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Australia’s Bendigo Kangan Institute pledged to keep helping Cambodia build a skilled workforce through vocational training matched to labour-market needs, after a meeting with Prime Minister Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet on 22 October 2026.
Domestic manufacturers registered more than 2,600 products in the first nine months of 2026, a 73.33 percent rise on the same period last year, Prime Minister Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet said on 22 October.
Cambodia’s Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation and the FAO discussed closer cooperation on food safety, quality standards and agro-processing to raise domestic production and exports.
France has delivered the results of a feasibility study on restoring and expanding the National Museum of Cambodia, handed to Culture Minister H.E. Dr. Phoeurng Sackona in Phnom Penh on 22 October 2026.
Southeast Asia’s digital economy is set to grow 17 percent to US$368 billion in gross merchandise value in 2026, and could pass US$1.1 trillion by 2035, according to the e-Conomy SEA 2026 report by Google, Temasek and Bain & Company.
Cambodia and Nicaragua held their first round of political consultations in Managua on 18–19 October 2026, agreeing to expand cooperation in trade, investment, tourism and culture, with a second round due in Phnom Penh in 2028.
Cambodia’s Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology, H.E. Thor Chetha, asked the UN Food and Agriculture Organization to help strengthen agrometeorological networks, early warning systems and local expertise.
The Norwegian-flagged cruise ship Viking Venus docked at Sihanoukville Autonomous Port on 22 October 2026, bringing 856 international passengers for a two-day visit to Preah Sihanouk province.
Croatia’s foreign minister, H.E. Gordan Grlić Radman, made his first official visit to Cambodia on 19–20 October 2026, signing a diplomatic visa waiver and agreeing to explore cooperation on demining, trade and tourism.
Premierminister Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet hat am 22. Oktober in Phnom Penh die Nationale Strategie zur Entwicklung von Kleinst-, Klein- und Mittelunternehmen 2026–2030 gestartet und diese als Rückgrat der kambodschanischen Wirtschaft bezeichnet.
Cambodia’s UN ambassador H.E. Keo Chhea, speaking for ASEAN in New York on 21 October, reaffirmed the bloc’s commitment to fighting the illicit trade in small arms and backed the ASEAN Regional Mine Action Centre.
Cambodia has launched a landmark five-year initiative to build a nationwide multi-hazard early warning system, as officials warn that unchecked climate change could shrink the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) by up to 10 per cent by 2050. The “Advancing Early Warning for All” (EW4ALL) project — funded by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and…
Construction of the new Bassac River bridge connecting Chak Angre Krom and Prek Pra has reached 73 percent completion as of the end of May 2026, marking a significant milestone in one of Phnom Penh’s most anticipated urban transport projects. The Ministry of Public Works and Transport confirmed the progress update on Monday, noting that the…
