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World Bank trims Cambodia’s GDP growth forecast to 4%
Vietstock
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June 12, 2025
World Bank trims Cambodia’s GDP growth forecast to 4% Synopsis: Revenue reforms can support a better business environment while generating fiscal space for critical investments in human capital and infrastructure. Faced with global and domestic...
Manufacturing in Cambodia: Moving Beyond Garments to Electronics and Automotive Parts
ASEAN Briefing
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June 11, 2025
Cambodia has emerged as a leading low-cost manufacturing hub in Southeast Asia, with the garment sector serving as the cornerstone of its export-oriented industrialization. For more than two decades, preferential trade agreements with the United...
Phnom Penh Targets Drink Driving in Recent Road Safety Initiative
Fresh News
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(Phnom Penh): Phnom Penh City Hall today announced road safety advances achieved under its recent “Reduce Driving Under the Influence” initiative. The project centered on strengthening local enforcement of national drink driving laws by increasing...
France and the EU Committed to Enhancing Cambodia’s Water Sector
Construction & Property News
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June 11, 2025
France and the European Union have reaffirmed their dedication to supporting the development of Cambodia’s water sector, with France planning to allocate a substantial €275 million in funding for the years 2025 to 2027. This commitment was...
AUPP Launches Emerging Technology Lab to Drive Innovation and Strengthen Digital Capacity in Cambodia
Fresh News
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Hits: 102 (Phnom Penh): On 10 June 2025, the American University of Phnom Penh (AUPP) officially launched the Emerging Technology Lab, a forward-looking initiative aimed at fostering innovation and strengthening Cambodia’s digital capacity. The...
World Bank Forecasts 4% Growth for Cambodia This Year, 4.5% Next Year
AKP
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AKP Phnom Penh, June 11, 2025 -- The World Bank expects the Cambodian economy to expand by 4.0 percent this year and 4.5 percent next year, cutting its previous forecasts in January to reflect heightened international trade tensions and policy...
Lt. Gen. Thai Dai Ngoc receives Cambodian guest
People's Army Newspaper
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During the meeting, the Vietnamese Deputy Chief of the General Staff emphasized that Vietnam and Cambodia share a good traditional friendship. Vietnam always attaches great importance to and prioritizes the continuous consolidation and development...
Australia, Japan combine to boost Cambodian cashew industry
The Phnom Penh Post
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Smiling farmers sort cashew nuts. Australian embassy Australia and Japan are collaborating to strengthen Cambodia’s cashew industry by helping improve processing capabilities, while the quality and flavour of the Kingdom’s nuts. In 2024, only...
Climate ‘greenwashing’ will harm Cambodian workers, suggests new report
The Phnom Penh Post
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Major fashion brands like Hermes, Nike and Lululemon are facing accusations of climate “greenwashing”, with a new report from international non-government watchdog Business & Human Rights Resource Centre claiming that their bold decarbonisation...
‘Meeting with Pol Pot’ Brings Together Fact, Fiction, and Figurines for a Look at Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge
The New York Sun
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June 10, 2025
The new film “Meeting with Pol Pot” centers on three imagined French visitors to Democratic Kampuchea, the name for Cambodia during the savage communist regime of the Khmer Rouge in the late 1970s. Its narrative, though, is not entirely fictional,...
Applications Open for “Cambodia Digital Awards 2025”
AKP
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AKP Phnom Penh, June 10, 2025 -- Online applications for the “Cambodia Digital Awards 2025” are now open from June 9 to August 9, 2025, through the official website: https://mptc.gov.kh/cda25/. The announcement was made during a press conference...
New Investment Projects in Cambodia Surge by 90% in First Five Months
AKP
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AKP Phnom Penh, June 10, 2025 -- The number of newly registered investment projects in Cambodia rose sharply by 90 percent year-on-year to 290 in the first five months of 2025, while total registered capital increased by 52 percent to US$4.2...
Thai-Cambodia Clash Through A US Vs China Lens
MENAFN
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June 10, 2025
Latest stories US-Korea alliance to change under Lee Jae-myung US-China: what's really at stake in London Eternal Queen of Asian Pop's last encore from beyond the grave “The reaction of the Cambodian public to this situation has surprised me, in...
Thailand retaliates by cutting Cambodian visa-free stay to 7 days amid border tensions
Pattaya Mail
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June 9, 2025
Thailand cuts Cambodian visa-free stay to 7 days in tit-for-tat move amid fragile border tensions, ahead of key JBC talks in Phnom Penh. PATTAYA, Thailand – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that the Thai-Cambodian border situation...
Country faces challenges in FTA talks with ASEAN
Business Recorder
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June 21, 2025
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is reportedly facing challenges in negotiation of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) due to her status of a Sectoral rather than Full Dialogue Partner, compounded by Singapore’s...
The Billion-Baht Casino Empire: How Thai-Cambodia Border Tensions Expose Hidden Networks of Power
The Nation Thailand
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June 10, 2025
Cross-Border Corruption Networks The investigation exposes systematic corruption involving officials on both sides of the border. Casino operators must pay bribes to facilitate border crossing schedules, passport processing, contraband...
US tech giant Qualcomm opens AI R&D centre in Vietnam, its third largest after India, Ireland
The Business Times Singapore
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June 10, 2025
[HO CHI MINH CITY] Qualcomm on Tuesday (Jun 10) launched its artificial intelligence (AI) research and development (R&D) centre in Vietnam’s capital, Hanoi. This is the US tech giant’s third-largest R&D centre in the world, after those in India...
Visiting Chinese students hope to build ties, learn about Khmer culture
The Phnom Penh Post
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Education minister Hang Chuon Naron with Chinese students from Guizhou province who are on a 14-day visit to Cambodia. Supplied Chinese students from Guizhou province are taking part in a 14-day study tour of Cambodia. The visit is part of the...
Restoration of temple causeway in Cambodia's Angkor complex with LMC special fund nears completion
Xinhua News Agency
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PHNOM PENH, June 9 (Xinhua) -- The restoration of the eastern causeway at the centuries-old Beng Mealea temple in northwest Cambodia's Angkor Archaeological Park is nearing completion, the APSARA National Authority (ANA) said in a news release on...
Hun Sen’s Role in Promoting Cambodia–Korea Strategic Relations
The Phnom Penh Post
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Then-Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (right) receives a courtesy call by newly appointed South Korean ambassador Park Jung-wook, in February 2023. Supplied On the occasion of the recent presidential election in South Korea, Cambodia’s former...