Cambodia won’t stay hidden from international investors for much longer. Revised GDP figures from the World Bank show growth will hit 7 percent yet again. Cambodia has been growing this fast since the global crisis of 2008-2009.
The EU would commit a serious mistake if it decides to remove EBA from Cambodia. It should instead continue to help the Kingdom to develop its economy and gradually build democratic governance.
There are several qualities of ‘Khmer characteristics’ that Cambodia can aspire to when one observes the Angkor period and it is high time they be revived.
The noose around the Cambodian rice sector is tightening as the European Commission (EC) is almost certainly implementing the safeguard measures on rice exports from Cambodia and Myanmar from mid-January onwards, said a source close to the issue.
The Everything But Arms (EBA) initiative is a unilateral preferential treatment offered by the EU to least developed economies with the aim of helping them develop their economy and reduce poverty.
The UK’s edition of National Geographic Traveller includes Cambodia in its ‘Cool List’.
First and foremost, it is in almost every Cambodian’s interest to see a well-oiled sub national level administration which is well equipped to deliver the central government’s reform and decentralisation agenda.
Mondulkiri Court charges four officials over a deadly high-speed chase with two vans.
2018 was a dramatic, challenging year for Cambodia. It will be remembered amongst others, for the movers and shakers in the political sector, external pressure on trade and politics and domestic policies.
Trade with foreign partners decelerated in 2018, with exports growing by just 4 percent, compared to 19 percent last year.
The late Dr Beat Richner’s ashes have arrived in Cambodia to be placed in a stupa in front of Jayavarman VII hospital, a branch of the Kantha Bopha Children’s hospitals, in Siem Reap province.
Rich in history and cultural assets, Cambodia has a great potential and comparative advantage to expand its international networks of friendship and partnerships through cultural diplomacy, and project its soft power based on the contribution to human civilisation.
The Philippines is expected to include six sports proposed by Cambodia, among 56 submissions for 2019 Manila SEA Games.
For more than a decade, Cambodia has had excellent trade ties with the EU, registering some 5.8 billion euros ($6.56 billion) worth of exports in 2017, compared with a mere 837 million euros ($947 million) in 2007.
Standard & Poor’s revises the BICRA economic risk trend for Cambodia to stable.
The rise in number of foreign tourists in the kingdom also means an increase in the number of job opportunities for Khmers. However, has this demand for skilled workers in the industry been met?
Cambodia’s head coach lauds his players even as they suffered a heavy 3-0 defeat to Vietnam in their final group match.
Cambodia garners a woeful record in this year’s AFF Suzuki Cup.
New research will soon shed light on the challenges and opportunities in boosting the number of air links between Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and China.
This goes to foreigners and locals alike who still find it hard to navigate around cities and provinces – Cambodia is composed of complex street numbers and road names.
Honda’s Cambodia concedes four goals to fall to a 4-1 defeat to Myanmar.
Vovinam team touched down in the kingdom returning with a haul of 36 medals.
Cambodia disappointed at home falling to a slender 1-0 defeat to Malaysia.
The AFF Suzuki Cup gets underway tonight with Cambodia hosting Malaysia.
The Royal Academy of Cambodia yesterday marked the 27th anniversary of the Paris Peace Accords, signed to end decades of armed conflict, by saying that the accords could not be used as an instrument to have the international community meddle in Cambodia’s internal affairs.
Cambodia is considered one of the fastest growing economies in Asia. Without a doubt, this growth has driven rapid progress in real estate.
‘Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world,’ says French novelist Gustave Flaubert. He’s right. Traveling – by any means – makes one deeply understand that the world is so vast and that there’s so much more to discover.
Cambodia and Thailand agree to promote the use of single visa for foreign tourists, particularly those traveling within ACMECS.
Honda’s Cambodia are still without a win after suffering a 2-1 reverse to Singapore in their friendly at the Olympic Stadium.
Poverty in Cambodia has fallen dramatically over the last two decades, and continues to fall at a rapid pace, said a high official of the UNDP to Khmer Times yesterday.
