From January to June 2024, the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved 190 new projects, production expansion projects, and special economic zone investment projects with a total investment of $3.2 billion and can create 168,572 jobs. A press release issued by the CDC on July 5, 2024 states that, compared to the same […]
Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen and French Ambassador to Cambodia Jacques Pellet expressed satisfaction over the increase in trade between Cambodia and France and the rise in French investment in Cambodia. Hun Sen received a courtesy call from French Ambassador to Cambodia Jacques Pellet on 4 July 2024 at the Senate. During the meeting, the […]
In a tremendous fillip to the Kingdom’s burgeoning tourism industry, acclaimed travel portal TripAdvisor has ranked Angkor Wat as the number one landmark in the world. The travel planning and booking site granted the top honour to Siem Reap’s prime attraction in Asia as well. Along with Angkor Wat, the portal also picked three more […]
SEPANG, 3 July 2024 – AirAsia today celebrated its first inaugural flight from Kuala Lumpur to Sihanoukville, Cambodia’s coastal city and also the capital of Sihanoukville Province, locally known as Kampong Som. The inaugural flight departed from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (Terminal 2) at 12:10 PM and landed at Sihanoukville International Airport also known as […]
Cambodia exported more than 6.13 million tonnes of agricultural products in the first half of 2024, an increase of 57 percent compared to the same period in 2023, earning more than $2.8 billion, according to a report of the General Directorate of Agriculture posted by Agricultural and Rural Development Bank of Cambodia (ARDB) on Tuesday. […]
The Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC) on Thursday said that the market capitalisation of the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) touched $3.06 billion at the end of the first-quarter of 2024. SERC said the marketcap milestone indicates that CSX is growing at a healthy pace with room for growth. However, there is some concern […]
A multitude of national and international tourists on the morning of July 4, 2024, flocked to witness the breath-taking sunrise at Angkor Wat as well as explore various other attractions within the Angkor Archaeological Park. The daily ticket sales for Angkor range from 1,300 to 1,700 visitors. In terms of flight arrivals to Siem Reap, […]
The Prime Minister of Cambodia, Dr. Hun Manet, posted a message on the morning of July 3, 2024, congratulating the 73rd anniversary of the Kingdom of Cambodia becoming a member of UNESCO (July 3, 1951–July 3, 2024). The premier stated that since Cambodia became a member of UNESCO, Cambodia has registered four tangible heritage properties, […]
In a tremendous fillip to the Kingdom’s burgeoning tourism industry, acclaimed travel portal TripAdvisor has ranked Angkor Wat as the number one landmark in the world. The travel planning and booking site granted the top honour to Siem Reap’s prime attraction in Asia as well. Along with Angkor Wat, the portal also picked three more […]
Dara Sakor International Airport in Koh Kong province’s Botum Sakor district will start domestic flights in August, Sin Chansereyvutha, Under-Secretary of State of the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA), said yesterday. The decision was taken at the technical meeting for evaluating the airport’s work on June 30, he said. Currently, the airport is almost […]
The famed Angkor Archaeological Park, Cambodia’s most attractive tourism landscape, received 521,950 foreign tourists in the first semester of 2024, a year-on-year increase of 35 percent. The figures, shared by the Angkor Enterprise, revealed a substantial increase in revenue from the entrance pass sales, which rose by 36 percent to a significant $24.35 million. The […]
Prime Minister Hun Manet has appointed the official composition of the Cambodia Tourism Marketing and Promotion Board (CTB) to encourage collaboration between the public and private sectors to promote potential destinations to the international markets. The appointment was made based on the ‘Revision of the Sub-decree on the Organization and Functioning of the CTB’ dated […]
As many as 62 percent of companies in a survey conducted in Cambodia planned to recruit more staff in 2024, with leadership, quality control and project management topping the list of most needed skills, according to the latest Skills Gap Assessment Report of the European Chamber of Commerce (EuroCham). The report, based on a survey […]
Japan has reaffirmed its support for the capacity development efforts of ports in Cambodia. The focus areas of port development were discussed at the third meeting of the Coordinating Committee for the Port Administration Capacity Building Project, chaired jointly by Ieng Veng Sun, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport and […]
Prime Minister Hun Manet Tuesday called on the owners of Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) and all stakeholders to work unitedly to be a pillar of the socio-economic development of the country. In a message on the first National Day of Small and Medium Enterprises to be celebrated on June 27, Mr Hun Manet […]
The Cambodian government spent about $660 million for the three phases of the Bakheng water treatment plant which aimed to meet the growing demand for clean water in Phnom Penh and nearby Takhmao City of Kandal province. The construction of the Bakheng water treatment plant was divided into three stages and two of them have […]