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Good diplomatic cooperation had led to a significant increase in trade between the two countries. Cambodian exports to the UK increased 42 percent to over $627 million. ...

Cambodia and Indonesia outlined five priorities for ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) for the revival and development of tourism, during the bilateral talks in Bali on September 27. ...

The Ministry of Tourism continues to promote the work of public financial management reform for the early recovery of Cambodia’s tourism sector. ...

A new law on taxation that has been in draft for seven years is expected to be approved by parliament at the end of the year as part of efforts to bolster the government’s tax collection process. ...

A group of Chinese experts from the Angkor International Airport Investment (AIAI) Company are in Cambodia to complete the construction and discuss the transfer plan, as the project is scheduled to be completed in March 2023. ...

Cambodia is slated to receive 70 percent of revenue from crude oil that was stolen by a tanker after a dispute with Singapore’s KrisEnergy which abandoned an offshore oil block off Cambodian waters. ...

The Korean National Assembly has ratified a free trade agreement with Cambodia that will boost the Kingdom’s exports in a raft of areas. ...

As Cambodia navigates a post-pandemic world, international tourist arrivals lag with 1.5m to 2m tourists predicted for 2022. This is estimated to rise to pre-Covid levels of 7m by 2026. ...

A group of 30 environmental activists dressed in white marched to the Ministry of Environment to petition for an end to restrictions on civil liberties in forest protection activities in Cambodia. ...

Final checks ahead of Saturday’s Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville expressway opening have found residents cutting barbed wire fencing so they can graze cows by the road and sell food to motorists, the Transport Ministry said. ...

Malaysian Foreign minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Abdullah on Tuesday chaired a coordination meeting with government agencies to refine, frame, monitor and implement action concerning job scam syndicate cases involving Malaysian citizens abroad. ...

A delegation from Thailand’s Senate was in Phnom Penh on September 28 to meet their Cambodian counterparts to discuss strategies for fighting corruption and enhancing cooperation. ...

Agricultural experts are providing technical support in raising animals and growing crops as the first step for the 153 households who have agreed to relocate to the Run Ta Ek eco-village from the Angkor Archaeological Park. ...

ASEAN secretary-general Datuk Lim Jock Hoi said that its  high-level task force is now in the process of charting the future direction beyond 2025 for the 10-member grouping. ...

Hun Sen, Prime Minister and President of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), reaffirmed on Thursday that CPP has carried out well the policy of racial and religious harmony, which allows all religions to coexist. ...

Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, said on Thursday that religion plays a key role in building mental peace, social security, and religious harmony in Cambodia and around the world. ...

Approximately 26 families in Kep province who have plantations in Kampot province accuse a powerful person of encroaching on nearly 60 hectares of their land and sued the people to threaten to demoralize not to protest. ...

Approximately 49 families living in Chamrang point, Keo Phos commune, Preah Sihanouk province, who have land dispute with Mr. Cheam Phen, the owner of Leo Beer again continue to call on Prime Minister Hun Sen to urge his subordinates to cut 352 hectares of farmland ...

Nearly 100 Families in Tang Krasaing commune, Teuk Phos district, Kampong Chhnang province concerns about losing land after negotiations with disputing parties under the coordination of the provincial authorities with no positive results. ...

About 130 families in the morning of September 27 requested the authorities of Memot district, Tbong Khmum province to issue land titles and allow people to use their land. ...

Civil society organizations and indigenous peoples’ representatives call on the government to disclose information to the public and include additional elements in the “Right to Information Law” to reduce corruption while they still face some challenges in obtaining sensitive information from government. ...

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Dao Cuong and  secretary of state and spokesman of Cambodia’s Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts Long Ponnasirivath signed a cultural and artistic cooperation programme for the 2023 – 2027 period at a meeting in Ho ...

Locals who spoke with VOD said they wouldn’t defy the government order to move. But while some found consolation in official promises that displaced villagers would be given land in a rural area outside the park in Run Ta Ek commune, none had a clear ...

For Veng Bunheang, a 31-year-old master’s student at the Royal Academy of Cambodia (RAC), Cambodia’s relations with China are at the best period in history, and that has brought substantial benefits to Cambodia’s development in various fields. ...