Cambodian E-commerce Going Postal
An online shopping platform is to be launched by state-owned Cambodia Post to allow locals to sell their products via the postal service here,...
Car Sales Down After Tax Hike: Dealers
A recent increase in the specific tax on vehicle imports has slowed down sales and put a dent in profits, dealers claim.
The increase in...
Australia Courted For Further Railway Funding
by Eang Mengleng
The government has asked Australia to provide more funding to help complete the rehabilitation of the dilapidated railway line between Phnom Penh...
Expressway Work Could Start This Year
Construction of an expressway linking Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville province could start this year if government negotiations with the Chinese company in charge of...
OYIKA e-motorbike battery share service in Cambodia
Electric vehicles offer a sustainable environmental transport solution, and OYIKA is lowering the barriers to electric motorbike (e-motorbike) adoption in Cambodia with its battery...
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...
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...
Renovations To Boost Handling Capacity At Sihanoukville’s Airport
Renovation work begins today at Sihanouk International Airport to expand its handling capacity to 500,000 passengers a year, a figure aviation officials claim the...
Logistics Centre Planned For Capital
Aiming to reduce freight costs in the country, the Ministry of Public Works And Transport is considering building a logistics centre in Phnom Penh...
JWD Pushes For Big Return On ASEAN Investments
Logistics company JWD InfoLogistics says it has adopted a business plan to increase revenues from its recent investments in ASEAN markets, such as in warehouses...
S’ville Favoured For Russia Flight Plan
Russian officials seem to favour Sihanoukville as the destination for the regularly scheduled direct flights between the Kingdom and Russian proposed by Prime Minister Hun...
Rail Connection With Thailand To Take Place In March
The railway networks in Cambodia and Thailand will be officially connected in March, the Transport Minister recently announced.
The tracks on both sides of the...
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...
China To Do Feasibility Study For Monorail
Chinese experts will conduct a feasibility study for a monorail project in Phnom Penh, the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation said yesterday.
During a...
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...
Tariffs Dropped To Help Pick Up Trade With Vietnam
In an effort to improve bilateral trade between Cambodia and Vietnam, the import tariffs on dozens of products have been dropped.
A memorandum of understanding...
New Phuket Flight Contributing To Steady Passenger Growth
The number of passengers and flights in Cambodia’s three main airports continues to experience robust growth, aided by a strong influx of Chinese tourists...
Metered Tuk-Tuks Challenging Traditional Business Model
EZ Go—the first company in Phnom Penh to offer metered tuk-tuks—is challenging the capital's traditional business model for cheap transportation, where fare prices are...
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...
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...
Cambodia’s First SEZ With Customs Bonded Area
Charles Esterhoy is the Chief Operations Officer at Kerry Worldbridge Special Economic Zone, Cambodia’s first customs bonded warehouse zone, whose groundbreaking ceremony took place...
Logistics Expanding In The Kingdom
The Cambodian logistics industry is growing in reply to an expanding global export and import market share. Mrs Lam Bui, Country Manager of Maersk...
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...
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...
Study On Mass Transit System Completed
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has concluded a feasibility study on the AGT, an electric mass transit system that could help reduce traffic...
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...
TADA completes Series A funding
TADA, the ride-hailing app operating in Cambodia, which also recently introduced delivery services, has completed its Series A funding for an undisclosed amount.
TADA is...
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...
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...
Illicit Financial Flows Have Cost Cambodia Millions
A new report from US-based nonprofit Global Financial Integrity (GFI) has revealed that illicit financial flows – the illegal movement of money or capital...
Sihanoukville Port’s Capacity Enhanced With New Cranes
The Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (SAP) has recently expanded its container handling capacity with the addition of four brand new rubber-tyred gantry cranes imported from...
New Airline About To Take Off
Cambodia Airways, a locally owned airline with $200 million paid-up capital, will launch operations in the next few weeks, operating local and international routes,...
Transport Sector Troubled Despite Fuel Price Cuts
Local petroleum prices may have dropped by nearly a quarter since the start of the year, yet companies operating in the Kingdom’s competitive transportation...
Cambodian Car Market 2020
The Cambodia General Department of Customs and Excise says the Kingdom imported 414,725 vehicles worth $634.98 million in the first half of 2020.
What vehicles...
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...
Cambodia, Thailand Railway Link Nearing Completion
Cambodia’s railway link to Thailand is hoped to be completed by the end of this year, according to Minister of Public Works and Transportation...
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...
Cellcard Wins Two Awards At Mobile World Congress In Barcelona
CAMGSM PLC, commercially known as Cellcard, one of Cambodia's leading mobile operators, celebrated its double win at the Ookla Speedtest Awards, which were announced...
Chinese Firm Makes Proposal To Connect Capital’s Port To Railway
Transportation Minister Sun Chanthol met on Sunday with a representative of China Railway 16th Bureau Group—a railway construction constructor— to discuss a $250 million project...
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...
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...
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...
All three major Cambodian airports receive ACI AHA accreditations
Cambodia Airports this week confirmed that all three major airports in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Sihanoukville had received their ACI (Airport Council International)...
Airports See Strong Passenger Growth In H1
Cambodia’s three international airports experienced robust passenger growth in the first six months of the year due to the presence of new air routes...
AirAsia Cambodia Announces Launch Of May 2024 Domestic Flights – International...
AirAsia Cambodia, which was first announced at the end of 2022, held a press conference on March 18 2024 to officially announce the launch...
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...
2024 ASEAN-Australia Special Summit – We Unpack Cambodian Prime Minister Hun...
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet was in Melbourne, Australia, to attend the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit from March 4-6, 2024 with several meetings held as...
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)...
Cambodian Ports See Downturn In Container Traffic During 2016
Container traffic through Cambodia’s two main ports – the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (SAP) and the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) – showed a significant...
German Firm Signs Industry Pact With Kerry Worldbridge Logistics
Cambodia-based Kerry Worldbridge Logistics and InSITE Bavaria yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to conduct a feasibility study to develop the first German-Cambodian industry...
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...
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...
Prince International Airlines to join domestic aviation market
Prince International Airlines has been granted an air operator certificate (AOC) by the Cambodia State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA).
Prince International Airlines applied for...
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...
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...
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...
Paperless Trade On The Horizon
Cambodia yesterday signed the framework agreement on the Facilitation of Cross-border Paperless Trade in Asia and the Pacific, which aims to strengthen digital trade...
Passenger Traffic Up 6.7% Through Cambodian Airports
More than 5.5 million travellers passed through Cambodia’s three main airports during the first ten months of the year, an increase of 6.7 percent...
Feasibility Studies For Monorail And Metro System Started
In a bid to reduce the city’s traffic woes, a group of Chinese experts has begun feasibility studies on a monorail project and a...
RMA Cambodia Plc. To Organise Three-Day ‘Business Partners Expo 2024’ At...
RMA (Cambodia) Plc. is organising the 'Business Partners Expo 2024' from April 8 to 10, 2024. The event will run from 9 am to...
Capital’s Airport Gains New Air Freight Service
K Mile Air, a Bangkok-based airline, launched cargo flights between Bangkok and Phnom Penh earlier this week.
The Thai cargo airline will use a Boeing 747-400...
Japan Fights Traffic Congestion In Capital With Bus Donation
The Japanese government is planning a shipment of 140 medium-sized, brand-new city buses that will be given to the Kingdom as donation.
The first shipment,...
Kingdom To Start Mango Exports To South Korea In October
Cambodia expects to export its first shipment of mangoes to South Korea in October following an agreement signed between both countries in 2015.
Veng Sakhon,...
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...
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...
Review Of Cambodian Q1 2024 Economic Data
With the close of the first quarter (Q1) in 2024 followed closely by the Khmer New Year (inevitably delaying some reports), we review what...
Food Delivery Apps in Cambodia
Cambodia has seen an explosion of new food delivery, grocery delivery apps and websites enter the market since 2018. We look at the best...
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...
Air Traffic On The Rise
The three main Cambodian airports handled a record number of passengers in the first three months of the year, according to Cambodian Airports' latest...
New Container Terminal Okayed For Sihanoukville
The construction of a new container terminal as part of an expansion project of the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS) will start by early 2019...
PM Asks Japan To Help With Phnom Penh Skytrain
The Japanese government has agreed to conduct a feasibility study on constructing a skytrain from the city centre to the Phnom Penh International Airport...
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...
Thailand To Host Regional Base For Alibaba Product Distribution
Alibaba Group, the Chinese e-commerce giant, is planning to set up a regional electronic-trade centre and logistics system in Thailand to help link the...
Domestic Cargo Service Launched By Cambodia Angkor Air
National flag carrying airline Cambodia Angkor Air on Thursday launched the Kingdom’s first domestic air cargo service, called Angkor Express Go, transporting goods between...
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...
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...
The Shipping Industry in Cambodia: Q&A With Maersk Line’s Lam Bui
These are uncertain times for the global shipping industry. According to The Economist, insipid economic growth and changes in manufacturing patterns – with multinational...
Flights From Phnom Penh To Indonesia On horizon
Direct flights between Indonesia and Cambodia are likely in the next three months because Indonesia is a major tourist market in Southeast Asia, according...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Cambodia’s Bilateral Trade With The US Last Year Around $3 Billion
The trade volume between Cambodia and the United States reached around $3 billion in 2016, while nearly 240,000 American tourists visited the Kingdom, according...
Second Section Of Western Rail Line Opens
The railroad connecting Serey Sophorn in Poipet to Battambang, a section of the western rail line that runs for 65 kilometres, officially opened Sunday.
The...
Cambodia And Laos Ink Deal To Help Increase Flight Links
Cambodia and Laos on Monday signed a deal to encourage regional airlines to increase their services between both countries in a bid to boost tourism.
Vann...
Cambodian ports record strong growth in 2019
The two key Cambodian autonomous ports, PPAP and PAS, reported strong financial performances in 2019 based on their latest filings.
The Phnom Penh Autonomous Port...
Railway Station Set For Renovation
A group of European and US investors will spend $5 million to renovate Phnom Penh’s Royal Railway Station and turn it into a modern...
Cambodia Poised For More Double-Digit Growth
This article was originally published by the CAPA CENTRE FOR AVIATIONwebsite on 180113
The Cambodian market is poised for more rapid growth in 2013 after...
Qatar Crisis Sparks Tourism Fears In Cambodia
Government officials and tourism experts say they are worried about a diplomatic crisis involving Qatar and its effect on flights between Phnom Penh and...
Increased Traffic Through PAS Q1-2
Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS) has reported a slight year-on-year increase in container traffic during the first half of 2017, a trend which its director reckoned would...
New Transport Links eady for KNY
The Transportation Ministry is launching two transportation services this week in order to accommodate those traveling ahead of Khmer New Year.
The western railway service...
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...
Challenges For Rice Industry
Fears have been raised over the future of Cambodia’s rice export industry as the Government ups the country’s export quota for 2015.
In 2013, Cambodia...
Star Auto’s Mercedes-Benz Dealership Opening Next Week
Star Auto (Cambodia), the Kingdom’s authorised Mercedes-Benz general distributors, will officially open the doors of their new Phnom Penh Autohaus with a grand opening...
Cambodia still to benefit from EBA deal with the UK
Following the United Kingdoms decision to leave the EU, it will no longer follow European Union rules, and as a result, have decided not...
Cambodia remains the top bicycle exporter to the EU
Cambodia has maintained its position as the leading bicycle exporter to the EU (European Union), with more than 1.5 million global bicycles exported by...
Restrictions on business travellers to Cambodia set to ease
The Cambodian Royal Government has announced the loosening of travel restrictions to Cambodia under COVID-19, which makes it easier for business visa holders to...
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...
Trade With Japan Expands
Trade with Japan increased significantly during the first half of the year, with exports soaring 19 percent and imports growing by 9.5 percent, according...
City To Have Mass Transit System In Place By 2023
Cambodia will have an automated gateway transit system (AGT) ahead of 2023 – when the country is due to host the Southeast Asian Games...
