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• 15 February, 2021
• Posted by: EuroCham Cambodia

This press review is a compilation of recent articles released in January divided by date & sectors:

29/01/21

• Banking & Finance - Cambodia balks at World Bank loan interest rate hike – Khmer Times

28/01/21

• Growth & Business - Ministry ‘bullish’ on prospects of recovery – Khmer Times
• ICT - ASEAN digital ministers hear Kingdom’s infrastructure priorities – Khmer Times
• Manufacturing - Manufacturing and service sectors boost employment – Khmer Times
• Growth & Business - Investment Law may be in effect as soon as April – Phnom Penh Post

27/01/21

• Trade - Rush order on India signings – Phnom Penh Post
• Energy - Gold production expected later this year – Khmer Times
• Transportation & Infrastructure - National Road 10 project construction on track – Khmer Times
• Banking & Finance - NBC: $4.2B in loans restructured since March – Phnom Penh Post
• Trade - Gov’t plans non-garment industrial export expansion – Phnom Penh Post

26/01/21

• Growth & Business - Payments balance up Kingdom sees a 1.7 percent surplus in 2020 – Khmer Times
• Tax - South Korea passes bill to ratify tax deal – Khmer Times
• Banking & Finance - Central bank rolls out Retail Pay system – Phnom Penh Post
• Trade - Steel imports drop, exports up – Phnom Penh Post
• Growth & Business - Regional produce given trademarks of local geography – Phnom Penh Post

25/01/21

• Growth & Business - Council of Ministers sets new criteria for SME designations – Khmer Times
• ICT - Youth urged to join STEM fest – Phnom Penh Post

24/01/21

• Tax - Strong message on tax collection – Khmer Times
• Energy - Mondulkiri wind farm passes first test – Phnom Penh Post
• Tourism - Koh Preus upgrades 70% complete – Phnom Penh Post
• Growth & Business - Cambodia set to have trade, labour courts by end of 2021 – Phnom Penh Post

22/01/21

• Banking & Finance - NBC annual report details nation’s 2020 financial picture – Khmer Times
• Tourism - Tourism seaport construction to be completed by year end – Khmer Times

21/01/21

• Growth & Business - Cambodia, India agree to start direct flights, tourism exchanges – Phnom Penh Post
• Banking & Finance - ‘Rielisation’ and dollars provide Kingdom with an economic ‘moat’ – Khmer Times
• Energy - Water treatment facility construction to start – Khmer Times
• Growth & Business - Subscription meal plan demand drives up competition in capital – Khmer Times
• ICT - Industry 4.0 impact will transform skills and jobs, says ADB – Khmer Times
• Growth & Business - Cambodia Post revenues dropped 46 percent in 2020 – Khmer Times
• Growth & Business - Hungary trade, tourism ties to get boost – Phnom Penh Post
• Manufacturing - Asia apparel groups push for better buyers – Phnom Penh Post

20/01/21

• Energy - 400-mw power plants in Kandal province starts power generating – Khmer Times
• Growth & Business - ‘RCEP pact can be lucrative but requires support’ – Khmer Times

19/01/21

• Growth & Business - In-principle nod for trade law changes – Phnom Penh Post
• Growth & Business - Recovery to be driven by three principles – Khmer Times
• Tourism - 2020 international airport arrivals down dramatically – Khmer Times
• Trade - Ministry studies how best to boost exports under China deal – Khmer Times
• Agriculture - Cambodia’s Kampot Pepper: First Geographical Indication via Lisbon Agreement’s Geneva Act – Khmer Times
• ICT - GDT, GDCE formally link databases – Phnom Penh Post

18/01/21

• Transportation & Infrastructure - Japan to assist in Cambodian customs clearance automation – Khmer Times
• Tax - Ministry revamps self-assessment tax regime classifications – Khmer Times
• Manufacturing - Garment sector looks to green energy – Phnom Penh Post

17/01/21

• Tourism - Kep province to become tourist hotspot – Phnom Penh Post
• Energy - Power grid upgrades expand service, improve reliability – Phnom Penh Post

15/01/21

• Energy - Four solar power stations coming online – Khmer Times
• Real Estate & Construction - Rent reductions increasingly possible for smaller firms – Khmer Times
• Agriculture - Rubber production to receive multi-agency effort to improve – Khmer Times

14/01/21

• Growth & Business - SME fund fully subscribed – Khmer Times
• Energy - Two power plants in Kandal start their engines – Khmer Times
• Agriculture - Gov’t announces policy support for cassava industry – Phnom Penh Post
• Tourism - Tourism promoted amid downturn – Phnom Penh Post

13/01/21

• Agriculture - Domestic vegetable production increases in 2020 – Khmer Times

12/01/21

• Growth & Business - Oil money to boost digital education – Khmer Times
• Tourism - Jan-Nov international tourist numbers down dramatically – Khmer Times
• Trade - Free trade deals yet to come to fruition – Khmer Times
• Agriculture - Development bank delivers $245mn to agri-sector producers, exporters, SMEs – Khmer Times
• Growth & Business - New appointees at the Ministry of Health – Khmer Times
• Growth & Business - Cambodia readies for EU meet on 7-year work plan – Phnom Penh Post
• Growth & Business - Single Portal tallies 7,293 entries – Phnom Penh Post

11/01/21

• Agriculture - 2020 was a bumper year for agriculture – Khmer Times
• Energy - Rural electrification aims to be complete by 2023 – Khmer Times
• Growth & Business - UN rolls out fund for women-led firms – Phnom Penh Post
• Trade - Thai shipping council sees bright outlook for sectors like textiles in 2021 – Phnom Penh Post

10/01/21

• Tourism - Ministry mulls ASEAN+3 travel bubble – Phnom Penh Post
• Trade - Kingdom sizes up 50 items for FTA approach – Phnom Penh Post
• Agriculture - Import bans to shore up aquaculture – Phnom Penh Post
• Trade - ASEAN-Hong Kong FTA set for Feb 12 – Phnom Penh Post

08/01/21

• ICT - 5G ready to rocket once launch button hit – Khmer Times

07/01/21

• Growth & Business - Health initiative reaches schools – Khmer Times
• Manufacturing - 221 new factories opened, 100 shut in 2020 – Khmer Times
• Energy - Ministry to review bill on sewage, wastewater – Phnom Penh Post

06/01/21

• ICT - ‘Beware of WhatsApp fraudsters’ – Phnom Penh Post
• Growth & Business - Phnom Penh’s private schools found the least costly in region – Khmer Times
• Economy & Policy Against Covid-19 – Gov’t gives $23mil to workers who lost jobs over pandemic – Khmer Times

05/01/21

• Growth & Business - Gov’t warns public against unlicensed products sold online – Phnom Penh Post
• Transportation & Infrastructure - Upgraded river port officially reopens in Kampong Chhnang – Phnom Penh Post
• Growth & Business - Cambodia, Thailand to boost cooperation in new key areas – Phnom Penh Post
• Growth & Business - Hopes for recovery help markets start 2021 with a pop – Phnom Penh Post
• Tourism - Kampot port work veers off schedule – Phnom Penh Post
• Energy - 700MW plant 35% complete – Phnom Penh Post
• Trade - Experts cite need for import tariff reductions – Khmer Times
• Growth & Business - What the Asian Development Bank learned from last year – Khmer Times
• Agriculture - Ministry shares 2020 agri-export numbers – Khmer Times
• Transportation & Infrastructure - Nat’l Rd 3 to Kampot province to be completed by September – Khmer Times
• Banking & Finance - Applause after non-bank finance regulator minted – Phnom Penh Post
• Growth & Business - Police direct firms to register private security guards – Phnom Penh Post

04/01/21

• Banking & Finance - NBC outlines 2021 risks for personal debt growth – Khmer Times
• Economy & Policy Against COVID-19 - Border tightened as new strain of COVID-19 virus detected in Vietnam – Khmer Times
• Transportation & Infrastructure - Approval in principle for new airport – Khmer Times
• Growth & Business - Translation industry boom increasingly important: Experts – Khmer Times
• Real estate & Construction - Sub-decree on construction permit issued – Phnom Penh Post

02/01/21

• Tourism - International visitors to Cambodia’s Angkor down 81.8 percent last year due to COVID-19 – Khmer Times
• Trade - Cambodia’s milled rice export to China up 16.6 percent last year – Khmer Times

01/01/21

• Growth & Business - NBC: 4% economic growth in 2021 – Phnom Penh Post
• Banking & Finance - SMEs seek more credit guarantee schemes – Khmer Times
• Growth & Business - Ministry to spend $500M on 5-year vocational master plan – Phnom Penh Post