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Indian ambassador pledges increased trade, tourism promotion
Recently appointed Indian Ambassador to Cambodia Bawitlung Vanlalvawna has committed to expanding India-Cambodia bilateral trade relations and encouraging more Indian investors and tourists to visit the Kingdom. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/indian-ambassador-pledges-increased-trade-tourism-promotion
Swimming for a cause: Team take on 120km feat to support dolphins
A team of intrepid swimmers have embarked on a courageous mission to draw attention to the plight of the Kingdom’s endangered Mekong River dolphin population. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/swimming-for-a-cause-team-take-on-120km-feat-to-support-dolphins
EU grants €15 million to modernize Cambodia’s agriculture, boost exports
The European Union (EU) Friday granted €15 million, approximately $16.38 million, to modernize Cambodia’s agricultural sector and improve farmers’ access to both domestic and global markets. ...
Digital Economy Forum underscores Kingdom’s rapid digitalization
The Digital Economy Forum 2025 focussed on Cambodia’s advancing digital landscape by fostering digital literacy and promoting the importance of digitalization. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501654849/digital-economy-forum-underscores-kingdoms-rapid-digitalization/
Kingdom signed concessional loans totalling $1.8 billion
The Royal Government of Cambodia secured new concessional loans close to $1.8 billion ($1.79584 billion) from various development partners, marking an increase of two percent from the previous year, according to Cambodia Public Debt Statistical Bulletin released last week. ...
Sreekanth Ravindran
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501654851/kingdom-signed-concessional-loans-totalling-1-8-billion/
Cambodia’s long-term growth realistic, achievable, says MEF
Cambodia’s public finance system is progressing in the right direction, said Aun Pornmoniroth, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy and Finance (MEF), terming it as realistic, achievable, and aligned with international standards to ensure efficiency, effectiveness, transparency, and accountability in the Cambodian context. ...
Sum Manet
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501654855/cambodias-long-term-growth-realistic-achievable-says-mef/
Europe provides over $16 mil to support Cambodia’s rural economy
The European Investment Bank (EIB Global) has provided a grant of 15 million euros (approximately $16.27million), to Cambodia to support rural economic development and trade in agricultural products. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501654129/europe-provides-over-16-mil-to-support-cambodias-rural-economy/
Cambodia seeks long-term cooperation in vocational training with Australia
Heng Sour, Minister of Labor and Vocational Training, yesterday received a courtesy call from an Australian delegation led by Carolyn Bagster, First Secretary and Head of the Trade and Investment Office of the Australian Embassy in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501654555/cambodia-seeks-long-term-cooperation-in-vocational-training-with-australia/
Courts processed nearly 190,000 cases in 2024
Cambodian courts at all levels have processed nearly 190,000 cases, covering criminal, civil, old, and new cases, accounting for over 82% of the total over 230,000 cases nationwide. ...
Som Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501654875/courts-processed-nearly-190000-cases-in-2024/
Kantha Phavi calls for greater equality, justice for women at UN
Ing Kantha Phavi, the Minister of Women’s Affairs and Chair of the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference, called for sustainable action to reshape a future of equality and justice for all. ...
Phuong Sothiny
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501653013/kantha-phavi-calls-for-greater-equality-justice-for-women-at-un
Thirty USAID contracts cease in Cambodia; civil society find ways to survive, Gov’t unfazed
Hope turned to shock and despair as a leaked document detailed the US government’s permanent cancellation of funding for 30 USAID programs in Cambodia, dashing expectations that the Trump administration might reconsider its January foreign aid freeze. ...
Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/thirty-usaid-contracts-cease-in-cambodia-civil-society-find-ways-to-survive-govt-unfazed/
Sokha demands end to prisoners using phones, trading drugs
Minister of Interior Sar Sokha has issued a strongly worded reminder to prison officers across the country that they must conduct stricter checks on the use of phones, money transfers abroad and drug trading inside prisons. The Kingdom’s prisons are currently home to more than ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sokha-demands-end-to-prisoners-using-phones-trading-drugs
Kid gloves off for last of Phnom 1500 squatters
The authorities have doubled down on eviction plans for the remaining holdouts in Pursat province’s Phnom 1500 area, noting that many of their claims of ownership are demonstrably false. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kid-gloves-off-for-last-of-phnom-1500-squatters
Interior minister calls for crackdown on illegal vehicle lights
Interior Minister Sar Sokha has ordered authorities to take action against individuals who modify the lights of their vehicles. ...
Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/interior-minister-calls-for-crackdown-on-illegal-vehicle-lights
SSCA outline six-year plan to boost aviation sector take off
Aviation officials have laid out how a new strategic plan will advance Cambodia’s aviation sector. The Kingdom’s three international airports were connected to 34 worldwide destinations by the end of 2024. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ssca-outline-six-year-plan-to-boost-aviation-sector-take-off
Rong Chhun asks court to allow him to pay $100K compensation in installment
Rong Chhun, advisor to Nation Power Party, who maintains his stance on human rights, says paying 400 million riel or about $100,000, in damages to the Border Affairs Committee is a huge burden for him, requesting that he be allowed to pay in stages. ...
Sovann Sreypich
https://cambojanews.com/rong-chhun-asks-court-to-allow-him-to-pay-100k-compensation-in-installment/
PPAP enjoys 30 per cent growth in cargo, container vessels
A steady rise in domestic demand for goods and exports drove a more than 30% increase in the amount of cargo that passed through Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) in the first two months of 2025. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ppap-enjoys-30-per-cent-growth-in-cargo-container-vessels
Sophalleth: Seven factories found to be polluting waterways
At least seven of the more than 100 factories in Cambodia have been illegally discharging contaminated wastewater into natural clean water sources. One of the companies has been discharging polluted water for the past three years. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sophalleth-seven-factories-found-to-be-polluting-waterways
Kampot International Tourism Port set to open on April 3
To coincide with the upcoming Khmer New Year (KNY) festival, the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has scheduled to officially inaugurate the Kampot International Tourism Port on April 3. ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501652997/kampot-international-tourism-port-set-to-open-on-april-3/
CDC lays out recommendations to bolster G-PSF mechanism
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) outlined four key recommendations to enhance the effectiveness of the Royal Government-Private Sector Forum (G-PSF), focusing on improving communication, accelerating operational procedures and developing the website. ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501653004/cdc-lays-out-recommendations-to-bolster-g-psf-mechanism/
LDC graduation could drop Cambodia’s growth by 1.5%
Cambodia’s graduation from a Least Developed Country (LDC) could slow GDP growth by up to 1.5 percent with a potential loss of 165,000 jobs, cautioned Alissar Chaker, Resident Representative, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Cambodia. ...
Sreekanth Ravindran
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501652995/ldc-graduation-could-drop-cambodias-growth-by-1-5/
Cambodia’s exports to US up 25% in two months
Cambodia’s exports to the United States soared to over $1.6 billion between January and February 2025, marking a 25 percent increase from the same period last year, according to a report from the General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia released earlier this week. ...
Sum Manet
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501653007/cambodias-exports-to-us-up-25-in-two-months/
Cambodia attracts $1.06 billion investment in first two months
Cambodia approved fixed-assets investment projects worth $1,069 million in the first two months of 2025 with a total number of projects of 104 projects, a Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) report showed yesterday. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501652372/cambodia-attracts-1-06-billion-investment-in-first-two-months/
MoEYS announces research funds for STEM, Social Sciences
The Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sport (MoEYS) has announced the provision of Higher Education Research Funds (HERF) to all public and private higher education institutions interested in conducting research focussed on STEM, agriculture, science, and social sciences. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501653028/moeys-announces-research-funds-for-stem-social-sciences/