AKP Phnom Penh, The General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) of the Ministry of Economy and Finance earned in total over 4,695 billion Riel or nearly US$1.16 billion in the first half of this year, down 8.9 percent compared to the same period la…
Export of Non-garment Products Rises by Some 50%
Cambodia exported nearly US$1.9 billion worth of non-garment products to foreign markets in the first six months of 2021. The figure shows an increase of US$632.5 million or some 50 percent compared to the same period last year, pointed out a press rel…
Another Round of Cash Subsidies for Suspended Employees Notified
AKP Phnom Penh, Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has notified the release of cash subsidies for workers/employees whose employment contracts have been suspended in garment and tourism as part of government response package for the fallouts of…
Cambodian Athletes to Leave for Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 Early Next Week
AKP Phnom Penh, A Cambodian delegation including a lead, one coach and athletes will leave for the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 on Tuesday next week. The news was shared by Mr. Nhean Sokvisal, Mission Deputy Director, adding that Mission Director H.E. Vath…
Tourism Associations Acknowledge Government’s Support
Six major tourism associations and federations have expressed their appreciation for the Royal Government’s policies, strategies and measures to support the sector hardest hit by the COVID-19 crisis.They made the appreciation through official letter sh…
COVID-19: Death Toll Jumps to Nearly 1,000 with 33 New Deaths
The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed around 20 to 30 lives daily in Cambodia since the beginning of this month.This morning, 33 new deaths were registered; bringing the death toll to 986, according to a press release of the Ministry of Health.At the same …
Cambodia Imposes Temporary Cross-border Travel Ban with Vietnam
The Royal Government of Cambodia has decided to place a cross-border travel suspension between the Kingdom and Vietnam, in a move to prevent the import of COVID-19 cases in the country.According to a letter signed on July 13 by H.E. Ouch Borith, Perman…
CBC, Thai Subcon Collaborate to Promote Business and Investment
Bangkok-based Cambodian Business Council (CBC) and Thai Subcontracting Promotion Association (Thai Subcon) have agreed to work together to promote the private sector cooperation between Cambodia and Thailand. Both sides signed a Memorandum of Understan…
Cambodia Co-chairs 19th ASEAN-Japan STOM Leaders Conference
Senior Transport Officials Meeting (STOM) Leaders of ASEAN and Japan gathered in their 19th Conference held on July 13 via Videoconference. The meeting was co-chaired by H.E. Chheang Pich, Director General of the General Department of Logistics at the …
Cambodia, India Discuss Agricultural Cooperation
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and Indian Ambassador to Cambodia have discussed agricultural cooperation between Cambodia and India. The minister, H.E. Veng Sakhon, met with the Indian diplomat H.E. Devyani Khobragade through a video c…