Cambodia and China will hold the first official consultation on the feasibility of a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) on December 3 in Beijing, revealed the Chinese Embassy in Phnom Penh.
The Documentation Centre of Cambodia (DC-Cam) in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport will publish 500 books on genocide and mass atrocities to raise awareness of its horrors.
The Culture, Sports and Tourism Festival of Khmer people in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang officially opened on November 11 in Go Quao town of Go Quao district.
With the introduction of modern musical forms, the folk music of ethnic Khmer in the southern region has encountered multiple problems retaining its popular status.
Cambodia’s Khmer Times and Phnom Penh Post have carried stories about the Blue Circle’s project to build a wind farm in Kampot province – the first of its kind in the country.
The number of foreign tourists visiting Cambodia increased by 10 percent to 4.8 million in the first nine months of the year as Chinese continue to top the list of tourist arrivals, followed by Vietnamese.
A Vietnamese high-level military delegation, led by Sen. Lieut. Gen. Phan Van Giang, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and Deputy Minister of National Defence, on November 2 concluded their four-day official visit to Cambodia.
The Mekong Caravan tour, scheduled to start from Ho Chi Minh City on November 26, aims at linking tourism agencies to disadvantaged communities across the Mekong Delta, as heard at an event introducing the programme held in the city on October 28.
Chinese authorities have agreed to speed up the review of applications of 40 Cambodian firms that want to export rice to the Chinese market, according to local media.
A 600 million VND (25,983 USD) project has launched Khmer script and vocational training classes for 183 Khmer ethnic people aged between 15 and 60 in Co Do district in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.
Vietnam wants to promote its traditional friendship with Cambodia in the spirit of mutual cooperation and prosperity, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on October 16.
The Vietnamese and Cambodian Governments on October 15 agreed to work closely to improve the cooperation efficiency in the search and repatriation of remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives during war time in Cambodia.
Cambodian media have published articles highlighting Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s visit to Vietnam from October 4-5 and the full text of the joint statement issued during the visit.
Relief aid has been presented to overseas Vietnamese (OVs) in Cambodia and local people victimised by recent floods in the three hardest-hit provinces of Kampong Cham, Kratie and Stung Treng.
Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong hosted a reception on October 4 for visiting President of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and Prime Minister of Cambodia Samdech Techo Hun Sen.
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