Category: Key Issues

11/04/2021 – HR/VP Blog – The world is horrified by the bloody military coup in Myanmar, with reports of more than 80 people killed in Bago last Friday. We are pursuing a robust diplomatic initiative in close coordination with like-minded partners. However, geopolitical competition in Myanmar makes it difficult to find common ground, to halt […]

Cambodia broke daily record of COVID-19 confirmed cases with 576 new cases since the coronavirus outbreak in the country in late January 2020. According to a press release of the Ministry of Health made public this afternoon, 544 of the new cases were detected in Phnom Penh capital, and the rest in Svay Rieng, Preah […]

Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of H.E. Prak Sokhonn made a telephone call to congratulate H.E. Bui Thanh Son on his recent appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on April 9. The following is the outcomes of the telephone conversation between the […]

Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen lauded himself for the 2017 ban of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party in a New Year’s address Thursday, saying the group had sought to sow chaos in the country, while observers urged both sides to pursue political reconciliation for the good of the nation. Ahead of the April 14-16 […]

The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has urged the French Development Agency (AFD) to speed up the pipeline assistance for two projects to promote sustainable food supply in Cambodia. H.E. Minister Veng Sakhon made the point when receiving AFD Country Director Ms. Ophelie Bourhis at the ministry yesterday. The rollout of the projects will […]

H.E. Sun Chanthol, Senior Minister and Minister of Public Works and Transports made a presentation on investment opportunities in infrastructure sector to some 50 local and international companies via video conference yesterday. The presentation is aimed to update the investors on infrastructure development in Cambodia as well as investment opportunities in the sector. The minister […]

Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, has advised relevant competent authorities to be ready with a code of conduct for at-home treatment of mild COVID-19 cases. In a special voice message this morning, the Premier said if the daily infections of COVID-19 do not reduce, the […]

While containing the outbreak, Cambodia also sees COVID-19 as an opportunity for further reform guided by the government’s rectangular strategy to accelerate national growth and boost trades. The insight was shared by H.E. Pan Sorasak, Minister of Commerce, while presiding over the opening of the ministry’s 2020 work review and 2021 planning recently. Cambodia can […]

Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister and Honorary President of National Committee for Promotion of One Village One Product (OVOP) Movement, has appealed to Cambodians to consume more local products and to bring potential products to markets, both domestic and international. The call was made ahead of the 4th Cambodian-made product […]

Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, this morning sent a congratulatory message to his former Vietnamese counterpart, H.E. Nguyen Xuan Phuc who has recently been appointed as the President of Viet Nam. “On behalf of the Government and people of the Kingdom of Cambodia and my […]