The American Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia (AmCham Cambodia) on Monday released its annual ‘Business Climate Survey 2024’ report, compiling insights shared by over 500 registered Cambodian-based companies. The AmCham survey results suggest generally optimistic growth prospects among responding businesses, including increased profitability and planned investment expansions in 2024, as well as increasingly strategic investment […]

A large cruise ship, carrying 2,641 multinational tourists and crews, docked at Sihanoukville Autonomous Port on 19 November 2024. The ship is carrying 776 crews from 35 nationalities, 136 females, and 1,865 tourists from 43 nationalities. The ship departed from Viet Nam and is scheduled to continue its journey to Thailand after leaving Sihanoukville.

- By Amanda Champion I’ve always been interested in exploring Asia however a combination of timing, work and family commitments and the dreaded pandemic prevented the opportunity from coming to fruition. That is until my husband and I signed up for a charity bike ride in Cambodia in January 2022 with REACH Siem Reap, which provides holistic support to Cambodian […]

A delegation of 26 Japanese investors, led by H.E. TAKAHASHI Fumiaki, former Japanese Ambassador to Cambodia and current President of the Japan-Cambodia Association (JCA), was received by Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, at the Peace Palace on November 19, 2024. The delegation expressed keen interest in exploring investment opportunities […]

Dr. Hong Vannak, an economist at the Royal Academy of Cambodia, has stated that tourists visiting the Water Festival last week made significant contributions to economic activity He added that this spending is not only for the three days of the Water Festival, but people, especially people from the provinces, have been staying in Phnom […]

 year, a year-on-year increase of 14.5 percent, the report said, adding that garments worth 8 billion dollars were shipped to international markets, up 23.6 percent. The report added that $1.33 billion worth of footwear was exported, up 22 percent, while travel goods equivalent to $1.69 billion were sold to the international market, up 20.6 percent. […]

Trade between Cambodia and Malaysia reached $715 million in the January to October period this year, a jump of 35.3 percent compared to the same period last year, according to the data of the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) released recently. While Cambodia’s exports to Malaysia reached $110 million in the period, rising […]

UK-ASEAN Trade Mission in Cambodia (18-19 Nov) connects ASEAN women entrepreneurs with UK consumers. Similar B2B events to follow in Jakarta this week. The UK-ASEAN Trade Mission, part of the UK Government-funded UK-ASEAN Collaboration on Women’s Economic Empowerment, will connect women entrepreneurs from ASEAN with UK consumers on 18 and 19 November in Phnom Penh, […]

A group of 26 Japanese investors has shown interest in exploring investment opportunities in Cambodian agriculture, food processing, and aquaculture. Hun Manet, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, received this group yesterday at the Peace Palace. Takahashi Fumiaki, former Japanese Ambassador to Cambodia and current President of the Japan-Cambodia Association (JCA), who led […]

SNC Sihanoukville New City, the Kingdom’s latest cutting-edge coastal development opportunity, covers an area of 2,500 hectares and is located adjacent to Sihanouk International Airport, just a 10-minute drive from the Phnom Penh- Sihanoukville Expressway.  Planned by the Tongji Design Institute of China, it aims to create a future centre for Sihanoukville through an industrial […]