Three provinces in Cambodia awarded ASEAN Clean Tourist City Standard

Three provinces in Cambodia awarded ASEAN Clean Tourist City Standard

Battambang, Seim Reap, and Preah Sihanouk provinces of Cambodia have received the ASEAN Clean Tourist City Standard Awards 2022-2024 for their cleanliness, green environment and smart facilities. On January 17, the Cambodia Clean City Committee announced that the award hand-over ceremony will be held at the ASEAN Tourism Forum hosted by Cambodia in Preah Sihanouk province. The ASEAN Clean Tourist …

Cambodia’s Chairmanship of ASEAN: Challenging Perceptions, Concretizing Consolidations

The year 2022 will mark as the 55th anniversary of ASEAN’s establishment. Born out of a need to safeguard the region from the Cold War superpowers’ competing ideological spheres of influence, ASEAN has transformed the Southeast Asian region from a conflicted arena of political insecurity and economic disadvantage to a new region of astonishing political stability and prosperity. The grouping …

ADB maintains its forecast for Cambodia’s economy to shrink by 4% by 2020

ADB maintains its forecast for Cambodia's economy to shrink by 4% by 2020, Cambodia Time

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) in late December 2020 released its December supplementary report, keeping its forecast for the Cambodian economy to shrink by 4% at 2020 as the same as the September forecast. But for 2021, the ADB has cut its forecast slightly, with the latest forecast that Cambodia’s economy will grow by 5.4 percent next year, up from …

Chinese firm boosts Bei Dou satellite system to make Cambodia regional data center

Chinese firm boosts Bei Dou satellite system to make Cambodia regional data center

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) and the Great Wall Industry Corporation of China (CGWIC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the promotion of BeiDou satellite system and remote sensing technology in Cambodia. This development will make Cambodia a regional data center and further impact Cambodia. A press release issued by the Ministry of Public Works …

Phnom Penh, Ho Chi Minh plan to launch rail link

Phnom Penh, Ho Chi Minh plan to launch rail link

The Vietnamese government has been studying the project to connect the railway from Phnom Penh to Ho Chi Minh city very carefully and is working hard to expedite the project as soon as possible in the near future at the request of the Cambodian side. This was stated by Senior Minister Sun Chanthol, Minister of Public Works and Transport. Senior …