing the February 2 “AmCham Business Law Conclave: Critical Updates That You Need to Know for 2023” in Phnom Penh, justice ministry secretary of state ...

Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/commercial-court-could-function-early-2024-justice-ministry-officials

Expressway services, ramps, updated on Google maps

Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway have upgraded their service by marking all entrances, exits and rest areas on Google maps, for the convenience of travelers. ...

Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/expressway-services-ramps-updated-google-maps

World Wetlands Day marked with calls to action

The Ministry of Environment and several institutions marked February 2, World Wetlands Day with an event that increased public awareness of the value and the role of wetlands and their current conditions. Presiding over the event in Battambang province, environment ministry secretary of state Srun ...

Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/world-wetlands-day-marked-calls-action

Press release on the registration of political parties and the list of candidates for the 7th National Assembly Election 2023

On 03 February 2023, National Election Committee has posted a press release on the registration of political parties and the list of candidates for the 7th National Assembly Election 2023 on their official website. According to the press, the registration of​ application for political parties and ...

National Election Committee

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Press release on the submissions and receipt of applications for registration of political party agents, national and international observers for the 7th National Assembly Election 2023

On 03 February 2023, National Election Committee has posted a press release on the submissions and receipt of applications for registration of political party agents, national and international observers for the 7th National Assembly Election 2023 on their official website.According to the press release, the ...

National Election Committee

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Press release: Cambodia continues to pursue an independent rule-based foreign policy that upholds its core interests, guarantees sovereignty and peace and boosts economic ties

On 1 February 2023, at the meeting of the Commission on Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, Information and Media of the National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia on “Cambodia’s Foreign Policy in the New Context of World Order” at the National Assembly, His Excellency PRAK ...

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

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Press release on the meeting between the Committee on Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, Propaganda and Information of the National Assembly and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

On 1 February 2023, at the National Assembly building, the National Assembly Committee on Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, Propaganda and Information of the National Assembly, together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, chaired a meeting to understand “Cambodia’s foreign policy in the ...

National Assembly of Cambodia

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Revive and restore wetlands, home to 40 percent of all biodiversity

Although coastal and freshwater wetlands – such as swamps, mangroves and marshes – contain 40 per cent of all plant and animal species, many are polluted or degraded due to climate change and human development. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501232119/revive-and-restore-wetlands-home-to-40-percent-of-all-biodiversity/

Crackdown on illegal fishing crime in Kratie

The officials of Kratie strengthened crackdown on illegal fishing practices and seized illegal fishing equipment. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501231598/crackdown-on-illegal-fishing-crime-in-kratie/

Police step up patrol of Tonle Sap Lake

Kampong Chhnang provincial officials beefed up patrols and monitoring for illegal fishing during breeding season this year. Officials said they had success on the Tonle Sap Lake. ...

Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501231719/police-step-up-patrol-of-tonle-sap-lake/

Cambodia, IFAD to continue good partnership

Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, spoke highly of the good partnership between Cambodia and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) for 30 years. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501232084/cambodia-ifad-to-continue-good-partnership/

Cambodia plans to establish Cambodian private business centre in China

The Ministry of Commerce has been preparing for the establishment of five Cambodian private business centres in main cities of China in order to promote the sale of Cambodian products in the Chinese market.​ ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501232091/cambodia-plans-to-establish-cambodian-private-business-centre-in-china/

Cambodia expects three to four million foreign arrivals in 2023

Prime Minister Hun Sen expressed his hope that between three and four million foreign tourists will visit Cambodia this year. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501232098/cambodia-expects-three-to-four-million-foreign-arrivals-in-2023/

Press release of the office of the spokesperson of the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training

On 31 January 2023, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a press release on the intervention of providing compensation for the termination of employment contracts in accordance with the labor law to former employees of NagaWorld. As of this press release date, 262 ...

Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training

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Finance minister’s wife gets state land in Keo Seima for ecotourism

Protected areas in Kirirom National Park and the Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary are being privatized for companies run by family members of notorious tycoon Choeung Sopheap as well as the wife of the country’s finance minister. ...

Seoung Nimol
https://vodenglish.news/finance-ministers-wife-gets-state-land-in-keo-seima-for-ecotourism/

Cambodia perceived as highly corrupt, despite incremental improvement

Cambodia mildly improved its score on Transparency International’s 2022 corruption index released Tuesday, but remains considered among the most corrupt countries globally. ...

Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/cambodia-perceived-as-highly-corrupt-despite-incremental-improvement/

Activist march to Pursat for calling to release political prisoners and union leaders

A crowd of around 30 activists gathered at the base of Phnom Penh’s namesake Wat Phnom hill Wednesday before embarking down National Road 5 on a more than 200 kilometer journey by foot to Pursat province to promote social justice and morality. ...

Sovann Sreypich and Phon Sotthyroth
https://cambojanews.com/activist-march-to-pursat-for-calling-to-release-political-prisoners-and-union-leaders/

State revenues from gold production top $15M

Cambodia has netted more than $15 million from gold production as of end-December, which has yielded over 5.3 tonnes of dore bars – a semi-finished product that is smelted at a mine, usually at about 90 per cent purity – since the first commercial gold ...

May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/state-revenues-gold-production-top-15m

PM pats GDT chief on back after record tax revenues

Prime Minister has congratulated General Department of Taxation (GDT) chief Kong Vibol on a job well done after the agency last year collected revenues equivalent to 122.54 per cent of the target set by the annual financial management law, in the “highest surplus of all ...

May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pm-pats-gdt-chief-back-after-record-tax-revenues

Bassac sea-link to reach Kampot seaport: ministry

A key study on a proposed waterway link from the Bassac River to the sea in the Kampot-Kep region has been completed, the transport ministry reported, revealing plans for the project to connect to a “seaport” in Kampot province, igniting hopes for a solid pop ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/bassac-sea-link-reach-kampot-seaport-ministry

Notification on the provision of a temporary Bac II certificate, exam​ session: 05 December 2022

On 02 February 2023, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) and the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (MPTC) issued a notification on the provision of a temporary Bac II certificate for the exam session on 05 December 2022 with the QR Code standard ...

Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport​ (MoEYS) and Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (MPTC)

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Trade bodies CBC, IDI team up

The Bangkok-based Cambodia Business Council (CBC) and local Innovation and Development Investors Association (IDI) have joined forces to engage with and attract more investors as well as to improve Cambodian exports regionally and globally. ...

May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/trade-bodies-cbc-idi-team

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