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A long-term land dispute between indigenous villagers in Mondulkiri and a private company over community forests has been resolved in a ground-breaking mediation settlement – a first for Cambodia. ...

The Council of Ministers has approved a draft budget for 2023 of 39,206,205 million riels, or $9.6 billion, a 13 percent increase on 2022. ...

The pandemic has thrown additional hurdles to the media landscape as there is a quiet resignation of consuming news in the region, the head of a research centre said on Thursday, claiming people find news troublesome, problematic, and biased. ...

Cambodia has officially started exporting longan to China, after waiting for approval since August. ...

Fishermen in Kampot province are struggling amid declining fish stock, which they say is the result of illegal fishing, shrinking fishing grounds and pumping dirt into waters. ...

At yesterday’s luncheon discussing Cambodia’s startup and SME ecosystem, Vongsey Vissoth, permanent secretary of state of Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), said Khmer Enterprise (KE) will increase its investment portion from $5 million to $10 million as part of the nation’s Covid-19 recovery plans ...

A rice mill has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Mongolian business council that aims to see Cambodia export rice to the landlocked country in the near future. ...

Cambodia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Timor-Leste on air transport services, aiming to boost bilateral trade between the two countries. ...

Financial institutions said on Wednesday that they will provide favorable easing to customers who have been affected by severe floods, following an appeal by Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...

Public listed Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) recorded a 30 percent year-on-year jump in container throughput at 329,043 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent unit) in the first nine months ended Sept 30, 2022 compared to 256,407 TEUs. ...

Prime minister Hun Sen on Monday called on all microfinance institutions (MFIs) to throw a financial lifeline to people affected by flooding and defer loan repayments and ease interest rates. ...

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched an Artificial Intelligence-based (AI) tool to map vulnerabilities in Cambodia and accelerate poverty reduction and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). ...

Dith Tina, a former secretary of state in the Energy Ministry, has been voted the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries on Friday, receiving 111 votes from members of the National Assembly. ...

Amid economic improvement with rising foreign visitors, Cambodia’s tourism recovery is expected to improve in 2023 pushing GDP to 6.2 percent.   ...

A new business introducing​ advanced robotic products and technology to the Cambodian market has been launched by a local conglomerate in partnership with a tech company from Thailand. ...

To mark International Day for Disaster Reduction, a group of people are launching a campaign aiming to encourage everyone in the Mekong region and beyond to safeguard the rainforest. ...

Khmer Enterprise must continue implementing co-investment frameworks and priority sectors for investment to grow the country’s SME sector in the wake of the pandemic, according to the Entrepreneurship Development Fund. ...

Small business loans are dominating banks’ loan balances, with the average borrower in Cambodia lending between $2,800 and $9,600 – a 250 percent increase. ...

The government will launch a social protection scheme to give cash to those impacted by rising inflation. ...

Five hundred underprivileged Cambodian kids are being given the chance to expand their education with free access to a fun math digital learning tool provided by the charity of Israel to Cambodia. ...

The Entrepreneurship Development Fund (EDF) held a workshop last Thursday to discuss “preliminary findings and to gather input on challenges and policy for startups and SMEs investment aspects” in Cambodia. ...

Cambodia’s income tax revenue has grown to $250 million a month as the private sector continues to grow, according to Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...

The Credit Bureau of Cambodia (CBC) is celebrating a decade of providing the invaluable service of credit reporting in Cambodia, creating a financial system when giving out loans. ...

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. ...