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Cambodia’s digital payments sector, powered by key industry players, is expected to make greater headway this year and the total payments may touch $4.73 billion, according to some estimates. ...

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership is a catalyst of regional economic growth, integration and connectivity in the Asia Pacific, accounting for about 30 percent of global GDP and one-third of the world’s population. ...

Korea has become Cambodia’s 14th largest trading partner in 2022, as the bilateral trade volume posted $780 million, inching up 0.6 percent. ...

The Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) has called on businesses to cut down on water use in order to counter the current water shortages in Phnom Penh. ...

According to the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), members had access to medical treatment and care services at partner hospitals, with more than one million cases in the first quarter of this year, an increase of more than 30% compared to the same period last ...

The Minister of Education Hang Chuon Naron, stated that health facilities in educational institutions are very important for students and teachers to receive primary health care and to provide physical, mental, reproductive and sexual health counselling. ...

The Cambodian government on Friday approved a new draft taxation law which is said to contribute to promoting and enhancing the Cambodian business sector, increase the favorable investment environment, and strengthen fiscal compliance. ...

As much as 42 percent of the loans disbursed by banks and commercial banks in Cambodia has been taken by residents living in its capital Phnom Penh while women borrowers outnumber men in most of the provinces. ...

Cambodia has spoken highly of the good bilateral friendship, mutual support and cooperation, especially in the military field with Japan and Australia. ...

World Bank has maintained the 2023 economic growth rate forecast for Cambodia at 5.2 percent while it lowered the prospects for the neighbouring countries Vietnam and Thailand from its October 2022 estimates. ...

Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) on Friday appealed to the population and businesses not to waste water as the capital city and Takhmau town face a shortage of water. ...

The deputy governor of the National Bank of Cambodia has called for the world’s countries to do more to help developing nations mitigate the effects of climate change. On sidelines of this year’s Boao Forum, CGTN had an interview with the deputy governor, Madam Chea ...

Morocco and Cambodia have pledged to strengthen their trade ties. The two countries have agreed to organise a forum to explore business opportunities and urged their respective business communities to boost trade and investment. ...

Cambodian and Chinese central bank officials have discussed the promotion of local currency settlement for cross-border trade between the two countries, said a statement released by the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) on Saturday. ...

Cyprus-Cambodia Business Association will operate under the auspices with the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry. ...

Manufacturing as a share of output has peaked in most developing East Asia and Pacific economies except for Cambodia and Vietnam, the World Bank says. ...

Prominent telecoms operator CAMGSM Plc, a subsidiary of locally-owned conglomerate Royal Group of Companies Ltd that trades as Cellcard, plans to raise about $20 million through an initial public offering (IPO) on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX), expected in May. ...

Siem Reap governor Tea Seiha said that in the past five years, the province has registered a total of 48,476 land titles. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen describes climate change as the single worst threat humanity faces today, predicting that – contrary to popular belief – the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict will end eventually through compromises. ...

Dismissing “biased and groundless” international   human rights reports that came out last year about the situation in the Kingdom, the Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) released a document explanating what exactly has had happened in the country. ...

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday that progress has been made in Cambodia in the protection of child rights. ...

Cambodia urged the cooperation of Australia to start direct flights between both countries to attract more tourists, investors, students and travellers. ...

The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) is rolling out a pilot of its Social Health Insurance scheme for tuk-tuk drivers in the capital in April as part of a move to extend social security coverage to the nation’s informal workers. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday reiterated the importance of increasing the number of technicians and skilled labourers to attract new high-end technology investment projects to Cambodia. ...