Khmer Times

The Ho Chi Minh City-based Saigon Newport Corporation held a workshop to seek measures to strengthen connectivity and develop Vietnam – Cambodia logistic service route on October 28 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. ...

In 2024, the Royal Government of Cambodia planned to spend about $36 million on vocational training for young people from poor and vulnerable families across the country. This is according to the draft of the 2024 national budget, which was released by the Ministry of ...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport has requested students not to contest the results of the Baccalaureate Exam, also known as the Bac II, which will take place in November as the Ministry guarantees transparency and accuracy in assessing the exam. ...

Cambodia and Australia have discussed advancing bilateral collaboration on post and telecommunications, particularly cyber security and underwater cable and radio frequency spectrum resource management. ...

Microfinance as a sector has been key in helping bring about economic and social development in Cambodia stressed Sok Voeun, chairman of Cambodia Microfinance Association last Friday. ...

The Ministry of Commerce is committed to improving bilateral trade and investment cooperation with Thailand by attracting new investment to Cambodia and also by increasing the trade between the two countries. ...

Sun Chanthol, Deputy Prime Minister and First Vice President of the Council for the Development of Cambodia, requested that Japan positively disseminate Cambodia’s investment potential and other incentives to Japanese investors. ...

The Cambodian government has approved the draft budget of 38,829 billion riels ($9.4 billion) for government spending in 2024, a decrease from $9.64 billion in 2023, reported Xinhua. ...

Cambodia’s GDP per capita is forecast to hit $2,071 in 2024, up from some $1,917 in 2023, said a report from the Ministry of Economy and Finance on Saturday. ...

Cambodian deputy prime minister Sun Chanthol recently announced a comprehensive $50-billion master plan for the country’s transport and logistics sectors comprising 174 projects. ...

From December, Cambodians can obtain a work permit from Thailand by spending $13, instead of the current fee of $52. ...

Cambodia’s exports to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) countries continued to increase, indicating the emergence of a growing market for the country’s products. ...

Heng Sour, Minister of Labour and Vocational Training, on October 25, met with US Ambassador to Cambodia Patrick Murphy at the Ministry. ...

The Minister of Posts and Telecommunications proposed an expansion in cooperation and partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to speed up Cambodia’s journey towards digital revolution. ...

The Vietnam-Cambodia Defence Economic Production Exhibition 2023 (VIDEX 2023) opened at the KohPich Exhibition and Convention Centre Phnom Penh, Cambodia on October 25. ...

An exchange of notes concerning the provision of Japan’s grant aid at the amount of JPY 1,338,000,000 or approximately $9.7 million was signed here yesterday. ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet said Wednesday that at the United Nations (UN) request, the kingdom had withdrawn nearly 100 blue helmet troops from the war-torn African nation of Mali due to tense security context. ...

The China-funded Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport, Cambodia’s newest and largest airport, was put into use on Oct 16. ...

A total of 870 companies exhibited 2,590 products at the event. As an important platform for the export of agricultural products, the fair improves awareness of Shanxi fruit, increases the province’s influence, and brings opportunities overseas, organizers said. ...

The senior official of the Cambodian Mine Action Authority said that mine clearance has been the government’s top priority to ensure that people have lived a safe life after the war. ...

Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC) and Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) signed an agreement yesterday introducing the API (Application programming interface) linkage for registering investor ID online and opening trading accounts online. ...

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. ...

 Year 2023 witnessed the spectacular emergence of Cambodia’s Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) as a force to reckon with, as its enterprises hit 7.13 percent of the Kingdom’s total trade turnover, up from a mere 0.88 percent in 2013. In just nine months of the ...