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Cambodia will strengthen ASEAN’s central role so as to maintain peace, security and prosperity as Chair of ASEAN for 2022, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn said on December 29. ...

Cambodia, the incoming chair of ASEAN for 2022, vowed to strengthen ASEAN centrality in order to maintain and uphold peace, security and prosperity, the country’s Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn said on Wednesday. ...

Cambodia and Lao People’s Democratic Republic have pledged to continue strengthening parliamentary cooperation. ...

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and the United Sates was valued at about $6.35 billion in the first ten months of 2021, a year-on-year increase of 40 percent. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen said he will propose a law requiring the head of the government to retire at age 72 once he leaves office. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has asked the Electricity of Cambodia to waive some part of over $2 million electricity bills the Ministry of Defense has not yet paid. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen said that December 29 should be listed in a Cambodian calendar in a bid to celebrate the government’s win-win policy when years of armed conflicts came to an end. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has vowed to safeguard the monarchy from being attacked. ...

The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) says regular international flights will resume next month to Cambodia, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore and the U.S. ...

A China-aided medical building at the Cambodia-China Friendship Preah Kossamak Hospital in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, successfully passed the completion inspection on Tuesday, the contractor, China State Construction Engineering Corporation Ltd., said in a news release. ...

For the first time after the end of World War II, Japan took the spotlight on the international stage as a mediator by hosting talks for a third country in 1990. ...

The Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia has presented Vietnam with medical supplies to support the country in the COVID-19 fight. ...

A senior Australian diplomat commended the Cambodian government’s response to the Covid-19 crisis and the actions it took to protect its people and the economy. ...

The Posts Ministry has given three months to internet and mobile service providers to improve the quality of service in gated communities known as “boreys” and high-rise buildings, citing that if it is found not to improve, legal action will be taken against them. ...

The number of road accidents saw a decrease of around 18 percent or 533 cases in the first eleven months of this year, compared to the same period in 2020. ...

In the week ahead, world leaders are expected to deliver their New Year’s Eve addresses as people all over the globe ring in the year of 2022, which is when the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement will take effect. ...

The Minister of Labor and Vocational Training said that even in the context of Covid-19 pandemic, Cambodia received and approved 195 new investment projects and 43 production expansion requests that could create more than 150,000 jobs. ...

Close relations between China and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have significantly contributed to maintaining peace, stability and sustainable development in the region, experts in Cambodia said on Wednesday. ...

Kong Vibol, Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister and Royal Government Delegate in charge of the General Director of the General Department of Taxation affirmed that in the past 10 years, the General Department of Taxation’s tax revenue collection has been stable, showed good growth ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered a revamp in the positions of three district governors in Kampong Chhnang province, according to sub-decrees signed by him on Wednesday. ...

Cambodia and Vietnam have agreed to strengthen cooperation in defence and security and to respect each other’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity by accelerating the demarcation of the remaining 16 per cent of the border. ...

Vietnam needs to improve the scale and quality of investment in Cambodia, promoting a new wave of investment, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc stated while meeting Vietnamese Cambodian enterprises on December 22 during his State visit to Cambodia. ...

The China-funded 60,000-seat Morodok Techo National Stadium, built in Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, was handed over to Cambodia in September. The country is now ready to host the Southeast Asian Games in 2023. ...

Cambodia and Vietnam have convened a meeting to discuss a possible reopening of some border gates between the two countries. ...