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A senior insurance regulator has described the potential of the Kingdom’s insurance sector, while acknowledging that uptake remains low. ...

A total of 26 electricity energy sector investment projects, funded by 24 investment companies, have received approval from Cambodia’s National Assembly Standing Committee for government payment guarantees. ...

Since the beginning of the year, Chinese authorities have repatriated a total of 98 Cambodian victims of human trafficking – 97 of them women and girls – in 42 cases. ...

A water supply company in Kampong Chhnang town has agreed to remove a roughly 70-meter-long embankment that it constructed in the Tonle Sap Lake. ...

Senate president Hun Sen remarked that he observed elderly Cambodians joyfully dancing and celebrating during the recent Khmer New Year, showing little concern over recent US tariff hikes, “except for uninformed analysts”. ...

Starting in June, the US will enforce new tariffs — some exceeding 3,500%—on solar panel imports from Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Malaysia. ...

The listed-Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) reported an increase in its business operations in the first quarter (Q1) of this year, reflecting the improving economic conditions of the Cambodian economy. ...

After Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded his five-day, three-nation Southeast Asia tour in Phnom Penh with 37 new agreements signed, Prime Minister Hun Manet stressed that Cambodia is not taking sides in the ongoing U.S.-China rivalry. ...

The Royal Government Friday unveiled details of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) contract worth $1.156 billion between Cambodian and Chinese companies for the development of the Funan Techo Canal (FTC) project, structured under a 51-49 percent ownership model. ​ ...

Cambodia and China have deepened their strategic partnership through the signing of three major Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) aimed at advancing bilateral cooperation in science, technology, artificial intelligence (AI), and the photovoltaic (PV) industry. ...

An official report on Friday said that Cambodia recorded a continued increase in the number of Chinese tourists to its famed Angkor Archaeological Park in the first quarter of 2025. ...

Peng Ponea, Minister of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) Monday announced that Cambodia has a total of 119 ports nationwide, including 31 seaports and 88 river ports, reflecting the development progress in the water transport sector. ...

Cambodia’s imports of diesel fuel and petroleum oils inched up in the first quarter (Q1) of 2025, as the price of oil decreased, a General Department of Customs and Excise’s report showed. ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent state visit to Cambodia once again ignited the hopes of the $4 billion high-speed railway project, as the Chinese ambassador announced productive discussions with the Royal Government on Saturday. ...

The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) is expected to seek additional financial support during the state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping, widely regarded as a “ironclad friend”. ...

Trade between Cambodia and China exceeded $4 billion in the first quarter of 2025, marking a 26 percent rise from the same period last year, according to a recent report from Cambodia’s General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE). ...

Prime Minister Hun Manet has strongly refuted claims by overseas analysts who interpreted a joint statement released last week as indicating that Cambodia has allowed China to fully control the country. He described such claims as a “betrayal of the truth”. ...

Restoration and reassembly work on one of the largest Khmer bronze statues ever discovered has been completed. 39 fragments of a statue of Vishnu or Lord Narayana, known in Khmer as Preah Noreay are now being prepared for display at the Guimet National Museum in ...

Recent prolonged cold weather has not affected the quality of Cambodian cashew nuts, while the harvest from three modern agricultural communities has reached over 55%, according to an April 21 statement from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. ...

Hopes are high that the new Kampot International Tourism Port will be a driving force in attracting domestic and international visitors to the province in greater numbers. It is also expected to promote more recreational travel to several islands. ...

The authorities are scheduled to meet on Tuesday, tomorrow, to discuss finding a solution to an issue which has arisen in the Tonle Sap Lake. ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping wrapped up a five-day, three-nation Southeast Asia tour on Friday with 37 new agreements inked in Phnom Penh. ...

During her two-day visit on April 23, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra will meet Cambodian leaders with the aim of strengthening their 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations and is expected to sign key bilateral agreements, amid calls for stronger cooperation on cross-border crimes. ...

The bilateral trade volume between Cambodia and China in the first quarter of 2025 totaled more than $4 billion, an increase of about 26% compared to Q1 of 2024. Of the volume, Chinese imports amounted to more than $3.7 billion, resulting in a trade deficit ...