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Can Cambodia navigate amid tariffs, border tensions and rising debt?
Cambodia’s economic growth, long one of Southeast Asia’s strongest, is forecast to slow to 4.8 percent in 2025 from 6 percent in 2024, as the country contends with a challenging external environment marked by trade frictions, regional tensions, and rising domestic financial vulnerabilities, according to ...
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Tourism key driver of sustainable growth, PM says
Over the past 30 years, the tourism sector has become a major driving force of the economy, contributing to macroeconomic growth, fostering development across all sectors, and creating opportunities for investment and trade, said Prime Minister Hun Manet on Friday to mark World Tourism Day ...
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Leader Energy secures $80M green financing for Cambodian transmission assets
Leader Energy Group Berhad, a regional leader in renewable energy and transmission solutions, is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, Cambodian Transmission II Co., Ltd. (CTLII), has successfully secured a USD80 million green financing facility from a consortium of banks, led by Maybank (Cambodia) PLC., ...
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Thai-provoked gunfire triggers evacuations, disrupts Kingdoms’ border economy
Thai armed forces’ unilateral gunfire on Saturday forced citizens in Preah Vihear and Ubon Ratchathani provinces to rapidly evacuate their homes, creating widespread fear and triggering economic disruptions that affected agriculture, trade and daily livelihoods for Cambodia-Thailand border communities. ...
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US seeks to deepen trade, economic, and investment ties with Cambodia
Economic growth and bilateral trade were at the forefront of discussions on Friday as Aun Pornmoniroth, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance, received a visiting United States Congressional Delegation (CODEL) led by Congressman Adam Smith (D-WA). ...
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ASEAN observers investigating scene of yesterday’s gunfire, mortar attacks
Members of the ASEAN Interim Observers Team (IOT) are visiting Cambodian military positions in Preah Vihear province today, just one day after Cambodia claimed Thai forces attacked the positions with mortar and small arms fire. The Ministry of National Defence coordinated the visit to the ...
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Vietnam – Cambodia trade: Path towards $20 billion target
According to Do Viet Phuong, who leads the Vietnam Trade Office in Cambodia, bilateral trade in goods tripled between 2014 and 2024, from $3.3 billion to $10.1 billion, with an average annual growth rate of about 12 percent. Growth momentum has continued in 2025, with ...
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From hosting peacekeepers to providing them: UNGA message clouded by border tensions
Cambodia used its September 27 address to the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to underscore its transformation from a war-torn country which was once under UN peacekeeping supervision to an active global contributor to peace. ...
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Statement on the Use of Violence by Thai Military Forces Against Cambodian Civilians Constitutes a Grave Violation of Human Rights
On 18 September 2025, the Cambodian Human Rights Committee issued a statement expressing its profound concern and strongest condemnation of the acts committed by Thai Paramilitary Forces and Border Patrol Forces, who on 17 September 2025 deployed barbed wires, launched tear gas, and slingshot against ...
Cambodian Human Rights Committee
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Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia
On 17 September 2025, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a statement expressing grave concerns over the reckless and provocative actions committed today, 17 September 2025, by Thai armed forces in Prey Chan village, O Bei Choan commune, O Chrov district, Banteay ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
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Press release: Prime Minister Hun Manet Seeks Support of ASEAN Chair and World Leaders to encourage full and effective implementation of the ceasefire and all agreements reached between Cambodia and Thailand
On 17 September 2025, Samdech Moha Bovor Thipadei Hun Manet, Prime Minister of Cambodia has written to His Excellency Anwar Ibrahim, Prime Minister of Malaysia and the current Chair of ASEAN and other world leaders including Chinese President Xi Jinping, U.S. President Donald J. Trump, ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation