PHNOM PENH (XINHUA) – The number of international tourists to Cambodia has increased at a faster-than-expected pace, prompting the kingdom to lift its target to two million tourists for 2022, up from earlier forecast of one million, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said yesterday. The Southeast Asian nation received 998,272 international visitors in the first eight […]
PHNOM PENH (XINHUA) – The Cambodian government collected KHR16,430 billion (about USD4 billion) in revenue from taxation and customs during the first eight months of 2022, said a press statement from the Ministry of Economy and Finance yesterday. “We had achieved 70 per cent of the target set in the (2022 national budget) law, while […]
ANN/PHNOM PENH POST – Cambodia is playing host to an international conference to find effective measures and solutions to protect cultural heritage and prevent looting of historical artefacts and heritage items, which kicked off in Siem Reap and will run tomorrow with the theme “International Conference on Cultural Property Protection: The Prevention of the Illicit […]
PHNOM PENH (XINHUA) – China yesterday provided 150 new vehicles and office equipment to Cambodia in preparation for the upcoming ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus) and related meetings. Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Wang Wentian handed over the donated vehicles and office equipment to Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister General Tea Banh at […]
PHNOM PENH (XINHUA) – Cambodia will issue the first-ever sovereign bond worth USD300 million in September, according to a news release from the Ministry of Economy and Finance yesterday. Par value of a bond is KHR1 million (about USD245), the news release said, adding that bond maturities are one year, three years and five years. […]