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Environment ministry, World Bank ramp up conservation co-op
The Ministry of Environment and the World Bank have agreed to strengthen and expand their cooperation in supporting local community livelihoods, environmental protection and natural resource conservation in Cambodia — especially in the Cardamom Mountain range and the Tonle Sap landscape. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/environment-ministry-world-bank-ramp-up-conservation-co-op
Cambodia calls for regional clean, green development, climate action
Cambodia has urged enhanced regional cooperation by developing priority plans aimed at environmental cleanliness, green growth, and responses to climate change. The appeal was made by Minister of Environment Eang Sophalleth, who presided over the opening of the “Green Transition in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam: ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-calls-for-regional-clean-green-development-climate-action
Press release on the outcomes of the participation of H.E. Mr. PRAK Sokhonn in the General Debate of the UNGA80 in New York
On 29 September 2025, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on the outcomes of the participation of H.E. Mr. PRAK Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in the General Debate of the UNGA80 in ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Press release on a meeting between H.E. Mr. PRAK Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and H.E. Mr. António Guterres, UN Secretary-General
On 29 September 2025, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on a meeting between H.E. Mr. PRAK Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and H.E. Mr. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
SPIN Investment Forum Promotes Opportunities in Cambodia’s Northeast
The government has reaffirmed its commitment to boosting investment in Cambodia’s four northeastern provinces through the Special Programme to Promote Investment (SPIN) 2025–2028, as officials, investors, and business leaders gathered for the SPIN Investment Forum in Phnom Penh. ...
Khmer Times Team
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501764617/spin-investment-forum-promotes-opportunities-in-cambodias-northeast/
Paperless trademark registration system to be available from today
The Ministry of Commerce will put into operation the Paperless Trademark Registration System with a new e-service strategy to enhance the business environment, making it more efficient and transparent. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501764163/paperless-trademark-registration-system-to-be-available-from-today/
Cambodia’s investment climate strengthens with growth and trade deals
Cambodia is moving to consolidate its reputation as one of Southeast Asia’s most open destinations for investment, with new data showing steady economic growth, a raft of trade agreements, and a wave of investor-friendly reforms. ...
Govt stands firm on protecting disabled persons’ rights
The Cambodian government has reaffirmed its commitment to protecting and promoting the rights of persons with disabilities, aiming to ensure they fully enjoy human rights, fundamental freedoms, and dignity. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501764195/govt-stands-firm-on-protecting-disabled-persons-rights/
Foreign firms in Cambodia recruit Thailand-returned workers
The Royal Government should come up with special packages that include tax incentives for companies employing migrant workers who have returned from Thailand, an analyst says. ...
Sreekanth Ravindran
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501764180/foreign-firms-in-cambodia-recruit-thailand-returned-workers/
Thai evacuation deepens trade risks for Cambodia
Thailand’s recent order for the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) to prepare evacuation operations along the border has heightened concerns for Cambodia, where local communities are already struggling with the economic fallout of cross-border tensions. ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501764176/thai-evacuation-deepens-trade-risks-for-cambodia/
Cambodia hits back at Thai minister’s UN remarks over border dispute
Cambodia’s Ministry of Interior has issued a sharp rebuttal to the address delivered by Thailand’s newly appointed foreign minister at the UN General Assembly, accusing Bangkok of twisting facts about the ongoing border conflict. ...
Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-hits-back-at-thai-minister-s-un-remarks-over-border-dispute
Hun Sen announces 100 new houses per year for veterans, retirees
Hundreds of new homes will be constructed for veterans and retirees starting from this year, with Senate president Hun Sen, who serves as president of the Cambodian Veterans and Retirees Association, and his wife, committing to building at least 500 houses by 2030. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-announces-100-new-houses-per-year-for-veterans-retirees
Banteay Meanchey governor warns of ‘Thai provocation’ with latest eviction threats
Banteay Meanchey provincial governor Oum Reatrey has formally protested the decision of Thai authorities in Sa Kaeo province regarding plans to prosecute Cambodians in Prey Chan and Chouk Chey villages under Thai domestic law. ...
Encroachment, not closure: Villagers fear spread of razor wire more than closed borders
O Bei Chon commune, Banteay Meanchey – For many Cambodians living along the Kingdom’s borders, the closure of border crossings with Thailand have not been the crisis that some expected. Life in the villages continues with farming, small businesses and local workers all carrying on, ...
Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/encroachment-not-closure-villagers-fear-spread-of-razor-wire-more-than-closed-borders
Can Cambodia navigate amid tariffs, border tensions and rising debt?
Cambodia’s economic growth, long one of Southeast Asia’s strongest, is forecast to slow to 4.8 percent in 2025 from 6 percent in 2024, as the country contends with a challenging external environment marked by trade frictions, regional tensions, and rising domestic financial vulnerabilities, according to ...
Tourism key driver of sustainable growth, PM says
Over the past 30 years, the tourism sector has become a major driving force of the economy, contributing to macroeconomic growth, fostering development across all sectors, and creating opportunities for investment and trade, said Prime Minister Hun Manet on Friday to mark World Tourism Day ...
Mom Kunthea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501763709/tourism-key-driver-of-sustainable-growth-pm-says/
Leader Energy secures $80M green financing for Cambodian transmission assets
Leader Energy Group Berhad, a regional leader in renewable energy and transmission solutions, is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, Cambodian Transmission II Co., Ltd. (CTLII), has successfully secured a USD80 million green financing facility from a consortium of banks, led by Maybank (Cambodia) PLC., ...
Khmer Times Team
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501763703/leader-energy-secures-80m-green-financing-for-cambodian-transmission-assets/
Thai-provoked gunfire triggers evacuations, disrupts Kingdoms’ border economy
Thai armed forces’ unilateral gunfire on Saturday forced citizens in Preah Vihear and Ubon Ratchathani provinces to rapidly evacuate their homes, creating widespread fear and triggering economic disruptions that affected agriculture, trade and daily livelihoods for Cambodia-Thailand border communities. ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501763715/thai-provoked-gunfire-triggers-evacuations-disrupts-kingdoms-border-economy/
US seeks to deepen trade, economic, and investment ties with Cambodia
Economic growth and bilateral trade were at the forefront of discussions on Friday as Aun Pornmoniroth, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance, received a visiting United States Congressional Delegation (CODEL) led by Congressman Adam Smith (D-WA). ...
ASEAN observers investigating scene of yesterday’s gunfire, mortar attacks
Members of the ASEAN Interim Observers Team (IOT) are visiting Cambodian military positions in Preah Vihear province today, just one day after Cambodia claimed Thai forces attacked the positions with mortar and small arms fire. The Ministry of National Defence coordinated the visit to the ...
Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/asean-observers-investigating-scene-of-yesterday-s-gunfire-mortar-attacks
Vietnam – Cambodia trade: Path towards $20 billion target
According to Do Viet Phuong, who leads the Vietnam Trade Office in Cambodia, bilateral trade in goods tripled between 2014 and 2024, from $3.3 billion to $10.1 billion, with an average annual growth rate of about 12 percent. Growth momentum has continued in 2025, with ...
Khmer Times Team
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501763328/vietnam-cambodia-trade-path-towards-20-billion-target/
From hosting peacekeepers to providing them: UNGA message clouded by border tensions
Cambodia used its September 27 address to the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to underscore its transformation from a war-torn country which was once under UN peacekeeping supervision to an active global contributor to peace. ...
Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/from-hosting-peacekeepers-to-providing-them-unga-message-clouded-by-border-tensions
Cambodia’s Hard Won Peace in Jeopardy With Border Conflict, Sokhonn tells UNGA
Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Prak Sokhonn made a plea for help to world leaders at the UN General Assembly to resolve the border conflict with Thailand, noting that decades of hard won peace is in jeopardy due to continued attacks which violate the ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodias-hard-won-peace-in-jeopardy-with-border-conflict-sokhonn-tells-unga
Indigenous people in Rattanakiri suffer no ends to microloans, threats - HRW
Cumulative microloan debt in Cambodia has risen over 50 percent to “over $18 billion” by 2024 from five years ago, with indigenous people in and near Rattanakiri province slipping into overindebtedness, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a study. ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/indigenous-people-in-rattankiri-suffer-no-ends-to-microloans-threats-hrw

