
In the afternoon of September 1, 2016, Ministry of Commerce hosted a Quarterly Meeting on Labour Compliance of Garment and Footwear Industries of ILO-Better Factories Cambodia (ILO-BFC). The meeting was chaired by H.E. PAN Sorasak, Minister of Commerce with participation from ILO-BFC, GMAC, relevant ministries and members from the garment and footwear industries. In the…

Game players use mobile devices to search for virtual Pokemon characters that appear to pop up at office spaces, restaurants, museums and other places where people are known to gather. Cambodia bans Pokemon Go game at genocide museum and warns at Angkor. Playing the game at a memorial site was not appropriate.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia: The Ministry of Commerce of the Kingdom of Cambodia and Microsoft Operations Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation, based in Singapore, signed today a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote and undertake cooperation in the field of Information Communications and Technology (ICT). The MOU was signed under the auspices of H.E.…

The capital (reach thani) and provinces (khaet) of Cambodia are first-level administrative divisions. Cambodia is divided into 25 provinces including the capital. Municipalities and districts are the second-level administrative divisions of Cambodia. The provinces are subdivided into 159 districts and 26 municipalities. The districts and municipalities in turn are further divided into communes (khum) and…

Phnom Penh municipal authorities and leaders of Cambodia Airport is planning to build a new Phnom Penh International Airport instead of the current Phnom Penh International Airport during 2025 or 2030. Discussions to build a new international airport to replace old Phnom Penh International Airport, aged nearly 70 years, since the 1950s, so far, in…

A Networking Evening with Ministry of Commerce”, the first event jointly organized by Ministry of Commerce and American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham), was fruitfully held last night under presidency of H.E. PAN Sorasak, Minister of Commerce. It was attended by approximately one hundred members of the AmCham and key officials from the Ministry of Commerce.…

On the evening of July 11, 2016, His Excellency Senior Minister Sun Chanthol, Minister of Public Works and Transport, went to inspect the road construction and improvements of National Road #1 from PK0 to PK4, which has begun since April 2015 and expected to be completed by March 2017. To date 60% of the improvements…

Ministry of Public Works and Transport, H.E. Sun Chanthol met with the members of the Cambodia Women Entrepreneur Association (CWEA) led by Ms. Keo Mom, President of the association. Ms. Keo Mom and the members expressed their appreciation and thanks for the Minister’s past and ongoing support, his efforts improving the business environment for women.…

The Ministry of Commerce in collaboration with the U.S. Embassy in Cambodia is pleased to announce that the Obama Administration of the United States of America has agreed to provide new duty-free treatment to Least Developed Beneficiary Developing Countries (LDBDC) and African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Countries. The new duty-free treatment aims to promote…

Ministry of Commerce and Wing Specialized Bank Cambodia Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for Non-Disclosure of Information in order for the two parties to prepare to link up Ministry of Commerce’s Business Registration System and Certificate of Origin Automated System with Wing’s electronic payment system. This collaboration is aimed to further facilitate ease…

Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced 3 months more for companies that have not re-registered business license by the Online System to register again. MOC delays registered online until 30 September 2016. According to the notice of the MOC anounce that enterprises, branches, representative offices, subsidiaries or agencies can register through the website www.businessregistration.moc.gov.kh can come…

The land is located along the National Road No.1 with interested investors flocked to buy from China and Japan. According to an excerpt from the Phnom Penh Post News, CEO Century21 Mekong, said the Chinese investors and the Japanese have been collaborating with domestic investment, purchasing, land along the road, and because of this road…

On June 27, 2016, in Tianjin, China, H.E. Senior Minister Sun Chanthol, Minister of Public Works and Transport led a group of Cambodian high ranking officials to meet with Mr. Philipp Rosler, Managing Director of WEF to discuss the preparation for the WEF (World Economic Forum) on ASEAN in Cambodia next year. Principal delegates in…

The foreign tourists who come to Cambodia and smartphone users will be able to download the App that shows the various tourist sites in Cambodia use easily. This new tourism products, initiated by the Ministry of Tourism and will be launched soon in two languages, English and Chinese. Thong Khon, Minister of Tourism, said that…

On June 24, 2016 at the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, H.E. Sun Chanthol met with Mr. Tang Zhen, Representative to Cambodia of the China Railway 16th Bureau Group. Mr. Tang presented the pre feasibility study of new railway track from the existing southern line to Phnom Penh Autonomous Port. The Senior Minister expressed…

On June 23, 2016, H.E. PAN Sorasak, Minister of Commerce took time to attend the Opening Ceremony of Buy Cambodian Products Exhibition at Kampong Cham Province as part of Buy Cambodian Campaign. In his opening remarks, Excellency Minister informed the attendees that this important national commercial event is aimed at promoting the use of products…