Public-Private Sector Forum To Be Held This Month
Business leaders will have a chance this month to discuss with public officials the most relevant issues affecting the sector at the Public-Private Sector...
Geopacific Strikes Gold
Geopacific Resources this week announced the discovery of new gold deposits within its Kou Sa project, located in prospect area 181 in Preah Vihear...
New Terminal Launched In Sihanoukville Port
After more than three years of construction work to increase its cargo handling capacity, the conclusion of the expansion of Sihanoukville Autonomous Port was...
Cambodia SME Championship July 2020
The Cambodian private sector is launching an SME (Small and Medium Enterprises) Championship on the 3rd July 2020 to promote the sector in the...
Cambodia, Thailand Single Visa
Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to promote the use of single visa for foreign tourists, particularly among those traveling within the Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic...
Opening Ceremony For RMA Cambodia’s Inaugural Business Partners Expo 2024
RMA Cambodia Plc. held the opening ceremony for its inaugural 'RMA Cambodia Plc. and Business Partners Expo 2024' on the morning of April 8...
Inside Construction: A Master Plan For Phnom Penh
We publish an opinion piece from Pawel Siudecki, director of The Room Design Studio, regarding the necessity of an official Master Plan in aiding...
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...
Singapore Business Federation (SBF) Surprised By Cambodia’s Development
Singapore business delegates who are in Cambodia on a week-long fact-finding mission to look at investment opportunities have expressed optimism about the potential.
Aquarii BD...
‘The Women Shaping Cambodia’ Show Launches This Month
‘Empowering Growth: The Women Shaping Cambodia’ is a brand new show celebrating women leaders in Cambodia, set to begin in December 2023, with a...
World Economic Forum On ASEAN To Kick Off
High profile CEOs, prominent businessmen, ministers and leaders of ASEAN, India and Timor-Leste will gather in Phnom Penh next week for the launch of...
Macau Link Sparks Tourism Hopes
The ancient province of Siem Reap and China’s autonomous region of Macau have reached a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to build a sister city...
First Cambodia-made E-bike To Launch In September
The first Cambodia-made electric motorcycles will soon be cruising around Phnom Penh.
Voltra Motors, a local scooter manufacturer, will officially launch at the beginning of...
2020 World Travel Awards (WTA2020) – Cambodian Winners
The 2020 World Travel Awards (WTA2020) winners were announced recently and nine Cambodian companies were among the recipients at the 27th annual edition of...
Bangladesh Looking To Sew Up Better Trade Ties With Cambodia
The inaugural Bangladesh Trade and Investment Conference was held in Phnom Penh yesterday, with the South Asian nation looking to establish a joint trade...
Protecting Intellectual Property Key To Innovation: Minister
Following an application from a local company to patent the process of turning banana trees into fabric, the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft reminded...
Contract Farming A Potential Saviour For Rice Farmers
The current struggles of Cambodia’s rice industry could be alleviated by a contract farming model, according to agricultural experts from Hong Kong-based independent think...
Cambodia’s First Customs Bonded Warehouse Zone
Key government officials and business leaders celebrated this week the opening of the first Customs Bonded Warehouse Zone in Cambodia.
The Kerry Worldbridge Special Economic Zone...
Cambodia looks to expand its railways network
The railway network in Cambodia is relatively limited, with the lines running north and south catering for cargo and passengers. However, in recent years,...
Port Shares End Slightly Higher On CSX Debut
Sihanoukville Autonomous Port made its debut yesterday on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) as the fifth publicly listed company on the bourse with shares...
Adapting To Industry 4.0 A Top priority: Ministry
Cambodia is prioritising the adoption of new technologies in manufacturing and encouraging investment in sectors that are undergoing rapid technological innovation, according to a...
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....
China Should Invest In Battambang Milling Plant
The Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak urged a Hunan-based company to take advantage of the vast, untapped potential in the agricultural sector and to...
Cambodian Airports Up Passenger Volume By 25%
Cambodia Airports has hit another milestone this year as eight million passengers have accessed the Kingdom’s three international airports.
“Today, we have hit the...
Angkor Wat Ticket Revenue Up 18 pct
Cambodia earned $61.4 million in revenue from the sale of tickets at Angkor Wat during the first half of 2018, a hike of nearly...
Outbound Tourism Rose 30 Percent During Water Festival
Cambodian outbound tourism saw a 30 percent rise during this year’s three-day Water Festival, while long haul destination tour packages to Europe, Australia, US,...
Cambodia Growing At 7% On The Back Of Strong Garments, MEF
The Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) announced earlier this week that Cambodia will grow at a rate of 7 percent for the rest...
ASEAN Secretary-General’s Visit To The UK Bolsters Bilateral Ties
The Secretary General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), H.E. Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, paid a working visit to the United Kingdom...
National Economy To Slow To 7 pct: WB
Cambodia’s economy will continue to experience robust growth, but will expand at a slower pace than last year due to weaker external demand, the...
Ministry Lauds Businesses For Cutting Down Plastic Bag Usage
The Ministry of Environment yesterday praised local supermarkets and shopping centres for reducing plastic bag usage following legislation passed last year that requires them...
ADB Backs Strong Cambodian Economic Growth
The Asian Development Bank (ADP) expects Cambodia’s economy to grow by 5.3 per cent in 2022 and 6.5 per cent in 2023, it announced...
Single Portal Passes 18,000 Total Registrations
Online business registrations on the Cambodian government's Single Portal have now surpassed 18,000 in total since it was implemented in mid-2020.
In the four months...
Cambodia Economic Review 2022
With the final economic data still to be released for 2022 pending Q4 results, we take a look at the economic data released thus...
Cambodian Business Registrations Dropped in 2020
The Cambodian Ministry of Commerce has reported that the number of businesses registered in the Kingdom dropped by nearly 41 per cent in 2020.
In...
Prime Minister Says No To Seaweed Plantations
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday said he has rejected proposals for investment in seaweed plantations in Preah Sihanouk and Kep provinces.
Speaking at the National...
GI Status In Thailand Granted To Cambodian Pepper, Palm Sugar
Kampot pepper and Kampong Speu palm sugar have been awarded Geographical Indication (GI) status in Thailand, under efforts to prevent unscrupulous traders passing off...
Commercial Gold Production in Cambodia
In June 2021, the commencement of commercial gold mining operations in the Kingdom of Cambodia was confirmed by the Prime Minister.
The gold mining production...
Cannabis Crops Could Save Cambodia’s Agricultural Sector
With Cambodia’s traditional cash crops struggling to compete in the global market, harvesting and exporting commercial cannabis could be the solution the Kingdom’s troubled...
Cambodian Products Chasing GI Status From The EU
Four Cambodian products could join Kampot pepper in receiving geographical indication (GI) status from the EU, the Ministry of Commerce revealed on Tuesday.
Kampot salt,...
Destination Mekong Summit 2023: Shaping The Future Of Sustainable Tourism
The Destination Mekong Summit 2023 (DMS23) was held from December 6-7 in a hybrid online and offline format at the OCIC Sales Centre in...
Cambodia’s E-Commerce Tax Revenue Hits $63 Million Milestone In Ten Months
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) has reported a collection of USD $62.82 million in value-added tax (VAT) from e-commerce in the first ten...
Cambodian Banking Systems Continue Digitalisation and Push For Innovation
Hardly a week passes without one of the many many Cambodian banks announcing it's navigating the digital landscape, it's a key area every bank...
Amid Warm Relations, Exports To Japan Soar
With trade and political ties between the governments strengthening, Cambodian exports to Japan rose sharply in the first nine months of the year.
Trade between...
The Ascott Limited And OCIC Sign Management Agreement For Launch Of...
Singapore's The Ascott Limited (Ascott), the wholly-owned lodging business unit of CapitaLand Investment, has entered into a management agreement with the Overseas Cambodian Investment...
Kampot Pepper Production To Reach 90 Tonnes
Production of renowned Kampot pepper, one of Cambodia’s only two products to be registered as a Geographical Indication in the European Union, will increase...
Cambodia Very Attractive To Belgium Firms
Investors and firms from Belgium have their eyes set on the kingdom due to its advantageous geographical location and investor-friendly policies, said representatives of...
Travel & Leisure Asia Select Their Top Cambodian Hotels For Luxury...
Online travel website Travel & Leisure Asia has selected their top Cambodian city hotels under a range of categories, as well as awarded the...
Tax Cuts Promised For SMEs That Register With GDT
In order to bring more businesses into the regulatory fold, the government has promised attractive new incentives for companies that register before December, including...
Indonesia Urges Enhanced Collaboration Among ASEAN Nations
The close relationship between all ASEAN member nations needs to strengthen people-to-people contact in the economic field, such as cooperation between communities considering that...
Taxes Target Used Car Imports
The government is considering increasing taxes on used car imports, and encouraging auto companies to set up assembly plants in Cambodia.
Kun Nhem, director-general of...
Cambodia And Laos To Sign 2,400-megawatt Power Deal Today
Cambodia and Laos will sign an agreement today under which the Kingdom will purchase 2,400 megawatts from its neighbour, with the first transfer scheduled...
‘Food Street’ To Be Built In Kampot Ahead Of Sea Festival
Kampot will be the first province to have a ‘Food Street’, an area with dozens of vendors offering local delicacies as part of a...
KrisEnergy Nears Agreement For First Offshore Oil Extraction
Terms have been settled between Singapore-listed energy firm KrisEnergy Ltd and the Cambodian government to pave the way towards a production-sharing agreement for the...
Companies Bid For 60 MW Solar Park Project
Twenty-six companies have bid to develop a 60-megawatt solar park in Kampong Chhnang province, according to an official from the Ministry of Mines and...
Few Investors For Newest CSX Listing
A little over a month after joining the Cambodia Securities Exchange, the stock market’s newest listing has failed to attract much interest.
Trading has been sluggish for...
Cambodian Business Confidence Survey 2023 – What Are Businesses Excited And...
Mr. Martin Brisson, Executive Director of EuroCham, provided an overview of the Cambodia 2023 Business Confidence Survey which was released at the recently held ASEAN-Cambodia...
Income Level Target Too Ambitious: WB
The World Bank yesterday advised Cambodian policymakers to allow more time for the country to become an upper-middle income economy, asking the government to...
Startup Report Sneak Preview Unveiled At Tech Summit
A sneak preview of the upcoming Cambodia Startup Report by Raintree and Mekong Strategic Partners indicates that a larger number of local high-net-worth individuals...
Telcos and Mobile Devices in Cambodia
Cambodia is seeing an increased surge in demand for the internet, while mobile phone usage and other forms of digital technologies continue to increase,...
RDB To Request An Extra $50 Million To Beef Up Agriculture...
The Rural Development Bank (RDB), a state-own institution, plans to request an additional $50 million to beef up the government-led emergency fund for the...
Cambodia Unveils EnergyTech Roadmap To Achieve Energy Security And Sustainable Development
The Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology, and Innovation (MISTI) of Cambodia released its 2023 Energy Tech Roadmap. This policy document aims to navigate the...
Private Sector Gathers To Discuss Upcoming Minimum Wage Law
The upcoming Minimum Wage Law is likely to be adopted in a sector-by-sector basis, with construction and hospitality being the first industries affected by...
QHR Solutions: Developing talent management ecosystems in Cambodia
B2B Cambodia attended a press event hosted by QHR Solutions, who launched operations in Cambodia earlier in 2020. We had a chance to speak...
Winners Of Inaugural Cambodia Real Estate Awards 2018 Announced
Organisers of the Cambodia Real Estate 2018 (CREA) are proud to reveal the winners of this year’s most prestigious event in Cambodia’s property sector.
The...
Moody’s Investors Service upholds Cambodia’s B2 rating
According to Moody’s Investors Service 2021 Inside ASEAN report, Cambodia has been graded with a B2 rating.
The report, released on March 29, 2021, said:...
Malys Angkor Crowned World’s Best Rice
Cambodian premium fragrant rice, Malys Angkor, won the World’s Best Rice award – the fourth achievement it earned for Cambodia, after landing second in...
Thai Train Link To Be Ready Early Next Year
The railway line connecting Phnom Penh to Poipet in Bantey Meanchey province and further on to neighbouring Thailand will be fully operational in 2018,...
Ministers Approve Draft Petroleum Law
The Council of Ministers on Friday approved a draft of the Law on Petroleum and Petroleum Production Management which aims to manage Cambodia’s oil...
Vietnamese Business ‘Unicorn Ultra’ To Help Develop Blockchain Technology In Cambodia
Vietnam’s Unicorn Ultra (U2U) business ecosystem, an all-in-one platform for potential builders, has officially opened its representative office in Cambodia. The move marks a...
We Are Together For A Better Community
Mr. BAN VIBOL INITIATIVE KRA CSR PROGRAM has laid the foundation through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) with its programs for the community and environment.
Since...
Cassava Mosaic Virus Now Affecting At Least Five Provinces: Ministry
The cassava mosaic virus, a disease with the potential to devastate whole harvests, is now present in at least five provinces in the country,...
National Grid To Reach All Provinces Next Year
The government says it plans to have all 24 provinces in the country connected to the national grid by 2020.
Five provinces still lack access...
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...
Food And Utilities Pushed Up Inflation In June Says Report
According to latest data from the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), the country’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) stood at 2.34 in June last year...
Angkor Gold Agrees To Share Buyback
Canadian exploration company Angkor Gold announced this week that it agreed to an all-shares buyback of the net smelter return (NSR) interests on the...
Tanncam Invests In Digital Classified Group, Parent Company Of Realestate.com.kh
Tanncam Investment Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-based private equity and venture capital firm, has invested in Digital Classified Group (DCG), a leading Australian-based property company...
Direct Air Link With Beijing Announced
The capital cities of Cambodia and China will be connected by a direct flight for the first time starting November, a representative of China’s...
World Bank forecasts Cambodia’s 2020 growth to be -2.0 per cent
The World Bank has revised its 2020 growth forecast for Cambodia to -2.0 per cent, as the Kingdom faces key COVID-19 economic struggles.
The World...
THAIFEX – HOREC ASIA Announces HORECA Innovation Award Winners
The inaugural THAIFEX – HOREC Innovation Awards deliver insights into the latest game-changing sustainable products and solutions that are elevating standards in the HORECA...
Construction Resumes At Gold Tower 42
Construction of controversial building Gold Tower 42 has resumed, with developers assuring the government it will be finished by the end of 2019.
Seng Lot,...
QR Code System To Rate Services In International Gateways Launched
The Ministry of Tourism began yesterday the installation of a network of stickers known as QR codes in the country’s main international gateways to...
Acleda Aims For Full Digitalisation Of Branch Offices
Acleda Bank, one of the biggest commercial banks in Cambodia, aims to have all its branch offices in Cambodia fully digitalised in the near...
Obtaining a Work Permit in Cambodia
The Cambodian Department of Immigration (part of the Ministry of Interior) ensures all foreign nationals obtain an official work permit/employment card to be eligible...
Experts Convene To Debate Intellectual Property Rights
More than 200 business leaders, consultants, lawyers and government officials gathered yesterday to discuss intellectual property rights in an event organised by the European...
Can Cambodia Achieve Its Clean Energy Goals?
In a week that saw the conclusion of Cambodia’s Clean Energy Week 2023, while COP 28 – the United Nations Climate Change Conference continues...
Cambodia Mid-Year Financial Report Card 2022
The mid-year financial results have started to be released by the various government ministries which provide an indicator of the economic recovery and business...
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...
Cambodia Launches Halal Certification And Label
A halal certification created by the Cambodian government is now available for companies that produce or sell food items in the kingdom.
“Now we have...
Ground Broken For Cambodia’s First Oil Refinery
The joint venture behind an oil refinery, which officially broke ground yesterday, says it plans to build a chain of 300 petrol stations to...
Cambodia’s Economy: 2020 Summary and 2021 Predictions
With data for Cambodia in 2020 filtering through, in what was an unsettled and disrupted year for all global economies, the Kingdom confirmed it...
Central Bank Urges Businesses And NGOs To Participate In Data Collection
The government on Friday highlighted the need for greater access to data to further the country’s development, urging the private sector to participate in...
Singapore Business Investment Forum (SBIF) Launches in Cambodia
The newly launched Cambodian-based Singapore Business Investment Forum (SBIF) is a business group that aims to support Singaporean businesses in the Kingdom and serve...
Where is Cambodia spending its money online?
Cambodia’s market value of e-commerce increased to $970 million in 2021 which was an increase of 19 per cent from $813 million dollars in...
Law Institution To Open In Cambodia For Chinese Business Arbitration
With Chinese-Cambodian relations continuing to prosper and Chinese investments pouring in to the Kingdom, a China-ASEAN Law Cooperation Institution will be opened in Cambodia...
Indonesia Chamber of Commerce Cambodia Launches
The new Indonesia Chamber of Commerce Cambodia (IndoCham) has launched in September 2021. IndoCham's goals are to find more business opportunities in the Kingdom,...
World Economic Forum On ASEAN Comes Into Focus
Sim Sokheng, the director-general for International Trade at the Ministry of Commerce, revealed last, Tuesday that discussions on trade and industrial development will be...
Cambodia Anticipates Total GDP Of $35.1 Billion In 2024
Cambodia is predicted to see a 6.6 per cent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in 2024, with the total anticipated GDP to rise to...
First Banana Shipment To China Confirmed
Longmate Agriculture Co has announced that it will conduct a test shipment of bananas to the Chinese market next month, which will be followed...
Cambodia Wants US To Review Trade Deal
Cambodia has suggested that the US review its Generalised System of Preference for Duty-Free and Quota Free (GSP-DFQF), granted to the Kingdom as a...
Minimum Wage In Cambodia To Increase To $204 In 2024
Starting from January 1, 2024, the minimum wage in Cambodia will increase to USD $204, marking a rise of USD $4.
This announcement was made...
