Khmer Times

Vietnamese and Cambodian ministries, agencies and localities will coordinate in building and perfecting legal frameworks and cooperation mechanisms to facilitate collaboration between border provinces, as agreed at a conference in the south western province of Tay Ninh on April 25. ...

With Cambodia’s noticeable antimalaria achievements, the Prime Minister called on continued collective effort to meet zero-malaria target by 2025. ...

Cambodia exported 176,581 tons of milled rice in the first quarter (Q1) of 2023, up 3.5 percent from 170,539 tons in the same period last year, the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) said in a report released on Tuesday. ...

Two new investment projects worth over $10 million have been approved by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). The investment projects involve establishing a garment factory and a packaging factory, creating over 2,900 jobs. ...

The Asian Development Bank last year committed support to Cambodia in several important sectors, including coastal, marine fisheries, power and livestock value chain. ...

The Credit Guarantee Corporation of Cambodia (CGCC) provided credit guarantees of $113.6 million to businesses as their working capital for expansion in the first quarter of this year. ...

Cambodia has sought partners to raise about $30 billion of investment funds to implement 150 hard and soft infrastructure projects that the government has classified as priorities to place in the Comprehensive Intermodal Comprehensive Master Plan (CIT-MP) for the next ten years, said a release ...

Cambodia’s malaria cases have gone down dramatically in the past five years thanks to effective measures. ...

Cambodia’s General Department of Taxation (GDT) made e-commerce value-added tax (VAT) income of $20.9 million from the operations of electronic goods and services in the first quarter of 2023, a GDT report said on Monday. ...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports and ASEAN-China Center (ACC) have discussed more cooperation on education. ...

Container shipping in Cambodia and Vietnam had the lowest port turnaround times in ASEAN in June last year with both countries scoring averages of 0.9 days, the World Bank says. ...

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) free trade pact and bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) have provided more favorable trade and investment opportunities for investors in Cambodia, a senior commerce ministry official said on Saturday. ...

Publicly-listed river port operator, Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP), reported a revenue of some US $8.23 million during the first three months of 2023, a year-on-year decrease of 13 percent. ...

Cambodian senior agriculture officials on Wednesday discussed the possibility of importing fresh apples from France and exporting fresh mangoes from Cambodia, according to a press release from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF). ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen declared this yesterday afternoon that the mandatory facemask wearing and rapid COVID-19 testing at any public gathering will be discontinued. ...

Cambodia reported 1.26 million air travelers during the first quarter of 2023, up 549 percent from only 195,000 passengers over the same period last year, said the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation’s report released on Wednesday. ...

Cambodia’s trade balance with South Korea has improved in the first quarter of 2023, with decreased imports and higher apparel exports. ...

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has signed a new agreement with the Ministry of Public Works and Transport to establish a public-private partnership (PPP) for a logistics complex in Preah Sihanouk province to assist Cambodia in meeting its goal of becoming a new regional logistics ...

The amount of cash paid in riel by account holders through Bakong system has increased 4.1 times in 2022 compared to the previous year, while that paid in US dollar through the same system has risen 3.2 times, and the transactions made through this system ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, said climate change in the world is causing very big problems and various issues. ...

Public-listed Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) reported $8.23 million in revenue for the first quarter (Q1) of the year, a 13 percent decline compared to the same period last year. ...

Cambodia exported 65,921 tons of dry rubber in the first quarter of 2023, an increase of 6.8 percent from 61,739 tons in the same period last year, said a General Directorate of Rubber report on Thursday. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen received at the Peace Palace yesterday, a courtesy visit from Lan Thianli, Chairman of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. ...

Vietnam’s GDP is projected to grow 5.8 percent this year, sharing the second position with Cambodia in the region, only after the Philippines, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). ...