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Cambodia and Japan on Tuesday discussed accelerating the ‘National Road 1 and Mekong Bridge Development Project’ during a progress update meeting held between the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to review and discuss the scope of ...

Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC) President and Chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-BAC) Cambodia Kith Meng Monday hosted Shaharuddin Onn, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Malaysia to the Kingdom of Cambodia, for an in-person meeting to discuss strengthening trade ...

The Cambodian Stock Market (CSX) showed robust growth in August 2026 with average daily trading value reaching 3.175 billion riels (about $800,000), an approximate 300 percent increase compared to the average daily figure across the first seven months of 2026. ...

To help local farmers, SMEs, and innovative entrepreneurs scale their businesses, Siem Reap province launched an exciting three-day trade and product exhibition from August 28-30. ...

Two provincial leaders took the stage at the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) River-Source Dialogue forum in China to showcase the massive economic potential of Kep and Takeo provinces. Focusing on tourism, agriculture, and industry, they underscored the game-changing role the Funan Techo Canal will play in ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet has encouraged the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to continue strengthening its engagement and coordination with the Ministry of Economy and Finance to help accelerate the implementation of practical cooperation projects and maximise benefits for the Cambodian people. ...

Cambodia and the European Union (EU) have reaffirmed their commitment to deepening bilateral cooperation and strengthening their comprehensive partnership during a meeting in Phnom Penh. ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has reacted to economic challenges related to geopolitical tensions with Thailand and uncertainty surrounding the US export market, downgrading its growth forecast for Cambodia from 6.1% to 4.9% for 2025 and from 6.2% to 5.0% for 2026. ...

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. ...

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 ...

Prime Minister Hun Manet yesterday said that the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) is optimistic about achieving an average annual economic growth of 6.5 percent for the next decade. To realise this goal, he emphasised that the target can only be met through specific, direct, ...

Agriculture is one of the most important sectors of Cambodia. It makes an outsize contribution to national economic growth through ensuring food security, creating job opportunities, providing income to citizens and producing export goods for international markets. ...

Kampong Cham province’s economy grew by 8.6 percent to reach $2.65 billion driven primarily by the agricultural, industrial, and service sectors, according to a report by Un Chanda, Governor of Kampong Cham Province. ...

Cambodia’s economy is projected to continue its momentum with an expected growth rate of approximately 6.3 percent, according to the Royal Government’s assessment of the medium-term public financial framework for 2025. ...

The Cambodian government has approved a draft budget of more than $9.3 billion for 2025, with economic growth projected at 6.3 percent. ...

Amid regional and global economic uncertainties, the World Bank is set to approve the Country Partnership Framework (CPF) 2025-2029 to support the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) in achieving its long-term vision of becoming a middle-income country by 2030 and a high-income country by 2050. ...

Asian Development Bank (ADB), a key development partner for Cambodia, has maintained its growth forecast for Cambodia at 5.8 percent for this year and 6.0 percent for 2025 but revised its earlier inflation projection for this year from 2.0 percent to 0.5 percent. ...

Cambodia’s economic activity picked up in the first quarter of 2024, but the education sector, which sits at the center of development, needs to be strengthened. ...

Cambodia is expected to see the graduation from the Least Developed Country (LDC) status in 2029, two years longer than previously scheduled 2027. ...

Following the pandemic, economic growth has been steady, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said, with expansion projected at six percent in 2024, from an estimated 5.3 percent last year, thanks to tourism and non-garment exports. ...

Amid strong domestic demand, moderate inflation and continuing improvements in trade, the ASEAN+3 region – encompassing the 10 bloc members and China, Japan and South Korea – is expected to maintain robust economic growth this year despite uncertainties in the global outlook. ...

That is the picture sketched by the World Bank, which forecast Tuesday that the world economy will expand just 2.4% this year. That would be down from 2.6% growth in 2023, 3% in 2022 and a galloping 6.2% in 2021, which reflected the robust recovery ...

Prime Minister Hun Manet laid out plans for Cambodia to graduate to an upper-middle income country by 2030 and strengthen the nation’s resilience and sustainability beyond then at the Cambodia Outlook Conference 2023. ...

The role played by the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) to maintain and control financial condition through various regulatory measures has helped the country to keep inflation under check and economic growth steady despite the global headwinds. ...