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Finance ministry tips slight economic slowdown for Kingdom in 2025-26

Cambodia’s economy is expected to grow at a slower pace for the next year-and-a-half, with a projected growth rate of 5.2% in 2025 and 5.0% in 2026, due to the anticipated negative impacts on certain export sectors resulting from a global trend toward protectionism in ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/finance-ministry-tips-slight-economic-slowdown-for-kingdom-in-2025-26

RBC meeting sees Thais raise demining, scam centres, Cambodia urges removal of barricades

Today’s August 16 Cambodia-Thailand Regional Border Committee (RBC) meeting saw both sides agree on importance of closer communication, while Cambodia called for Thai forces to halt the installation of barbed wire on Cambodian territory. ...

Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rbc-meeting-sees-thais-raise-demining-scam-centres-cambodia-urges-removal-of-barricades

China renew backing for Cambodia’s push towards mine-free 2030

Cambodia has expressed gratitude to China for continuing to provide grant assistance for humanitarian mine clearance, a priority effort that has helped protect millions of people and support development across the country. ...

Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/china-renew-backing-for-cambodia-s-push-towards-mine-free-2030

Cambodia hands over 353 people to Vietnam

Cambodian authorities on August 15 handed over 353 citizens, identified by Cambodia as illegal residents, to the Border Guard Station at Xa Mat International Border Gate in the southern province of Tay Ninh. ...

Khmer Times staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501739431/cambodia-hands-over-353-people-to-vietnam/

Agro exports to Australia rise but farmers call for increased processing plants as pricing woe persists

Cambodia has exported 12 metric tonnes of nuts and dried fruit to Australia for the first time, with a larger and more diverse second shipment already planned. While the milestone signals a boost for the country’s agricultural products, farmers warn that unstable prices and a ...

Seoung Nimol and Long Somneang
https://cambojanews.com/agro-exports-to-australia-rise-but-farmers-call-for-increased-processing-plants-as-pricing-woe-persists/

Cambodia and Thailand to establish a coordinating group to strengthen communication

Cambodia and Thailand agreed in principle to establish a coordinating group (CG) to enhance communication at all levels, including between commanders, border liaison working groups, standing forces in the border areas, and operational units along the border, with the aim of resolving issues peacefully and ...

Khy Sovuthy
https://cambojanews.com/cambodia-and-thailand-to-establish-a-coordinating-group-to-strengthen-communication/

Chinese ‘tea diplomacy’ aims to ease border tensions

Chinese Minister of foreign Affairs Wang Yi brought Cambodian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn and their Thai counterpart Maris Sangiampongsa together for informal “tea diplomacy” talks aimed at easing tensions over the Cambodia–Thailand border conflict. ...

Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chinese-tea-diplomacy-aims-to-ease-border-tensions

Cambodia requests UN support for cleaning up waterways

Cambodia has requested that the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) continue to provide cooperation on key projects aimed at preventing plastic waste pollution in the Tonle Sap Lake, the Mekong River and the sea. ...

Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-requests-un-support-for-cleaning-up-waterways

Ministries coordinating school enrolments for 50,000 children of returning migrant workers

Several government ministries are working together to arrange schooling for the estimated 50,000 children who have returned from Thailand with their migrant worker parents. They are helping the parents to enrol their children, while also facilitating the issuance of civil status documents, to ensure that ...

Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministries-coordinating-school-enrolments-for-50-000-children-of-returning-migrant-workers

Interim observer team inspects village fenced up by Thai military using barbed wire in Banteay Meanchey

ASEAN defence attachés on Thursday visited the Cambodia–Thailand border in Banteay Meanchey province, where Thai armed forces illegally erected a fence using barbed wire and tires to block a road and encircle people’s houses in Prey Chan village, according to Cambodia’s National Defense Ministry. ...

Khuon Narim and Long Somneang
https://cambojanews.com/interim-observer-team-inspects-village-fenced-up-by-thai-military-using-barbed-wire-in-banteay-meanchey/

Labour demand tipped to grow as factories expand production

Strong growth in domestic production demand has prompted several factories in Cambodia to expand their operations. This expansion is expected to result in an increasing need for labour. ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/labour-demand-tipped-to-grow-as-factories-expand-production

Cambodia rejects Thai allegations

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has issued a strong statement rejecting what it described as Thailand’s “false and inflammatory” accusations regarding recent landmine explosions along the Cambodian – Thai border, warning that such claims threaten the fragile truce between the two neighbours. ...

Taing Rinith
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501738789/cambodia-rejects-thai-allegations/

MoWRAM urges sustainable sand management to back infra growth

Thor Chetha, Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology (MoWRAM), Wednesday called for efforts to strengthen sustainable sand resource management, emphasising its crucial role in ensuring a steady supply of materials for construction, infrastructure and industrial projects. ...

Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501738655/mowram-urges-sustainable-sand-management-to-back-infra-growth/

Cambodian JBC slams Thai troops’ ‘unilateral land grab’

The Cambodian Joint Border Committee (JBC) has lodged a strong protest against what it described as repeated violations by the Thai military along the Cambodia–Thailand border in Banteay Meanchey province earlier this week. ...

Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodian-jbc-slams-thai-troops-unilateral-land-grab-

Malaysia proposes that its ownobservers be allowed to enter border conflict zone

General Tan Sri Mohd Nizam Jaffar, chief of the Malaysian Defense Forces, said he has proposed that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim contact the prime ministers of Thailand and Cambodia for permission to allow Malaysian teams to enter the conflict zones in both countries, ...

Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/malaysia-proposes-that-its-ownobservers-be-allowed-to-enter-border-conflict-zone

MEF projects Cambodia’s growth at 5.2% in FY25

Cambodia’s diversified growth drivers, coupled with prudent macroeconomic management will help cushion the economy against external shocks, according to the Macroeconomic Situation and Outlook for 2025 and 2026 report released yesterday. ...

Sum Manet
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501737850/mef-projects-cambodias-growth-at-5-2-in-fy25/

Cambodia condemns ‘Thai military incursions’ into mine-contaminated areas

Cambodia has rejected fresh allegations from Thailand that its forces planted new landmines along the border, calling the claims “unfounded and misleading” and accusing Bangkok of violating ceasefire agreements by sending troops into well-documented mine-contaminated areas. ...

Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-condemns-thai-military-incursions-into-mine-contaminated-areas-

Governor dispels dangerous myth: Odour at Preah Vihear camp ‘not from chemical weapons’

The smell reported at the Wat Po 5000 refugee sanctuary in Preah Vihear province’s Kulen district on Wednesday, August 13, was not from poison dropped by drones, but from burning trash and freshly sprayed herbicide, confirmed Kulen district governor Pen Cheung. ...

Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/governor-dispels-dangerous-myth-odour-at-preah-vihear-camp-not-from-chemical-weapons-

Commerce chamber look to tighten Malaysian ties

The Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC) has encouraged Malaysian investors to explore direct investment opportunities in Cambodia. Currently, Malaysia is Cambodia’s 11th largest trading partner. ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/commerce-chamber-look-to-tighten-malaysian-ties

GDT betters online system to streamline DTA

The General Department of Taxation (GDT) Tuesday announced an enhancement to its double taxation agreement (DTA) implementation management system, enabling taxpayers to apply fully online for tax benefits aimed at boosting efficiency, reducing administrative burdens and increasing transparency. ...

Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501737847/gdt-betters-online-system-to-streamline-dta/

Thai MOC reports fivefold border trade losses with Cambodia

The Ministry of Commerce of Thailand (MOC) reported that border trade between the two neighbouring Kingdoms plunged in June, with Thailand sustaining a far greater loss of about $83.6 million, compared to Cambodia’s estimated loss of around $15.8 million. ...

Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501737842/thai-moc-reports-fivefold-border-trade-losses-with-cambodia/

Acleda’s net profit up 67% in Q2’25, NPL inches up

Cambodia’s second largest commercial bank’s net profit rose 67.4 percent to $48 million in the second quarter this year, while net interest income rose by 21 percent to $139 million. ...

Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/acledas-net-profit-up-67-in-q225-npl-inches-up

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