PHNOM PENH, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) — Cambodian scholars voiced their support for Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s remarks delivered at the third Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Leaders’ Meeting via video link on Monday. In his speech, Li said China will give priority to providing COVID-19 vaccines to the Mekong countries once a vaccine is developed and put...Read More

The third LMC leaders’ meeting will be held via video link on Monday. The meeting is crucial to fighting COVID-19 and setting direction to promote socio-economic development in the sub-region, Cambodian experts have said. PHNOM PENH, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) — The upcoming third Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) leaders’ meeting is crucial to fighting the COVID-19 and...Read More

A book review by Dr Chheang Vannarith, President of AVI, on an edited book “An evolving ASEAN: Vision and reality” by Jayant Menon and Cassey Lee. Manila: Asian Development Bank, 2019. Pp. 198. Download PDFRead More

Fine-tuning “industrial connectivity” is not new to Japan, which has a strong production and supply chain in the Southeast Asian region. Japan has strategised the way it does business in the region by considering the latter as a single integrated production site with multiple exporting markets at the same time. Integrated production site refers to...Read More

Mr Sok Kha, research fellow at the Centre for Governance Innovation and Democracy at AVI, together with other Cambodian researchers have published a working paper on connecting Cambodia’s SMEs to regional value chains. Download PDFRead More

ដូច​ការ​កំណត់​ទុក​ នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១២​ខែ​សីហា​នេះ ​គណៈកម្មការ​អឺរ៉ុប​ បាន​សម្រេច​ដក​ភាព​អនុគ្រោះ​ពន្ធ​ EBA​ ២០%​ពី​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​ ដែល​ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ​មុខ​ទំនិញ​កម្ពុជា​ចំនួន​៤០​មុខ​ គិត​ជា​តម្លៃ​ប្រមាណ​១​ពាន់​លាន​អឺរ៉ូ​នឹង​ត្រូវ​បង់​ពន្ធ​ប្រមាណ​១០០​លាន​ដុល្លារ​អាមេរិក​ ដើម្បី​អាច​នាំចូល​ទៅ​កាន់​ទីផ្សា​អឺរ៉ុប​បាន​។ ជុំវិញ​ការ​សម្រេច​របស់​គណៈកម្មការ​អឺរ៉ុប​ ដែល​ចូល​ជា​ធរមាន​ចាប់​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ពុធ​នេះ​តទៅ​ លោក​បណ្ឌិត​ ឆេង គឹមឡុង ​នាយក​នៃ​មជ្ឈ​មណ្ឌល​នវានុវត្តន៍​ផ្នែក​អភិបាល​កិច្ច​ និង​ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ​នៃ​វិទ្យា​ស្ថាន​ចក្ខុ​វិស័យ​អាស៊ី​យល់ថា​សេចក្តី​សម្រេច​របស់​គណៈកម្មការ​អឺរ៉ុប​នៅ​ពេល​នេះ​ បាន​ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ​ខ្សែសង្វាក់​ផលិតកម្ម​នៅ​ក្នុង​ស្រុក​មាន​ការ​រអាក់​រអួល​ និង​លទ្ធភាព​របស់​កម្ពុជា​ក្នុង​ការ​បញ្ចេញ​ទំនិញ​របស់​ខ្លួន​ទៅ​កាន់​សហភាព​អឺរ៉ុប​ប្រកប​ដោយ​ការ​ប្រកួត​ប្រជែង​។ Full article available: https://www.rfi.fr/Read More

Public policy analyst and government relations strategist. He has over a decade of experience as a geopolitical and geoeconomic analyst, with a focus on Southeast Asia. He was honored a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2013. He previously served as Visiting Fellow at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute (2017-2018), China Institute of International...Read More

Having dodged the worst of the coronavirus pandemic so far with just 240 infections to date, Cambodia is facing structural economic headwinds. On Aug 12, tariff exemption on about €1 billion (S$1.6 billion) worth of Cambodia’s exports to the European Union will be withdrawn. In October, the kingdom may also join the bloc’s blacklist of...Read More

Developing an effective social safety net, widening the economic base and making a concerted effort to formalize the businesses of the nation’s poorest are all crucial to a post-pandemic recovery. PHNOM PENH–Cambodia’s ability to survive the economic fallout of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic will be determined by how rapidly it can come to...Read More

For Cambodia, the impact of COVID-19 is similar to a simulation of the withdrawal of the EU-driven Everything But Arms (EBA) trade scheme. If EBA is withdrawn, it would be “a nail in the coffin” of the already dying garment industry, the country’s biggest employer, writes Sim Vireak. Sim Vireak is an Advisor to the...Read More