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...
Cambodian Finance ministry raises $1.4B in Q1 2020
The Cambodian Ministry of Economy and Finance raised $1.4B in Q1 2020 revenue, which represents an increase of 24% from Q1 2019.
Q1 2020 Revenue
The...
Aviation Sector Sees More Than $3 Billion Investment In Last 20...
In the last 22 years, more than $3 billion has been invested in local air transport infrastructure, according to the latest report from the...
Annual Rice Forum Kicks Off
The annual rice forum starts in Phnom Penh today, bringing together farmers, businesses and researchers for a two-day event that seeks to find solutions...
CAMESCO 2023: A Forum To Advance Cambodia’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
The Cambodia Ecosystem Strengthening Conference (CAMESCO) 2023, held on December 8 at the Fairfield by Marriott in Phnom Penh, presented a platform for the...
Investment Promotion Conference 2023: Promoting Sustainable Economic & Social Development
The ‘Investment Promotion Conference 2023’ was organised by the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) and the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC)...
Cambodia Import-Export Goods Exhibition 2020
The Cambodian Ministry of Commerce is urging business to participate in the upcoming Cambodia Import-Export Goods Exhibition which will be held from December 15-18,...
SEARA Sports Offers Stand Up Health Solution For Office Workers
Sitting for the majority of the workday is what most office jobs afford – an accepted standard amongst professionals. But a wealth of reports...
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...
SERC And CSX Sign Agreement On API Linkage For Opening Online...
The Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC) and Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) have signed an agreement to launch the Application Programming Interface (API)...
A Question Of Ethics In the Cambodian IT Industry
The pervasiveness of software piracy in Cambodia and the lack of ethical behaviour in the industry is a theme raised repeatedly by our contributors...
17th Give A Day Shares Growth Lessons From Cambodia’s Most Dynamic...
Co-organised by Khmer Enterprise and Swisscontact, the 17th edition of Give A Day was held on October 5, 2023 at the Khmer Enterprise Office....
ADB Mantains Strong GDP Forecast for Cambodia in 2022
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has reiterated its forecast for the Kingdom's economic growth at 5.3 per cent in 2022, however, it slightly dropped...
Sweden Funds Hospitality Sector In Cambodia
Last week the Embassy of Sweden signed an agreement with the Shift360 Foundation to provide funding to support the Academy of Culinary Arts Cambodia...
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...
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...
Digital Economy Takes Centre Stage
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) Cambodia yesterday launched its latest publication, a compendium of articles by local and international authors that describes Cambodia’s evolution in the last...
SingMeng Acquires Digi Business, Reform Broadband And Digital Entertainment Market In...
Digi is announcing its operation merge with SingMeng Telemedia. The planned united operation will be from 1st October, 2018.
These two well-known providers are collaborating...
Cambodia’s Business Community Shares Reflections On 2023 And Expectations For 2024
At the end of 2023 and throughout the first month of 2024, B2B Cambodia asked various experts and members of the Kingdom's business community...
Cambodians Take To The Skies, New Asia Routes Opening Soon
Chinese passenger arrivals via the three international airports are the main trend providing steady growth, a senior officer at Cambodia Airports says, but Cambodians...
Angkor Tourist Visitors down 99% in the first half of 2021
The tourist numbers heading to Angkor Archaeological Park, usually the jewel in the crown for the Kingdom's tourism, are down nearly 99 per cent...
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...
SME Parks To Drive Up Competitiveness: Gov’t
Construction of the country’s first ‘cluster zone’ for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will not start for another few months, but the government is...
China Pushes For Use Of Yuan In Cross-border Trade
Cambodia was asked to quote prices in the Chinese currency for trade with companies in China’s Guangdong province.
The request was made by Guangdong’s vice-governor...
Siem Reap To Host LDC Roundtable Trade Meeting
Cambodia has been selected to chair the Global Coordination Bureau of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), with Siem Reap hosting a roundtable meeting to...
Cambodia Underinvesting In Agriculture Research, ADB says
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said that Cambodia is underinvesting in agricultural research which may impede the development of the sector.
In a report published...
Solar Power Lights Up Cambodia’s Villages
Solar home systems are an appropriate solution to provide affordable, reliable and clean electricity in rural Cambodia, and the Green Microfinance Programme assists villagers...
GSP Extension Comes Into Effect
The restoration of US’s Generalized System of Preferences programme became effective on Sunday, renewing access to duty-free privileges for Cambodian exporters.
The extension of GSP...
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,...
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...
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...
EuroCham Holds Tax Forum In Siem Reap
Eurocham Cambodia held Friday another edition of its prestigious tax forum in Siem Reap, an event that allowed members of the private sector to...
ADB Signs $250 Million Loan Deal
Cambodia and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday signed a new loan agreement for $250 million to finance projects in key development areas, according...
Council Of Ministers Approves Key Commerce Draft Laws
The much-anticipated E-commerce and Customer Protection laws were approved on Friday by the Council of Ministers in a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Hun...
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...
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...
Prep For Digital Revolution Must Start Now, ADB Official Says
The government should start refashioning its institutions and policies as soon as possible to adapt to the fourth industrial revolution (4IR), which is already...
AmCham Hosting “The Rise of Capital Markets and Venture Capital in...
The American Chamber of Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia is holding a special full-day “The Rise of Capital Markets and Venture Capital in Cambodia”...
UK Hotel Chain To Invest In Cambodia
Cambodia is among several countries where a major hotel chain from the United Kingdom is planning to invest.
According to a recent report in news...
CSX Listed Companies Show Good Results From First Quarter
Two listed state-owned enterprises – Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) and Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) showed better results in the first quarter...
Unesco-recognition For Cambodian Cities Still Faraway
There has been little progress so far in Cambodia’s bid to get three of its most scenic cities recognised by Unesco as world heritage...
Cambodia To Introduce e-Arrival Card In Early 2024 For All Travellers
Cambodia is set to start a trial "e-Arrival Card" scheme for all travellers to the country starting from January 1, 2024. The plan was...
Bug Bacon: Edible insects in Cambodia
Bug Bacon is exclusively available in Siem Reap, Cambodia and is said to be the 'World’s Highest Protein Soldier Grub Snack'. The edible insect...
Cambodia’s Oil Hopes Liquidated?
KrisEnergy Ltd, the Singapore based oil production company with oil drilling rights off the Cambodian coast, has gone into liquidation. However KrisEnergy (Cambodia) Ltd,...
7-Eleven franchise delays arrival in Cambodia
According to media reports, CP All Plc is delaying its plans to launch the 7-Eleven convenience store chain in Cambodia and Laos until after...
Sela Pepper Eyes New Markets In Asia And Europe
With Cambodian pepper gaining popularity across the globe, Sela Pepper, the largest local exporter, is planning a considerable increase in international shipments in the...
GDP Growth Dominated By traditional Sectors In 2019, ADB says
Despite a slower-than-anticipated rise in agricultural production, Cambodia’s economy is expected to grow at 7 percent this year on the back of strong growth...
Draft Law To Help Protect Cambodian SMEs, Regulate Trade Flows
The Council of Ministers on Friday adopted a draft law on trade remedies to protect local producers, businesses, enterprises and foreign businesses operating in...
Region Backs Safe Food Strategy
Agriculture ministers in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) on Friday endorsed a five-year strategy and action plan to build a region-wide food safety system. The...
What Is Cambodia’s New Pentagonal Strategy?
On August 24, 2023, the Royal Government of Cambodia unveiled the ‘Pentagonal Strategy - Phase 1’, aimed at fostering economic growth, job creation, equity,...
Rubber Prices In Decline
The price that Cambodian rubber latex fetches overseas dropped by 10 percent since the beginning of the year, a fall that officials attribute to...
Kampong Speu’s Palm Sugar To Earn GI Label In Upcoming Months
Kampong Speu province’s palm sugar will be recognised as a geographical indication (GI) in the European Union early next year, an official from the...
Cambodia Young Entrepreneur Awards 2022
The Cambodia Young Entrepreneur Awards 2022 has started accepting applications starting and will do so until the 16th of September 2022.
The CYE Awards launched...
Initial Construction Work For Twin Towers Begins
Initial construction work of the Thai Boon Roong Twin Commercial Centre in Phnom Penh started yesterday, according to an official who helped design the...
Saudi Arabia Plans To Export Petroleum To Cambodia
Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter, last week expressed its intention to export petroleum to Cambodia during a meeting with the Ministry of...
Forum To Shine A Light On Food Safety
A new conference to be held in Phnom Penh next month aims to raise public awareness on food safety and raise quality standards across...
Annual Cambodia Climate Change Summit To Return In November
The Cambodia Climate Change Summit 2023 (CCCS23) will take place from 2-3 November at the Borei Angkor Hotel in Siem Reap, bringing together key...
GIZ Explains The Invest In Banteay Meanchey Project
GIZ has worked with the Banteay Meanchey provincial administration to launch a dynamic new website to promote investment and utilise geospatial information technology. Dr...
US Embassy Organises ‘Restaurant Week 2023’ To Promote American Agricultural Products...
The U.S. Embassy organised 'Restaurant Week 2023' in Phnom Penh to promote U.S. agricultural products to the Cambodian business and culinary communities. The event...
Oknha Kith Sula Appointed As Chief Operating Officer At Royal Group...
Royal Group Board of Management and Group Human Resources recently appointed Kith Sula as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Royal Group International.
“Over the past...
Private Sector Struck By Electricity Costs, Say Industry Leaders
The high cost of electricity is draining the competitiveness of the private sector, industry leaders said during the Cambodia International Business Summit yesterday, while...
ASEAN-Cambodia Business Summit: Promoting Integration and Connectivity In The Mekong Region
EuroCham Cambodia, in partnership with ARISE+ Cambodia, other regional European chambers of commerce, and the EU-ASEAN Business Council, successfully organised the ASEAN-Cambodia Business Summit...
Cambodian ranking on 2020 Corruption Perception Index
Cambodia ranked one place better on the 2020 Corruption Perception Index but was still the worst-ranked of the ASEAN nations.
The Transparency International’s (TI) Corruption...
Cambodian Taxation Authorities Collaborate With Foreign Chambers Of Commerce
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) recently convened a significant meeting with representatives from the European Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia (EuroCham) and the...
New Warning Against Digital Coins Issued
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC) yesterday warned the public against investing in cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, arguing that there is no...
Productivity Boost A Must For Garment And Footwear Sectors
With a new wage hike looming in the horizon, the Cambodian garment and footwear industries need to boost productivity and cut down costs if...
Government To Fight Oil Price Hike With Tax Cuts
Starting July 1, Cambodians will pay as much as 160 riel ($0.4) less for litre of gasoline, following tax cuts mandated by Prime Minister...
Foreign Property Ownership in Cambodia – which is best for you?
For a relatively small city, Phnom Penh offers a broad selection of real estate options for foreigners looking to get into the market.
From...
Trade With US Normal, Claims Ministry
Despite a diplomatic row with the United States, the trade relationship between Cambodia and the US remains normal, the Ministry of Commerce’s spokesperson claimed...
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...
Capri By Fraser, Phnom Penh Celebrates Grand Opening
Frasers Hospitality, a subsidiary of Frasers Property, announced the official grand opening of its inaugural property in the Kingdom of Cambodia with Capri By...
RCEP To Help Open Up Markets For Cambodia
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) has the potential to deliver significant business opportunities for Cambodia, given that the 16 RCEP participating countries contribute...
Kerry Worldbridge SEZ Opens Its Doors To Tech Industry
Kerry Worldbridge Logistics’ special economic zone began operating yesterday, with promises of boosting the high-end technology industry. The zone, a joint venture between Hong...
Sihanoukville To Welcome Four New Factories
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC), the government body in charge of approving private and public investments, has green lighted four new...
Local Derivatives Market Welcomes New Player
Alpha Gold Futures launched yesterday a derivatives trading service, becoming the latest addition to the kingdom’s nascent derivatives market.
The company is a joint venture...
Cambodia financial semi-annual 2020 Review
A number of financial reports have been released for the Kingdom of Cambodia for the first half of 2020. We review the latest data...
Chinese Group To Invest $1.5 Billion In Phnom Penh Satellite City
A $1.5-billion deal is being prepared for signature between Cambodian conglomerate LYP Group and China Minsheng Investment Group (CMIG), which will see the development...
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...
Massive Sugar Mill To Begin Operations
Rui Feng (Cambodia), a Chinese agricultural company, inaugurated its $360 million sugar mill in Preah Vihear province yesterday.
The factory has the capacity to process...
Cambodian hotel tops 2020 Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards
In the latest edition of the Tripadvisor Travellers' Choice Awards, a Cambodian hotel in Siem Reap, Viroth's Hotel, has been awarded the top Global...
Exports Up In First Quarter
Exports are up 12% in the first quarter of 2017 compared with the same period last year, thanks to the improved economic performance in countries...
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...
Agreement Protects Patents
Cambodia has received the details of the first 20 patents from companies as an agreement recognising Chinese intellectual property rights came into force officially.
The...
CAMGSM PLC Pioneers First-Ever Sustainability Bond Issuance In Cambodia
CAMGSM PLC (Cellcard), Cambodia's homegrown telecommunications company, has made history by being the first to issue a USD $20 million sustainability bond on the...
Palm Farmers Hopeful Of Deal With Unilever
Palm sugar farmers in Kampong Speu are eyeing a deal with consumer goods giant Unilever, as the global firm hopes to source palm sugar...
Businesswomen Convene To Find Solutions, Opportunities
Over 100 businesswomen gathered on Saturday to participate in the third iteration of ‘SHE Conference’, a forum that aims to tackle common challenges faced...
Amru Rice Chosen For Asean Award
The Asean Business Advisory Council (Asean-BAC) has chosen Amru Rice Cambodia as the winner of the Golden Agrow Award.
The accolade recognises firms, businesses, entrepreneurs,...
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...
With Support From Japan, Mass Transit System On Track
The government yesterday reassured the public that the automated gateway transit (AGT) system, an electric-powered mass transit system that will link Phnom Penh’s city...
Aid Agencies Agree To Help Grow Cambodia’s Agriculture Sector
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) jointly agreed yesterday in an agreement to earmark...
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...
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...
Unveiling Cambodia’s Thriving Consumer Culture 2023
Discover Cambodia's consumer habits in the Consumer Report 2023 which covers a range of insights from societal perspectives on travel, health and wellness, beauty,...
Construction Work To Renovate National Highway 5 Begins
The renovation of National Road 5 continues, with construction work on the section that runs from Prek Kdam area in Kandal to Thlea Ma’Am...
Central Bank Explains Its Yuan Promotion Policy
A representative of the National Bank of Cambodia yesterday clarified the Central Bank’s policy toward the Chinese yuan, saying that its use is only...
Q&A: New Sub-Decree on Investment Law 2021
On June 26, 2023, the Royal Government of Cambodia adopted Sub-Decree 139 to implement the country's Law on Investment, which was passed on October...
A New Solar Power Partnership Set To Shine
Engie, a French multinational electric utility company, and Devenco, a local enterprise, have entered a partnership to explore possibilities in Cambodia’s nascent solar power...
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...
Celebrating Chinese New Year
It’s Wednesday night. On any other day, businesses in the capital would be getting ready to close for the day just about now. But...
Cambodia’s Rubber Exports To Face New EUDR Legislation
The impending EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is set to have a significant impact on the Cambodian and Southeast Asian rubber export industry when they...
