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Energy experts say Thailand and Cambodia will resume talks to settle their dispute on an overlapping claim area (OCA) in order to jointly benefit from a new petroleum source and relieve the impact of energy price fluctuations. ...

From July 2018 to June 2022, One Window Service Office (OWSO) earned over $15 million from its provision of 185,482 services to the public. The update was shared by Mr Huot Hay, Deputy Governor of Phnom Penh in a meeting here in Phnom Penh early ...

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and China was amounted to $6,971 million in the first seven months of 2022, up 15.6 percent compared to the same period last year. ...

The Ministry of Economy and Finance, and the United Nations Capital Development Fund signed here on Thursday a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the extension of agreement between the two parties. ...

The Director General of the National Bank of Cambodia, Chea Serey, said on Thursday that Cambodian SMEs face a number of challenges that range from a lack of human resources and market capitalization, to access to credit. ...

Tax authorities have collected approximately $2.21 billion of tax revenue — 78.39 percent of the budget law in the first seven months of the year, which soared by 28.62 percent or about $491.29 million compared to the same period last year, said a release by ...

Cambodia’s urban population will rise to 7.92 million by 2030, accounting for 44 percent of the total population from 6.13 million or 39.5 percent in 2019, said Pen Sophal, secretary of state at the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning, and Construction, recently. ...

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and the US was amounted to $5.892 billion in the first seven months of 2022, up 45 percent compared to the same period last year. ...

Four political parties are planning to request meetings with the National Assembly (NA), National Election Committee (NEC) and the Ministry of Interior this week to submit “important” documents to them while urging revisions to the electoral system, a move they said must be made to ...

Candlelight Party politician Son Chhay met on Wednesday with 23 jailed opposition officials and activists at Prey Sar prison and asked for them to be released on bail, characterizing their arrests as political cases. ...

Literacy rate for the citizens aged 15 years old and above in Cambodia has seen a significant rise, reflecting the government’s successful efforts in eradicating illiteracy rate, said a senior official of the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports. ...

Minister of Education, Youth and Sports Hang Chuon Naron issued a proclamation on November 22, 2021, to establish the Institute of International Studies and Public Policy of RUPP where students can study in the Vietnamese Language Department and obtain a bachelor’s in Vietnamese studies, Vietnamese ...

Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, has called on the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and UN Special Rapporteur to make an accurate, practical, transparent and balanced report on human rights situation in Cambodia. ...

The government has issued a sub-decree on increasing social security benefits for former civil servants and veterans and sponsoring maids for certain disabled people after the Ministry of Labour recently announced social security pensions for individuals in factories, establishments and companies. ...

Cambodia’s international trade rose to $32.82 billion in the first seven months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 21.3 percent, and the United States is the biggest market for the country accounting for 43 percent of the Kingdom’s total exports. ...

The trade volume between Cambodia and China surged 15.6 percent year-on-year to $6.97 billion in the first seven months of this year, a General Department of Customs and Excise report said. ...

Kim Yang was almost asleep on the edge of his Mondulkiri rice farm one evening in February when he was jolted awake by flashlights. It was 11 p.m., and he planned to get a few hours of rest at the plantation rather than drive the ...

The Mass Mobilization Commission of the Central Committee of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and that of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee will continue to maintain their good relations in any circumstances. ...

The sixth court conference of Lao, Vietnamese, Cambodian border provinces opened in Vientiane on August 10. ...

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception in Hanoi on August 9 for Lt. Gen. Hun Manet, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) and Commander of the Royal Cambodian Army. ...

Construction investment in Cambodia totaled $5.3 billion in 2021, mainly from China, South Korea, and Japan, according to the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction. The ministry also revealed a total of 4,303 construction projects were approved by the government in 2021. ...

Cambodia will generate its first revenue of about $18 million by selling nearly 3,000 barrels of crude oil to a Singaporean firm if the government approves the latest results of the negotiations between Cambodian officials, the shipment company and the buying firm, according to a ...

The sitting US  administration is set to  spend thousands in US tax dollars to educate youth in Cambodia on how to “stop the spread of misinformation” on the internet, according to a federal grant listing reviewed by the Daily Caller News Foundation. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has warned that rising regional and global security challenges could destabilise the ASEAN region if not properly managed. ...