Phnom Penh, March 26, 2024: Hun Sen, Chairman of the Supreme Council of the King and President of the Cambodian People’s Party, held a meeting with Dr. Chang Dae-whan, President of the Maekjung Group, at the 7 Makara Palace in Phnom Penh. During the meeting, Hun Sen extended a warm welcome to the Maekjung Group’s […]

The UN’s preliminary evaluation for the 2024 triennial review has given Cambodia a positive tick for its 2027 graduation from the status of Least Developed Country (LDC) with a Gross National Income (GNI) per capita score of $1,546 which is above the threshold of $1,306 or above. Cambodia also achieved a good score of 77.7 […]

On March 25, 2024, Sok Soken, Minister of Tourism, received a delegation from the Future Light Organization, led by YIT Virasy, Executive Director of the Future Light Organization, to discuss the possibility of cooperation and partnership in promoting Cambodian tourism in the Japanese market. The Ministry of Tourism and the Future Light Organization expressed their […]

Cambodia will strive to strengthen and expand tourism promotion to China, India, and Australia and promote the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding between Cambodia and the Maldives to attract more tourists to Cambodia. This was presented at the first meeting of the National Committee for Tourism Development for the Royal Government of the 7th […]

A senior official from the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) has committed to encouraging investors and businesspeople to consider investing in Cambodia’s technology and food-processing industries. The pledge was made during a meeting between Ministry of Commerce secretary of state Sok Sopheak and Patrick Lau, deputy executive director of the HKTDC, in Hong Kong […]

Kep provincial governor Som Piseth has announced that the construction of the Koh Tonsay Tourism Port is about 90 per cent complete, a project he said would transform the province’s islands into modern and desirable tourist destinations. While inspecting the progress of the port on March 19, he described it as an “historic accomplishment” for […]

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) said a meeting was held on Tuesday to promote green investment. In view of rapid climate change and interest in the investor community towards greener investments, Sun Chanthol, Deputy Prime Minister and Vice President of Cambodia Development Council held a meeting with companies. Some of these companies […]

The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in collaboration with Leader Energy Holding Berhad known as ‘Leader Energy’ and River Ocean Cleanup (ROC) on Wednesday officially kicked off a five-year transformative project aimed at river cleanup operations along the Mekong, Tonlé Sap and Bassac rivers to produce renewable energy. The ‘Five-Year Cambodia Rivers Cleanup Mission’ was presided […]

The ‘Cambodia Malaysia China High-Tech Park’ spanning over an area of up to 100 hectares, with a potential expansion of up to 2,000 hectares is to be built at an estimated cost of $300 million in Kandal province. IQI Global and Cambodia’s Premium Housing Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to the effect during […]

Cambodia Association of Travel Agents (CATA) on Tuesday requested the Ministry of Tourism (MoT) to arrange trips for groups of international tourists and investors to explore the Kingdom this year. It also urged the ministry to facilitate their transportation as well as introduce the tourism potential investment sectors aimed at contributing to the socioeconomic development […]

Cambodia and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) will promote their relationship, particularly in terms of trade and investment. This was the topic of discussion in Hong Kong on March 19 between Sok Sopheak, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Commerce, and Ms Agnes Chan, Deputy Chairman of Hong Kong General Chamber of […]

The Indonesian Government is planning to import 22,500 tonnes of rice from Cambodia to complement domestic stocks in meeting the needs ahead of Eid al-Fitr, the National Food Agency (Bapanas) stated. “We are prioritising domestically-produced rice. However, we decided that Bulog (state-owned logistics firm) will procure rice from abroad this time. We will import 22,500 […]

In a major push for socioeconomic development and generating more job opportunities, the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) earmarked a three-year rolling plan for the Public Investment Programme (PIP) to complete 617 projects at the cost of $11.69 billion. Presiding over the 6th Plenary Meeting of the Council of Ministers, Prime Minister Hun Manet said, […]

Cambodia earned $215 million from the exports of rubber articles in the first two months of this year, an increase of 90 percent compared to the same period last year, according to the latest trade data of the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE). The data indicated that the rising trend in Cambodia’s rubber […]

AIQAR, an electric vehicles (EVs) distributor has collaborated with EV Energy Tech to provide free fast charging facilities for the whole year aimed at accelerating the adoption of electric transport over internal combustion engine vehicles signalling a promising future for the EV industry in the Kingdom. This happened yesterday as AIQAR launched its fast charging […]

Lao Airlines, the national airline of Laos, yesterday, resumed the operation of direct flights between Vientiane and Phnom Penh, offering a three-times-a-week service, scheduled every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. A Lao Airlines flight with 116 passengers on board arrived at the Phnom Penh International Airport on March 19 and it was given a ceremonial welcome. […]