FEBRUARY PRESS REVIEW
This press review is a compilation of recent articles released in February divided by date & sectors:
28/02/21
- Policy against COVID 19 - Council of Ministers adopts Draft law on measures to stem the spread of COVID-19 – Khmer Times
- Policy against COVID 19 - More Hotspots identified in Phnom Penh – Khmer Times
- Growth & Business - Ministry set to publish book ahead of 13th ASEM summit – Phnom Penh Post
- Growth & Business - Kingdom, East Timor renew trade, investment vows – Phnom Penh Post
27/02/21
- Banking & Finance - Agreement to support Cambodia’s private sector development signed – Khmer Times
26/02/21
- ICT - Hong Kong ready to provide technical assistance for Cambodia’s E-Commerce – Khmer Times
25/02/21
- ICT - Digital businesses urged to register at telecoms ministry – Phnom Penh Post
- Transportation & Infrastructure - Airport eyes adding long-haul flights – Phnom Penh Post
- Manufacturing - Better Factories Cambodia expands to include travel goods and bags – Khmer Times
- Growth & Business - UNDP: Buying local supports community economic resilience amid pandemic – Khmer Times
24/02/21
- Trade - Cambodia-Philippines discuss agreement on Double Tax Avoidance – Khmer Times
- Policy against COVID 19 - Foreigners to face legal action and deportation for C-19 violations – Khmer Times
23/02/21
- Growth & Business - Special tariffs cut to boost auto sales – Khmer Times
- Growth & Business - Firms told: Submit your paperwork or face penalty – Khmer Times
- ICT - Tech firms taking larger slice of the nation’s e-commerce pie – Khmer Times
- Tax - Tax official defogs capital gains – Phnom Penh Post
22/02/21
- Tourism - E-Type visas available now online for travellers to Cambodia – Khmer Times
- Transportation & Infrastructure - Number of flights down by far in early 2021 – Khmer Times
- Policy against COVID 19 - Ministry suspends schools in capital, Kandal amid Covid – Phnom Penh Post
21/02/21
- Policy against COVID 19 - Over 1,900 institutions registered to implement QR code to control COVID-19 spread – Khmer Times
- Trade - Investment meet zeroes in on key Russia projects – Phnom Penh Post
- Banking & Finance - NBC asks banks, MFIs to delay dividend payouts – Phnom Penh Post
19/02/21
- Trade - Cambodia-Laos, Cambodia-Philippines vow to boost trade cooperation – Khmer Times
18/02/21
- Transportation & Infrastructure - PPAP releases solid Q4 report despite downturn fuelled by Coronavirus – Khmer Times
17/02/21
- Trade - Ministry and Eurocham to collaborate on exports to EU – Khmer Times
- ICT - National Internet Gateway gets PM stamp of approval – Phnom Penh Post
- Transportation & Infrastructure - Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway construction 31.19 percent complete – Khmer Times
- Trade - Cambodia’s rubber export reach $85 million in January – Khmer Times
- Agriculture - Agricultural rice map updated to boost production – Khmer Times
16/02/21
- Growth & Business - Cambodia’s new draft law on investment and its effects – Phnom Penh Post
- Baking & Finance - DMI: Digital currencies revolution will happen this year – Khmer Times
- Agriculture - Cashew prices promising in early harvest but poor weather hits yield – Khmer Times
- Tourism - 900K travel in Lunar New Year – Phnom Penh Post
- Transportation & Infrastructure - ‘2022 the year’ for Mondulkiri airport – Phnom Penh Post
15/02/21
- Growth & Business - Rental sector businesses share positive outlook for market in 2021 – Khmer Times
12/02/21
- Trade - Cambodia scheduled to join Asean-Hong Kong Free Trade Agreement – Khmer Times
- Transportation & Infrastructure - $40 million second international airport in Koh Kong put on hold – Khmer Times
- Trade - ASEAN and India agree to review FTA on decade of anniversary – Khmer Times
11/02/21
- Growth & Business - EDF 2021 strategic framework approved at board meeting – Khmer Times
- Growth & Business - Vehicle import duty cuts proposed – Phnom Penh Post
- Growth & Business - CDC approved 238 investment projects worth $8.2B last year – Phnom Penh Post
10/02/21
- Trade - ‘Collective effort needed for small, medium firms to benefit from FTAs’ – Khmer Times
- Transportation & Infrastructure - SSCA to conclude new Mondulkiri province airport study – Khmer Times
09/02/21
- Agriculture - First agriculture survey since 2013 to be released later today – Khmer Times
- Transportation & Infrastructure - New Siem Reap airport construction confirmed as on schedule – Khmer Times
- Covid-19 - Vaccination campaign begins – Phnom Penh Post
- Green Business - Kingdom vows to reduce emissions – Phnom Penh Post
- Manufacturing - Cement plants churn out 7.9M tonnes – Phnom Penh Post
08/02/21
- Tax - Cambodia Post Bank authorised to collect taxes – Phnom Penh Post
- Trade - Cambodian exports to US show strength in 2020 – Khmer Times
- Banking & Finance - NBC forum promotes access to finance for women entrepreneurs – Khmer Times
- Energy - Laos to build coal-fired power plants in order to sell electricity to Kingdom – Khmer Times
- Energy & Water - Sihanoukville wastewater facility nearly complete – Khmer Times
07/02/21
- Growth & Business - Cambodia, EuroCham to boost SME, technology, science and green industry – Khmer Times
04/02/21
- Growth & Business - Gov’t arm issues new round of support for local SMEs – Phnom Penh Post
- Growth & Business - Food Safety Law to be enacted in 2021: Commerce official – Phnom Penh Post
- ICT - Pandemic sees email scams increase by more than 600 percent in 2020 – Khmer Times
03/02/21
- Trade - South Korea FTA talks conclude – Phnom Penh Post
- Trade - Cambodia generates over $30 million from milled rice exports in January – Khmer Times
- Trade - India-ASEAN trade fair on February 22-24 – Phnom Penh Post
- Growth & Business - First batch of Chinese vaccine due to arrive this weekend – Khmer Times
02/02/21
- Energy & Water - Oil revenue no short-term fix to economic growth: PM – Khmer Times
- Growth & Business - Siem Reap’s businesses search for revenue taking them out of town – Khmer Times
01/02/21
- Trade - Regional free trade deals ‘key to Cambodian and ASEAN success’ – Khmer Times
- Energy & Water - Bakheng water treatment facility construction breaks ground – Khmer Times
- Growth & Business - Investment Law may be in effect as soon as April – Phnom Penh Post
- Tax - South Korea double tax avoidance pact in effect – Phnom Penh Post
- Growth & Business - CDC okays 11 projects in January – Phnom Penh Post
- Energy - Official: Another 40MW solar farm for Kampong Chhnang – Phnom Penh Post