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Cambodia on Thursday launched the country’s first business-to-business-to-customer (B2B2C) e-commerce platform, aiming to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) sell their products to potential clients, said Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak. ...

The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications’ Cambodia Academy of Digital Technology has announced that it provided digital skills training for 650 civil servants between November and March, offering certificates upon completion that it says will prove their digital competency. ...

The tourism ministry has called on business owners and service providers not to raise prices during the upcoming Khmer New Year holidays to allow tourists to enjoy the traditional holiday after two years of postponements brought upon by the Covid-19 outbreak in Cambodia. ...

The government has agreed in principle to the recruitment of nearly 46,000 contract officials to serve in various ministries and institutions, while not allowing the recruitment of new civil servants into the state employment framework to replace any retirees, with a few notable exceptions. ...

Another 3.5 million doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines donated by China touched down at Phnom Penh International Airport on March 30, just a day after the first shipment of 1.5 million doses arrived.   ...

Cambodia Human Rights Committee (CHRC) did not speak on the Myanmar crisis but instead focused on Asean’s Human Rights Achievement 2021 and strategic plans on the first day of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) 34th meeting being held via videoconference from yesterday ...

The South  Korean government has pledged an additional concession loan package of $1.2 billion to finance a number of priority projects in Cambodia. ...

Any assessment of Cambodia should take into account all sources of the assessment, underlined Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC) Luy David in a recent meeting via videoconference with Professor Vitit Muntarbhorn, Special Rapporteur on the situation of ...

Cambodia is seeking more economic, trade, and investment ties with Francophonie nations, Prime Minister Hun Sen told visiting Secretary-General of the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) Louise Mushikiwabo at a meeting yesterday. ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping “always puts the people at the center of his heart,” said Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni in an interview with People’s Daily after attending the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing at the invitation of Xi. ...

The inter-ministries finalised the discussion on the draft of the agricultural development policy for 2021-2030  yesterday, drawing high hopes for the policy to promote agricultural development with a competitive, sustainable and inclusive approach. ...

Minister of Interior Sar Kheng instructed all members of the police force and civil servants to maintain their neutrality and protect all legal political activities and candidates of all political parties during the campaigning for the upcoming commune council election while emphasising that government officials ...

Leaders and businesspeople from the Malaysian state of Malacca have vowed to promote investment among compatriots in four target Cambodian sectors – education and vocational training; real estate; mining; and energy, according to the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). ...

Since being endorsed by the Cambodian People’s Party in December as the ruling party’s only prime minister candidate, Hun Manet is increasingly appearing in public, taking his father’s place at events ranging from the inauguration of military buildings to road openings. ...

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport earned $70 million from the sale of special license plates from September 2016 to February 2022. ...

A plane carrying another batch of China-donated Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine arrived in the capital of Cambodia on Tuesday amid the country’s booster shots vaccination drive. ...

China is the leading supplier of vaccines against the COVID-19 pandemic for Cambodia, said Secretary of State at the Ministry of Health Dr. Yuok Sambath while welcoming the arrival of China-donated over 1.5 million doses of Sinovac vaccine along with medical supplies for the vaccination ...

Cambodia has re-instated COVID-19 rapid testing for workers returning from Thailand, the Ministry of Health stated on March 29, a move to contain the spread of the new SARS-CoV-2 variants as the traditional new year festival is nearing. ...

The special envoy of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations chair on Myanmar is looking forward to more exchanges and a joint consultative gathering later, after his first visit to Myanmar was generally considered positive. ...

The Cambodia-Korea Friendship ENT Building is an achievement of the good cooperation between the two countries, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said when officiating the building’s inauguration ceremony held here yesterday. ...

The recent visit to Cambodia by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has strengthened bilateral relations. ...

The Government has plans to develop the Veal Bek Chan Airport in Battambang city to a 4C category. Soy Sokhan, Secretary of State of the Secretariat of Civil Aviation, and Sok Lou, Battambang Provincial Governor, chaired a working group meeting on the possibility of restoration ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has strongly condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine, calling it an ‘act of aggression [that] is unacceptable to Cambodia’ ...

At least 200 people joined the “Run for Environment, Nature, and Health” event in Mondulkiri province’s Sen Monorom town on March 26. Sen Monorom is one of the towns that recently received an ASEAN Environmental Sustainability Cities award, according to Ministry of Environment spokesman Neth ...