UNICEF Cambodia signed its very first partnership with a local private company on August 24 in Phnom Penh. The multi-year agreement with OCIC Group is designed to turn commitment into concrete action for children and young people.

As EuroCham’s Healthcare Committee prepares to elect its next leadership team, we spoke with Co-Chairperson Samnangvathana Sor, Senior Consultant at DFDL Cambodia, about the role of committee leadership in shaping Cambodia’s healthcare sector. From advancing digital health policy and contributing to the White Book to fostering public-private dialogue, she reflects on the Committee’s achievements and shares her advice for members considering a leadership role.

Eight months after the ceasefire of December 27, 2025, the Cambodia-Thailand border remains sealed off by steel and barbed wire. In the area around the Boeung Trakoun border checkpoint, in Banteay Meanchey province, 44 shipping containers spread across 14 locations still bar 1,869 Cambodian families — 7,873 people, including 1,847 children — from their own homes. An ASEAN observation mission, led last weekend by a Filipino head of mission, confirmed the situation once again o

Every spring, all across Cambodia, high school seniors and young graduates open an account on the Études en France platform, fill in their choices, gather their bank statements, and wait — sometimes for months — for an answer that will decide their university year. Yet in Campus France's official statistics, Cambodia doesn't even appear among the top 25 countries of origin for international students in France

Without clear explanations, some families give up on appeals altogether and redirect their children toward other countries. One recent case illustrates this trend all too well: a brilliant student at the René-Descartes lycée, refused by France, is now preparing his future in Australia.

Kem Monovithya, daughter of former opposition leader Kem Sokha, has been appointed special envoy to Prime Minister Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet with ministerial rank, following a royal decree signed by King Norodom Sihamoni on August 17 — a striking gesture toward Cambodia's best-known opposition family after nearly a decade of confrontation.

One summit, six satellite events, roughly ten days, and a bill estimated at between €50 and €100 million: by hosting the Francophonie's heads of state and government in mid-November, Cambodia hopes to turn a ceremonial gathering into a profitable investment. But by trying to fit a political summit, economic fairs, bilateral forums and a cultural showcase into the same ten-day window, is Phnom Penh risking diluting the very attention it's trying to capture? Tourism, business,

As part of the 20th Francophonie Summit, the French Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia (CCIFC) and the Foreign Trade Advisors of France (CCEF Cambodia) announce the France-Cambodia Business Forum (FAFC) 2026, to be held on 16 and 17 November 2026 in Phnom Penh.

Exports are breaking records. Foreign investment keeps flowing in. Public debt stays low. But tourism has collapsed, inflation has quintupled in three months, and millions of households are sinking deeper into debt. Two economies coexist in Cambodia. Here's why.

Senior Associate at Sok Siphana & Associates, in association with Kinstellar Southeast Asia (Cambodia), Rosette Sok has built her career advising local and international clients on corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, and cross-border commercial transactions, supporting businesses and investors as Cambodia's legal and investment landscape continues to mature.

Cambodia and the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) signed a five-year action plan on 5 August 2026 aimed at strengthening French language education in the Kingdom and the training of the teachers who deliver it. The agreement comes just months ahead of a symbolic milestone for the country: hosting the 20th Francophonie Summit, scheduled for late 2026.

As Cambodia moves toward graduation from Least Developed Country (LDC) status, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has reaffirmed its commitment to continued technical and policy support for the country's trade sector. The confirmation came during a courtesy meeting held on 6 August 2026 at the Ministry of Commerce in Phnom Penh.

Every two years, a handful of leaders from Cambodia's European business community step forward to take the helm of EuroCham's sectoral committees. In July, the European Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia launched its 2026 campaign with a call for candidates; by early August, it had published the first profiles of those already answering that call.

Founder of Thaung Enterprise, Thyda Thaung discusses building a Cambodian brand around natural Kampot sea salt, the role of women in entrepreneurship, promoting Cambodian products internationally, balancing tradition with modernity, and her message to the next generation of women founders. Interview originally published in Cambodia Leadership Review — Khmer Women Voices 2026.

Figures released on July 10 by the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) confirm a trend that has held steady since January: Cambodia exported US$17.09 billion worth of goods between January and June 2026, up 19.5 percent from US$14.29 billion over the same period in 2025. This momentum extends a pattern seen month after month since the start of the year, with export growth never dipping below 17 percent.

After a surprisingly resilient 2025, Cambodia is heading into 2026 with growth slowing sharply. Surging oil prices, the prolonged closure of the Thai border, and rising bad loans in the banking sector are combining to paint a more mixed macroeconomic picture, according to the latest Annual Consultation Report from the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO), published in July.

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) has revised its 2026 growth forecast to 3.9 percent, a figure that stands in sharp contrast to the more cautious 3.0 percent published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) earlier this month. The gap between the two institutions reflects the uncertainty weighing on an economy caught between external shocks — energy prices, trade tensions — and domestic fragilities, from the border dispute with Thailand to the crackdown on online scam ne

This text, originally published on social media, is signed by Raoul M. Jennar, an observer of Cambodia since 1989. A recognized specialist on Southeast Asia and particularly on Cambodian-Thai relations, the author offers here a critical and engaged analysis of the ongoing border conflict between Cambodia and Thailand.

Senior Associate at Tilleke & Gibbins Cambodia, certified arbitrator and mediator, and Vice-President of the Association Franco-Cambodgienne des Avocats et Juristes (AFCAJ), Nitikar Nith looks back on her journey as a Cambodian lawyer, the rise of women in the legal profession, the importance of legal education, and her message to young Cambodian professionals. Interview originally published in Cambodia Leadership Review — Khmer Women Voices 2026.

In the forests of Ratanakiri, an age-old gesture repeats itself, generation after generation: notching the trunk of a canopy giant to collect its fragrant sap. Caught between village subsistence, customary knowledge and mounting pressure from land concessions, the resin of Dipterocarpus — long known locally by its older spelling, Dichterocarpus — tells the story of an increasingly fragile balance between the mountain peoples and the forest that feeds them.

A year after the armed escalation of July 24, 2025, December's ceasefire silenced the guns but not the grievances. With border crossings still shut, talks stalled on procedure, and nearly 900,000 migrant workers forced home, Cambodia is absorbing the economic and social cost of a century-old territorial dispute — while neither capital shows signs of yielding first.

July 24 marked a sombre anniversary for Cambodia: exactly one year since armed clashes broke out with Thailand along the shared border. To mark the date, Angelina Jolie chose to speak publicly, reminding the world that the humanitarian fallout from the conflict is far from over for tens of thousands of families.

L'Ambassadeur de France, M. Olivier Richard, a assisté aux côtés de S.E. Mao Havannall, ministre en charge du Secrétariat d'État à l'Aviation civile, à la signature d'un protocole d'accord entre VINCI Airports et WorldBridge, visant à créer un hub logistique à l'aéroport international de Sihanoukville.

Since July 24, a new US tariff regime has governed trade with 60 economies, from Brazil to Vietnam to the European Union. For Cambodia, the verdict is almost unexpectedly good: Phnom Penh avoids the heaviest rate and finds itself, for once, better treated than its main regional textile rivals. But the tariff relief does not dissolve a far older structural problem — the kingdom's near-total dependence on Chinese fabric.