Khmer Times

The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications has raised an alert about the rampant use of artificial intelligence (AI) in online scams, highlighting the growing global concern surrounding cyber fraud. ...

Cambodia saw a significant surge in the export of potential agricultural products in 2024, an official report from the Ministry of Commerce showed. ...

Dith Tina, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and leaders received a courtesy call from Professor Wendy Umberger, Executive Director of the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), at the Ministry on February 3, 2025. ...

Prime Minister Hun Manet Friday visited a modern cashew nut farming community in Kampong Thom province and got first-hand information on cashew cultivation. He praised the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) for transforming family farming into a robust agricultural economic enterprise. ...

Two days after visiting Takeo and Kampong Thom provinces that faced water shortages during the dry season, Prime Minister Hun Manet yesterday stated that the Completed Irrigation System (CIS), a project under the ‘Cambodia Agricultural Value Chain Program – Phase 2’ (CAVAC II), guarantees sufficient ...

WorldBridge Group highlighted Cambodia’s potential as an emerging growth market within ASEAN during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2025 (WEF25) in Davos, Switzerland. ...

Prime Minister Hun Manet yesterday lauded the role of women in the business sector, saying the country’s socio-economic development can only advance with their active participation in multiple sectors to ensure and foster the drive of national economic growth. ...

Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation (MISTI) and Phnom Penh Municipal Hall Monday organized a ‘Campaign to promote and register informal economic workers’ to enhance participation in supply chains, create added value in national economic activities and reduce poverty and social inequality.   ...

The Royal Government Friday joined hands with Alibaba Cloud (Singapore) Private Limited to develop the E-commerce platform and digital marketing skills.   ...

The Coordinating Committee on Informal Economy Development (CCIED), in collaboration with the Phnom Penh Municipal Administration, co-organise an outreach campaign with 1,500 members of Phnom Penh’s informal economy on January 20.​ ...

The Coordinating Committee for Informal Economy Development (CCIED), in collaboration with the UNDP, ILO, and the Cambodia-Australia Partnership for Resilient Economic Development (CAPRED), Monday organized a consultation workshop to establish a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Framework for the National Strategy for Informal Economy Development 2023-2028. ...

China has been Cambodia’s largest source of foreign investment, accounting for almost 50 percent of the total investment amount last year, according to a report from the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). ...

Cambodia’s exports to the United States surged to nearly $10 billion from January to December 2024, up 11 percent compared to the previous year, according to a recent report from General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia. ...

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved 10 special economic zone (SEZs) investment projects worth $850 million in 2024, creating approximately 4,000 jobs, said a CDC report on Friday. ...

Cambodia’s steel imports jumped almost 70 percent last year, driven by one of the fastest-growing construction sectors in Southeast Asia. ...

Cambodia exported goods worth approximately $26.19 billion last year, up 15.7 percent from $22.64 billion in 2023, a report from the General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia (GDCE) showed last Friday. ...

Cambodia’s exports of garments, footwear and travel goods (GFT) earned the country a record $13.74 billion in 2024, an increase of 23.78 percent compared to the same period last year, the latest trade data of the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) showed. ...

Cambodia has produced a total volume of 39 million tonnes of crop production nationwide in 2024, up 7.4 percent from 36.3 million tonnes in 2023, a report from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries showed on Monday. ...

The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) held a meeting to review the implementation of the Cambodia Industrial Development Policy (IDP) from 2021 to 2023 to gather inputs to promote industrialisation, enhance its competitiveness and support the diversification of the national economy. ...

Cambodia will host the World Rice Conference in 2025, following the country’s fragrant rice Malys Angkor winning the World’s Best Rice title last year. ...

Cambodia earned tax revenue of $63.1 million from casinos and game of chance operators in 2024, a year-on-year increase of 85 percent, according to data from the Commercial Gambling Management Commission of Cambodia (CGMC) released on Wednesday. ...

The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning & Construction (MLMUPC) yesterday launched a digital system for property services, enabling individuals to sell, gift, mortgage and pledge their assets across the country. ...

The construction and real estate sectors in Cambodia have shown positive signs in 2024, with lending to these sectors increasing to $13.51 billion as of October 2024, according to a report by the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) released at the end of December 2024. ...

Australia’s Emerald Resources NL has announced record output from its Okvau gold mine in Mondulkiri province for the December quarter of 2024. ...