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Paperless trademark registration system to be available from today

The Ministry of Commerce will put into operation the Paperless Trademark Registration System with a new e-service strategy to enhance the business environment, making it more efficient and transparent. ...

Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501764163/paperless-trademark-registration-system-to-be-available-from-today/

Cambodia’s investment climate strengthens with growth and trade deals

Cambodia is moving to consolidate its reputation as one of Southeast Asia’s most open destinations for investment, with new data showing steady economic growth, a raft of trade agreements, and a wave of investor-friendly reforms. ...

Sum Manet
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501764182/cambodias-investment-climate-strengthens-with-growth-and-trade-deals/

Govt stands firm on protecting disabled persons’ rights

The Cambodian government has reaffirmed its commitment to protecting and promoting the rights of persons with disabilities, aiming to ensure they fully enjoy human rights, fundamental freedoms, and dignity. ...

Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501764195/govt-stands-firm-on-protecting-disabled-persons-rights/

Foreign firms in Cambodia recruit Thailand-returned workers

The Royal Government should come up with special packages that include tax incentives for companies employing migrant workers who have returned from Thailand, an analyst says. ...

Sreekanth Ravindran
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501764180/foreign-firms-in-cambodia-recruit-thailand-returned-workers/

Thai evacuation deepens trade risks for Cambodia

Thailand’s recent order for the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) to prepare evacuation operations along the border has heightened concerns for Cambodia, where local communities are already struggling with the economic fallout of cross-border tensions. ...

Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501764176/thai-evacuation-deepens-trade-risks-for-cambodia/

Can Cambodia navigate amid tariffs, border tensions and rising debt?

Cambodia’s economic growth, long one of Southeast Asia’s strongest, is forecast to slow to 4.8 percent in 2025 from 6 percent in 2024, as the country contends with a challenging external environment marked by trade frictions, regional tensions, and rising domestic financial vulnerabilities, according to ...

Sum Manet
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501763690/can-cambodia-navigate-amid-tariffs-border-tensions-and-rising-debt/

Tourism key driver of sustainable growth, PM says

Over the past 30 years, the tourism sector has become a major driving force of the economy, contributing to macroeconomic growth, fostering development across all sectors, and creating opportunities for investment and trade, said Prime Minister Hun Manet on Friday to mark World Tourism Day ...

Mom Kunthea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501763709/tourism-key-driver-of-sustainable-growth-pm-says/

Leader Energy secures $80M green financing for Cambodian transmission assets

Leader Energy Group Berhad, a regional leader in renewable energy and transmission solutions, is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, Cambodian Transmission II Co., Ltd. (CTLII), has successfully secured a USD80 million green financing facility from a consortium of banks, led by Maybank (Cambodia) PLC., ...

Khmer Times Team
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501763703/leader-energy-secures-80m-green-financing-for-cambodian-transmission-assets/

Thai-provoked gunfire triggers evacuations, disrupts Kingdoms’ border economy

Thai armed forces’ unilateral gunfire on Saturday forced citizens in Preah Vihear and Ubon Ratchathani provinces to rapidly evacuate their homes, creating widespread fear and triggering economic disruptions that affected agriculture, trade and daily livelihoods for Cambodia-Thailand border communities. ...

Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501763715/thai-provoked-gunfire-triggers-evacuations-disrupts-kingdoms-border-economy/

US seeks to deepen trade, economic, and investment ties with Cambodia

Economic growth and bilateral trade were at the forefront of discussions on Friday as Aun Pornmoniroth, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance, received a visiting United States Congressional Delegation (CODEL) led by Congressman Adam Smith (D-WA). ...

Sum Manet
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501763721/us-seeks-to-deepen-trade-economic-and-investment-ties-with-cambodia/

Vietnam – Cambodia trade: Path towards $20 billion target

According to Do Viet Phuong, who leads the Vietnam Trade Office in Cambodia, bilateral trade in goods tripled between 2014 and 2024, from $3.3 billion to $10.1 billion, with an average annual growth rate of about 12 percent. Growth momentum has continued in 2025, with ...

Khmer Times Team
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501763328/vietnam-cambodia-trade-path-towards-20-billion-target/

MoWRAM advances irrigation system, climate resilience to back economic activities

In the past few days, Thor Chetha, Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology (MoWRAM), hosted two key meetings to review sustainable irrigation to boost Cambodia’s agricultural productivity and data-driven planning to enhance climate resilience for broader economic activities. ...

Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501759739/mowram-advances-irrigation-system-climate-resilience-to-back-economic-activities/

Can bonds become the next big investment for Cambodians?

In global finance the bond market, often called the quiet giant of the investment world, influences nearly every other asset class. When bond yields rise, investors shift away from stocks, currencies react, and economies reprice risk. Yet for most ordinary people, bonds remain a mystery—something ...

Tan Kim Heng
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501759735/can-bonds-become-the-next-big-investment-for-cambodians/

ADB $52 million project to power Cambodia’s renewable energy path

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $52.72 million loan for the Grid Expansion Project in Cambodia. The project will strengthen the country’s transmission network to integrate more renewable energy into the national grid and help meet rising electricity demand with cleaner, locally generated ...

Khmer Times Team
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501759733/adb-52-million-project-to-power-cambodias-renewable-energy-path/

Assault on border civilians heats up boycott of Thai goods

The attack by Thai soldiers on Cambodian civilians on Wednesday, removing barbed wire from farmland, injuring at least 23, including women and monks, has further intensified the months-long boycott of Thai goods, as the public called for a stronger movement across social media platforms. ...

Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501759741/assault-on-border-civilians-heats-up-boycott-of-thai-goods/

Kingdom’s trade with ASEAN shoots up to nearly $11B

Cambodia’s trade volume with its fellow ASEAN member states reached $10.96 billion in the first eight months of 2025, up 4.5 percent compared to the same period last year, said an official report from the Ministry of Commerce on Wednesday. The Kingdom exported products worth ...

Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501758924/kingdoms-trade-with-asean-shoots-up-to-nearly-11b/

Cambodia, China agree to deepen economic ties

Sun Chanthol, Deputy Prime Minister and First Vice-Chairman of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC), and Wang Yi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of China, discussed strategies for attracting investment into Cambodia’s infrastructure on Tuesday, aiming to boost trade and long-term economic growth. ...

Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501758928/cambodia-china-agree-to-deepen-economic-ties/

Starlink devices still available for online sales despite ban

Starlink devices, including customer terminals and antennas, can still be found for sale across many social media platforms and e-Commerce sites in the Kingdom despite the Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) issuing a strict ban two weeks ago. Starlink is not permitted to operate in ...

Sreekanth Ravindran
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501758111/starlink-devices-still-available-for-online-sales-despite-ban/

Cambodia, China agree to further boost tourism ties

Cambodia and China Monday committed to a comprehensive and detailed action plan to significantly boost the growth of Chinese tourism and air connectivity between the two countries. The commitment was made in the 2nd Tripartite Mechanism Meeting between the Ministry of Tourism of Cambodia, the ...

Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501758096/cambodia-china-agree-to-further-boost-tourism-ties/

NA passes nuclear weapon-free treaty draft law

The National Assembly yesterday approved a draft law ratifying the Additional Protocol to the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone Treaty, aimed at strengthening regional and global peace and security. Chaired by National Assembly President Khuon Sodary, the plenary session saw the participation of 107 lawmakers ...

Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501757418/na-passes-nuclear-weapon-free-treaty-draft-law/

Exports to RCEP surpass $6.6B in Jan-Aug period

Cambodia exported $6,628 million worth of goods to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) countries between January and August of this year, up nearly 10 percent from $6,050 million in the same period last year, a report from the Ministry of Commerce showed on Monday. ...

Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501757372/exports-to-rcep-surpass-6-6b-in-jan-aug-period/

$2.1B Thai gold exports to Cambodia ‘legal’, MTS says

Mae Thong Suk (MTS) Gold Group, a leading Thai gold trading firm, Friday defended the legality of Thailand’s surging gold exports to Cambodia, stressing that all $2.15 billion in transactions comply with international regulations.​ ...

Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501757376/2-1b-thai-gold-exports-to-cambodia-legal-mts-says/

Low score shows Cambodia’s uptake of green banking ‘remains nascent’

Cambodia’s uptake of green central banking remains nascent, with public policy efforts still focused on building the basic frameworks for sustainable finance, according to ‘The East and Southeast Asia Green Central Banking Scorecard 2025’ released last week by posi+ivemoney. ...

Sreekanth Ravindran
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501756879/low-score-shows-cambodias-uptake-of-green-banking-remains-nascent/

Ministry acts against encroachment on national park

The Ministry of Environment is pursuing legal action against an individual who encroached on Preah Suramarit-Kosamak National Park in Phnom Sruoch district, Kampong Speu province. Illegal structures were found on the site, which lies within a protected natural area. ...

Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501756978/ministry-acts-against-encroachment-on-national-park/

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