Khmer Times

In April, the Royal Government of Cambodia collected 2,090 billion riels ($508 million) in revenue, which is equivalent to 7.15 percent of the 2024 annual budget expectation, as per data published by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. ...

Cambodian businesses face more basic infrastructure problems like electricity outages than their ASEAN peers, according to a recent World Bank report. ...

Senate President Hun Sen recently called for steps to further strengthen economic ties between Cambodia and Malaysia even as he expressed satisfaction with the growth of investment from Malaysia and the bilateral trade volume, especially Malaysia’s purchase of rice from Cambodia. ...

Cambodia and Singapore are committed to fostering their cooperation in promoting bilateral investment by starting from priority areas for mutual socio-economic benefits. ...

The Prime Ministers of Cambodia and Singapore agreed to promote stronger and more prosperous cooperation. The agreement was reached during a bilateral meeting between Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on June 18, 2024. ...

The Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports supports the initiatives by the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training to modernise the Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET). ...

Cambodia has recorded a trade surplus with Vietnam in the first five months of 2024, making Vietnam the second biggest market for Cambodia’s products after the US. ...

The Cambodian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that Cambodia and Cuba have vowed to strengthen ties and broaden cooperation through concrete actions under existing bilateral agreements. ...

A number that might be of concern in Cambodia’s banking system is its loans versus deposits. For 2023, Cambodia’s banks total loans outstanding was $57.6 billion and total deposits $47.9 billion.  ...

Heng Sour, Minister of Labour and Vocational Training of Cambodia met Miyazaki Masahisa, Minister of Labour and Welfare of the Kingdom of Japan in Geneva, Switzerland on Monday to discuss means to further strengthen the bilateral in the field of labour. ...

The Ministry of Health has issued an advisory on the recent rise in cases of COVID-19 and influenza in Cambodia. ...

PM Hun Manet is asking public and private universities to increase cooperation for joint research and mutual study visits with both national and international universities. ...

Cambodia imported iron and steel worth close to $168 million in the first four months of 2024, the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) reported recently. ...

The Royal Government of Cambodia has launched the 2024-2028 Action Plan to implement key measures for public administration reform. ...

The red corn production in 2024 increased to nearly 1.7 million tonnes compared to 1.5 million tonnes last year, reported the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) yesterday. ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced in a news release on Wednesday that it has committed approximately $1.26 billion to support the Cambodian government from 2024 to 2028. ...

Cambodia’s bicycle exports fell 37 percent year-on-year in the first five months this year, said a report of the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE). ...

The Consumer Protection Competition and Fraud Repression Directorate-General (CCF) has issued new guidelines directing officials to prioritise educational measures over penalties for minor offenses. ...

Cambodian banks might see growth of around 10 percent in 2024, said bankers. Industry insiders say that the banking growth of the past of 20 percent is no longer possible. ...

The challenge of insufficient manpower was among the primary problems afflicting the hospitality industry in the Kingdom, a Tourism Ministry workshop under the Secretary of State of the ministry at a Phnom Penh hotel last week concluded. ...

Public-listed Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PWSA) recently declared a profit of KHR 52.09 billion ($12.59 million) for the first quarter (Q1) of 2024, a rise of 35.62 percent compared to the same period last year. ...

Government instructs relevant ministries to prepare roadmap for flood risk in 3 areas for easy repair and restoration after floods receded in each area. ...

Recently, approximately 250 community representatives, with women comprising 80% of the attendees, gathered at Sunway Hotel in Phnom Penh for the Sustainable Consumption and Production awareness campaign. ...

The exports of garments, footwear and travel goods (GFT) rose by 20.69 percent in the first five months of this year, compared to the same period last year, earning the Kingdom $4.89 billion, according to the trade data released by the General Department of Customs ...