Economy

Business, industry, trade and economic development.

Sihanoukville governor urges effective safe-community policy to attract visitors and investors

Governor Mang Sineth called for effective implementation of the seven-point safe village, commune and sangkat policy at a review of Sihanoukville’s first nine months of 2025.

2025-10-03KPS99TV

Cambodia’s bicycle exports rise nearly 46%, supported by price and quality

Cambodia reportedly exported about US$408.5 million in bicycles and electric bicycles in the first eight months of 2025, up nearly 46% from US$279 million a year earlier.

2025-10-03KPS99TV

CDC registers 546 investment projects worth US$7.8 billion in nine months

CDC registered 546 projects worth about US$7.8 billion in the first nine months of 2025. September’s 55 projects, worth about US$467 million, were expected to create around 37,000 jobs.

2025-10-02KPS99TV

Cambodia’s US$10 billion railway plan targets eight modernisation projects

Cambodian media report an approximately US$10 billion railway programme for 2023–2033, with most projects still at feasibility-study stage, including railway upgrades and proposed airport light-rail links.

2025-10-01KPS99TV

Seventeen more Preah Sihanouk projects receive incentives, with US$280 million investment

A September 30 meeting approved incentives in principle for 17 projects worth US$280 million, expected to create 2,195 jobs. From 2024 through September 2025, 392 projects worth US$7.801 billion had received approval in principle, with 50,670 jobs projected.

2025-10-01KPS99TV

Kampong Som police hold road-safety forum at special economic zone factory

Kampong Som police held a traffic-law forum at a special economic zone factory on September 29. There were 110 factory managers and workers, including 30 women. Police discussed safe riding and driving and distributed helmets and traffic-law booklets.

2025-09-30KPS99TV

ASEAN chamber plans investment visit to Cambodia by 50–100 tourism companies

Tourism Minister Huot Hak met ASEAN Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman DATO Sohaimi Shahadan in Melaka on September 28. The chamber agreed to bring 50–100 tourism companies to explore investment opportunities in Cambodia.

2025-09-30KPS99TV

Border conflict weighs on Cambodia–Thailand trade as demand for local goods grows

Cambodia’s trade with ASEAN reached US$10.966 billion in the first eight months of 2025, up 4.15 percent, while trade with Thailand fell 4.58 percent. The report links border disruption with rising demand for Cambodian goods.

2025-09-29KPS99TV

Svay Rieng’s 13 special economic zones drive investment and job creation

Svay Rieng has 13 operating special economic zones. A Cambodian Investment Board official reviewed development and business challenges, saying factories under construction could create thousands of jobs, particularly for people recently returned from Thailand.

2025-09-29KPS99TV

98 convicts transferred from Preah Sihanouk to Tbong Khmum because of overcrowding

The General Department of Prisons said 98 convicts were safely transferred on September 27 from overcrowded Preah Sihanouk Provincial Prison to Correctional Centre No. 3 in Tbong Khmum to continue serving their sentences.

2025-09-28KPS99TV