AirAsia Cambodia Delays Operational Start To Mid-2024

AirAsia’s Cambodia unit, which was announced towards the end of 2022 and initially planned to launch in 2023, is now expected to only commence...

Will Cambodia-India Direct Flights Commence In 2024?

Progress in commercial and economic partnerships between Cambodia and India, means there has been progress in seeing direct flights between Cambodia and India become...

Emirates Airlines To Resume Phnom Penh Flights In May 2024

The Emirates airline has announced that it will resume its daily Phnom Penh service, starting from 1 May 2024, via Singapore. Pre-pandemic, the airline...

Cambodia Wins International Culture & Travel Awards – Sets Sights On...

Cambodia was elected as Asia’s Leading Cultural Destination by the World Travel Awards and Asia’s Leading Youth Travel Destination. The Kingdom is planning several...

Cambodia Looks To Broaden Trading Partnerships – Establishes First UAE Commercial...

Cambodia has opened its first private commercial centre in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, and participated in the 2024 Cambodia-UAE...

Kearney’s 2023 Global Retail Development Index – Key Insights For Cambodia

Kearney's 2023 Global Retail Development Index (GRDI) assesses the retail landscape of the emerging market potential which the latest report says is at a...

Will Cambodia See eVTOLs Soon – Singapore Airshow 2024

During the 2024 Singapore Airshow, it was announced that Yugo Global Industries Pte. Ltd. (Yugo) had signed a memorandum of understanding to study the...

Universal Alliance And LOSCBA Sign MoU To Enhance Cambodia’s Logistics Industry

Universal Alliance Co. Ltd. – a corporate advisory and consulting company that facilitates international business and investment in Cambodia – and the Logistics and...

UAE-Cambodia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Comes Into Effect

Cambodia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) trade partnership agreement in June 2023 but this has now...

Cambodia’s Tourism Ministry Seeks Travel Businesses To Showcase At International Tourism...

The Cambodian Ministry of Tourism announced in early February its intention to participate in the international tourism exhibition ‘ITB Berlin’, scheduled to take place...

Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index 2024 – How Does Cambodia Rank

The 2024 Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index report indicated that globally, logistics executives remain worried about a possible recession (albeit less than 12 months...

Sihanoukville International Airport Terminal Upgrades Due To Be Completed In 2026

With the spate of new Cambodian airports being developed and the renewed optimism for the tourism industry and investment announcement for Sihanoukville, French developer...

Phnom Penh International Airport Achieves ACA Level 3 As Part Of...

Cambodia’s Phnom Penh International Airport has been awarded Level 3 Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA) accreditation by the Airports Council International (ACI) as it chases...

Lagardère Travel Retail & HSC Group Selected To Manage Techo International...

With some cautious excitement building over the development of the Techo International Airport in Phnom Penh, Overseas Cambodian Investment Corporation (OCIC) has selected Lagardère...

PM Hun Manet’s Visit To France – What Cambodian Business Deals...

The Cambodian prime minister's visit to France in January 2024 has grabbed the headlines this past week, and although Dr. Hun Manet is now in...

Capital A Looks To Offload And Merge AirAsia Airlines

It was reported at the start of 2024, that Capital A's AirAsia Malaysia and AirAsia subsidiaries in Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines would...

Cambodia And Japan Strengthen Diplomatic And Economic Ties At 2023 Japan-Cambodia...

The Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, met Kishida Fumio, Prime Minister of Japan, along with several high-ranking delegates to discuss a number of key...

Vietjet Launches Siem Reap-Hanoi Route; VinGroup’s Taxi Plan Draws Controversy

Vietnam's leading airline, Vietjet Air, is officially inaugurating a new route connecting Hanoi and Siem Reap. The announcement of the new route coincided with...

Cambodia Post Launches New Website To Modernise Postal Services And Better...

Cambodia Post, in collaboration with Swisscontact through the Global Alliance of Trade Facilitation's Improving Small Package E-Trade for SMEs (SeT4SME) Project, marked a significant...

AmCham Delegation Explores Investment Opportunities In Sihanoukville

The American Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia (AmCham) organised a delegation visit to Sihanoukville on November 17, 2023, focused on evaluating the coastal province’s...

Publicly Listed Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone To Issue $15 Million...

In a statement released to the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) in mid November 2023, the Royal Group-owned Phnom Penh SEZ Plc (PPSP) announced that...

VinFast Electric Vehicles Heading To Cambodia As Part Of Its Regional...

Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) company, VinFast, which also operates a taxi company under the name Green and Smart Mobility (GSM) is due to expand...

Summing Up Hun Manet’s Business Engagements: BRI Summit 2023

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet travelled to Beijing, China, to participate in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Summit held from October 17-18, 2023....

AirAsia And Oriental Bank Plc Sign Merchant Service Agreement & Digital...

AirAsia Cambodia announced it has formed a strategic partnership with Oriental Bank Plc which includes the signing of a Merchant Service Agreement which should...

Fostering Connectivity And Growth In The Mekong Region

Organised under the theme, ‘Connectivity is growth in the Mekong region’, the 2023 ASEAN-Cambodia Business Summit brought together key economic experts and players from...

ThaiBev To Build New Beverage Factory In Cambodia

Thailand-based media reported that ThaiBev, the Singapore-listed food and beverage company, will expand its operations internationally and spend 4 billion baht (USD $105 million)...

Increased Cambodia Passenger Service & Aviation Fees To Come Into Effect

The Cambodian government has approved the increase of passenger service charges and other airport levies from September 2023 until 2028 from the airports operating...

Foodpanda’s Parent Company In Talks To Sell Asian Business

Several reports on 20 September 2023 confirmed that Delivery Hero, the German-based parent company of Foodpanda, is in talks to potentially sell part of...

Cambodia Could See Direct Passenger And Cargo Flights With New Zealand

With the Siem Reap International Airport, due to be operational in October 2023, details on passenger transportation, new routes, and flights are still to...

Cambodia Records 9.5% Decrease In 2023 Oil Imports

Cambodia recorded a significant decline in oil imports during the first eight months of 2023 according to a report released by the General Department...

Cambodia-Korea Friendship Bridge Set To Begin Construction In December

The construction of the cable-stayed Cambodia-Korea Friendship Bridge is scheduled to start in December 2023, following the completion of its final project evaluation. This update...

International Trade In Cambodia Reaches Almost USD $32 Billion In 2023

In the first eight months of 2023, Cambodia’s international trade volume amounted to almost USD $32 billion, according to the latest figures released by...

LOCA: Pioneering the Digital Landscape in Laos

LOCA, the leading ride-hailing app in Laos has overcome many obstacles and B2B Cambodia spoke with Mr. Souliyo Vongdala, the startups founder and CEO...

Cambodia-India Direct Flights Could Be In Service By 2024

With the new airports under development in Cambodia, and the government seeking to diversify its portfolio of investors and sources of tourism, direct flights...

South Korean Emart24 Set For Mass Cambodian Roll Out

South Korean retail convenience outlet Emart24 is planning to open as many as 100 stores in Cambodia, with the first opening planned for 2024. The...

PTT Oil & Retail Plans $100M Oil Depot Investment In Cambodia

PTT Oil & Retail is planning to invest USD $100 million in the development of an oil depot in Cambodia. According to a report in...

Flights Between Cambodia And Turkmenistan Being Explored

The Cambodian Ministry of Tourism (MoI) has suggested that Turkmenistan could become the first country to connect direct flights with Cambodia among the Central...

ASEAN Remains Attractive For European Businesses In 2023

The EU-ASEAN Business Council released its annual Business Sentiment Survey for 2023 in August, which revealed that the majority of European businesses operating in...

Singapore Business Federation Visits Khmer Enterprise To Understand Cambodia’s Startup and...

Khmer Enterprise organised a seminar in collaboration with the Young Entrepreneurs Association and Khmer Times during the visit of the Singapore Business Federation (SBF)...

Cambodia-Thai ASEAN Freight Rail Link Opened

After many years of delays and speculation, the Thailand - Cambodia ASEAN freight Rail Link finally opened for cargo services on the 26th of...

Cambodia Considers High-Speed Railway Link with Thailand and Vietnam

The Minister of Public Works and Transport, Sun Chanthol, has announced plans for a feasibility study to evaluate the possibility of constructing a new...

How The Ukraince Conflict Is Impacting Ecomomic Growth – Jim...

B2B Cambodia hosted Jim Brooke, an experienced journalist with more than five decades working in his profession, and currently working out of Ukraine as...

Illicit Trade Has Significant Impact on the ASEAN Community Vision 2025:...

The Transnational Alliance to Combat Illicit Trade (TRACIT), in partnership with the EU-ASEAN Business Council (EU-ABC), launched a new report on the impacts of...

AirAisa Cambodia Still Due To Be Operational in Q4 2023

AirAsia Cambodia still plans to be operational by Q4 2023 according to Capital A CEO Tony Fernandes. In December 2022, Capital A – AirAsia Aviation...

Mastercard Economics Institute’s Travel Industry Trends 2023 – Asian Assessment

The Mastercard Economics Institute’s Travel Industry Trends 2023 report offers key insights about the global state of travel and still maintains mainland China’s reopening...

More Air Transport Routes Are Reaching The Kingdom – More Needs...

The return of tourism post-pandemic has been one of the most hotly debated topics in 2023, and although the region has seen a recovery,...

Confluences & Doppelmayr Group Looking To Add Mobility Solutions In Cambodia

Confluences is a prominent Cambodian-based enterprise which specialises in assisting foreign businesses enter the local market and has been working with Doppelmayr Group (a...

Trip.com Group & Cambodia Angkor Air To Promote New Angkor International...

Siem Reap's new Angkor International Airport, which is currently being touted for an October 2023 launch, will see online travel company Trip.com Group partner...

World Bank Bullish On Cambodian Economy

The World Bank increased its financial outlook for the Kingdom of Cambodia in May 2023 under its Cambodia Economic Update and raised its growth...

Funan Techo Canal Approved To Link Bassac and Kep

The canal project was first mentioned at the recent Transport & Logistics Forum 2023 and now has received Cambodian cabinet approval for the construction of...

Cambodian Maritime Infrastructure Projects Cruising Forward

A flurry of announcements from the government has provided updates on several maritime infrastructure projects, including seaports and coastal logistics centres with total investments...

New Cambodia Geographical Indication (GI) Products

The Ministry of Commerce of Cambodia and the Department of Intellectual Property have marked World Intellectual Property Day by confirming three new GI products;...

Transport & Logistics Forum 2023 – Key Lessons For Cambodia’s Development...

Eurocham organised the Transport & Logistics Forum 2023 in April 2023 which featured Cambodian Minister of Public Works & Transport, H.E. Sun Chanthol, presenting...

Pinnacle Excellence Business Awards – Cambodia & India Business Opportunities

The Pinnacle Excellence Business Awards recognised 70 years of diplomatic relations between India and Cambodia in 2023 as well as the businesses operating between...

Cambodia Inks Deal With IFC To Develop New Sihanoukvlle Logistics Hub

The Cambodian Ministry of Public Works and Transport has established a public-private partnership (PPP) for a logistics complex in Sihanoukville province and signed a...

What Does The UK Developing Countries Trading Scheme Mean for Cambodia?

On 28 March 2023, the United Kingdom implemented its Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) in Cambodia. This replaces the UK’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences...

Cambodia SME Export Talk 10 – What Did We Learn?

EuroCham and ARISE+ held the Cambodia SME Export Talk recently. The series started in 2021 "with the goal of enhancing SME capabilities to export...

Confluences Sign Strategic Business Development Agreement With LOCA

Cambodian-based Confluences has announced a strategic business development agreement with Laos super app and ride-hailing firm LOCA for them to enter the Cambodian market. The...

2023 Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index Confirms More Headwinds

Cambodia ranked 38th out of 50 countries on the latest 2023 Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index, with close to 70% of global logistics executives...

Siem Reap Angkor International Airport Due For Q4 2023 Opening

This week it was confirmed that the construction of the new Siem Reap Angkor International Airport had passed 60 per cent, but there was...

More Ministries Added To Cambodian National Single Window

The Cambodian National Single Window (NSW) was launched in 2019 by the Ministry of Economy and Finance to help facilitate import and export activities,...

A Third Cambodian Expressway Feasibility Study Ordered

Following on from the success and associated economic and tourism benefits of the Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville (PPSHV) Expressway which has since been followed up by...

AirAsia Cambodia Launched – Flights Set for 2023

Capital A - AirAsia Aviation Group's parent company - has signed on to operate a low-cost airline in Cambodia, with Tony Fernandes announcing they...

Dara Sakor Airport Further Delayed

The Dara Sakor International Airport, which was initially announced back in 2016, has been delayed several times over recent years and the official start...

Cambodia Sees Posiitve Trade Growth in Q3 2022

Cambodia has seen continued positive trade growth in 2022, with trade reaching USD $41 billion by the end of Q3 2022 and exports surpassing...

Phnom Penh-Preah Sihanouk Expressway Off to Safe Start

The newly opened Phnom Penh-Preah Sihanouk Expressway, which was opened to free public use on October 1st 2022, saw no major incidents on its...

Cathay Pacific Increases Flights as COVID Entry Into HK Relaxed

Cathay Pacific announced that it intends to add more than 200 pairs of passenger flights in October 2022 to both regional and long-haul destinations...

Plans to Develop Mondulkiri Airport Come To a Halt

The lengthy ongoing plans to develop an airport in Mondulkiri have halted as the Chinese developer behind the project has a lack of funds...

FedEx Launches Flight to Cambodia in October 2022

Cambodia's State Secretariat of Civil Aviation undersecretary Chea Aun has confirmed that FedEx plans to launch direct flights from the US to the Kingdom...

Cambodia Remains the EU’s Largest Bicycle Exporter in 2022

Cambodia exported $505 million worth of bicycle goods to the European Union in the first half of 2022, Cambodia’s Office of the Council of...

Bamboo Airways Is The Newest Flight Connection to Siem Reap

On 7th August 2022, Bamboo Airways was the newest airline to offer its flight services connecting Cambodia and Vietnam, with the maiden flight landing...

Swire Coca-Cola Limited Plans to Buy Coca-Cola Indochina

News this week has suggested that Hong Kong-based business conglomerate Swire Pacific Ltd wholly owned subsidiary (Swire Coca-Cola Limited) will acquire the packaging and...

Panasonic “Light up the Future” Uses Solar Lanterns to aid Rural...

Panasonic Cambodia, in collaboration with the non-governmental organisation Light with Dignity (LWD), recently provided 1,050 Panasonic Solar Lanterns to people living in areas of...

Foodpanda releases its first Social Impact Report: pandapurpose

foodpanda released its first Social Impact Report, titled pandapurpose, which highlights initiatives the company has taken to contribute to socio-economic and environmental sustainability challenges...

Electric Vehicles & Charging Stations Coming to Cambodia

The Cambodian Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) is hoping to promote electric vehicles (EVs) in Phnom Penh and has again confirmed the...

Help Save Lives with AIP Foundation Heads Up! Helmet Safety Campaign

AIP Foundation is calling university students from Cambodia, Thailand, the Philippines, and Vietnam to be part of the Heads Up! campaign to promote road...

Number of Cambodian National Road Projects Underway in 2022

The start of March 2022 saw the inauguration of National Road No. 3, which links Phnom Penh and the coastal province of Kampot. The...

Operating Costs in Cambodia Are The Lowest In Asia

A report by Asia-Pacific business transformation consultancy TMX suggests Cambodia has the lowest operating costs in Asia, however, it did not rank as well...

New AEON Logistics Hub Set For Sihanoukville

Several media reports have indicated that AEON Mall (Cambodia) Co Ltd’s is building a new “multifunctional logistics business centre” in the special economic zone...

More Travel Options In and Out of Cambodia

Following the decision in mid-November 2021 to be the first in Southeast Asia to fully open to vaccinated travellers with no restrictions, Cambodia is...

International flights to and from Cambodia increasing in Q4 2021-Q1 2022

The number of airlines and international flights to and from Cambodia are seeing a rebound, as expected, for Q4 2021- Q1 2022 with the...

Understanding Cambodia’s New Q4 2021 Travel Rules

In a flurry of excitement in mid-October 2021, local Cambodian media and websites have published a number of articles based on the government's change...

Kep and Koh Tonsay Tourism Developments 2021

The seaside town of Kep and the nearby rustic islands have long been popular weekend getaway destinations for those residing and holidaying in Cambodia....

Cambodian Autonomous Port Upgrades

The Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) has launched its new container terminal, while scheduled works on the Sihanoukville Autonomous port deep port have been...

Smile Shop Forms Strategic Partnership With Jin Sha Group

Smile Shop Co Ltd has entered into a strategic partnership with venture capital firm Jin Sha Group it was announced in August 2021. Smile Shop...

How does the Cambodian Alternative State Quarantine (ASQ) work?

In July 2021, the Cambodian government re-allowed inbound travellers (with the appropriate visas and COVID- protocol requirements) to pre-book their hotels once again for...

Regional Airport Expansion Plans Shelved

Proposed new airports in Koh Kong, Battambang and Mondulkiri provinces have been postponed according to the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation. The SCCA spokesman Sin...

Iron Capital Plc Secures Funding for Digitized Automotive Ecosystem

Iron Capital Plc has announced it secured $5.7 million Series A round funding to build Cambodia's first digitized automotive ecosystem. Iron Capital Plc is a...

Major Roads Due to be Completed Ahead of Schedule

Both the Sihanoukville-Phnom Penh Expressway and National Road 3 road projects are due to the completed ahead of schedule, reported the Ministry of Public...

Haystack Asia Capital Buys 25% Of Camboticket

Haystack Asia Capital Company Limited has confirmed it has acquired a 25% stake in Camboticket, an online travel booking company based in Cambodia. Camboticket was...

New Phnom Penh Airport is 40 per cent Complete

The new Phnom Penh International Airport has reached 40 per cent completion according to the local authorities and is still is set to be...

Cambodian Exports to the US Increase in Q1 2021

The most recent data from the US Census Bureau shows that exports to the United States from the Kingdom of Cambodia grew by 16.84...

Cambodia 2021 Q1 Agrucultural and Rubber Exports

Cambodian authorities have reported a rise in rubber exports between January-April 2021 compared to 2020, while milled rice exports are down. Cambodia's Minister of Agriculture,...

Cambodia Angkor Air expands fleet operations in China

Cambodia Angkor Air has announced it will operate 10 planes in Haikou and establish a base in the city after the establishment of the...

Onion Mobility Co Ltd to sell Cambodian made rickshaws in 2021

Onion Mobility Co Ltd claims it will be selling its locally manufactured T1 E-tuk tuk in Cambodia before the end of 2021. News first broke...

National Road 3 Upgrades will be completed in 2021

The construction upgrades of Cambodian National Road 3 is expected to be completed by September 2021, one year ahead of schedule. The road connects Phnom...

Are COVID Passports coming to Cambodia?

With the COVID Passports starting trials and vaccines slowly being distributed globally, we look at the proposed travel pass schemes and if Cambodia is...

YCH Group Cambodian logistics Superhub

YCH Group (Singapore) and Cambodia's Ministry of Public Works and Transport announced they have signed a framework agreement to develop the Phnom Penh Logistics...

EVA Air resumes flights between Taipei and Phnom Penh

Cambodia Airports confirmed that EVA Air is to resume its flights between Taipei and Phnom Penh from Friday, March 15 2021. Director of Communications and...

Cambodia-China Friendship Bridge

The Cambodia-China Friendship Bridge, which connects Kampong Cham and Tboung Khmum provinces, is due to be completed before the Khmer New Year in April...
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