This press review is a compilation of recent articles released in March divided by date & sectors:

31/03/21

• Growth & Business – MoC responds to UN study citing negative RCEP impact on revenue – Khmer Times
• Growth & Business – COVID won’t hold us back, ASEAN meeting agrees – Khmer Times
• Policy against COVID 19 – Sub-decree outlines Covid measures – Phnom Penh Post
• Covid-19 – ‘Nearly $2B allocated for Covid’ – Phnom Penh Post

30/03/21

• Covid-19 – Mass vaccination drive: PM sets target to inoculate one million people per month – Khmer Times
• Trade – Vietnam-Cambodia trade up 64 percent in two months – Khmer Times

29/03/21

• Energy – Bidding opens for new 40 mW solar project – Khmer Times
• Growth & Business – Digital entrepreneurship for women given a boost – Khmer Times
• Banking & Finance – ‘Riel-ing’ in loans is key to de-dollarisation – Khmer Times
• Covid-19 – World Bank: East Asia and Pacific to recover unevenly – Khmer Times
• Transportation & Infrastructure – Logistics, transportation scrutinised at 40th ASEAN meeting – Khmer Times
• Banking & Finance – $200M credit guarantee scheme launched – Phnom Penh Post
• Tourism – Ministry seeks tourism skills course providers – Phnom Penh

28/03/21

• Covid-19 – Gov’t rolls out eighth round of relief measures – Phnom Penh Post
• Trade – Duty-free access to Vietnam for 31 tariff lines – Phnom Penh Post
• Covid-19 – Covid in Kingdom hits ‘critical point’ – Phnom Penh Post

27/03/21

• Manufacturing – Five investment projects valued at $1.29 billion approved – Khmer Times

26/03/21

• Banking & Finance – De-dollarisation is ultimate goal of the Royal Government – Khmer Times
• Tourism – International tourist arrival figures for 2020 decline by 80 percent – Khmer Times

25/03/21

• Banking & Finance – Riel benefits: CSX index helps to build currency confidence in Kingdom – Khmer Times
• ICT – Turning on the taps to help payments flow freely – Khmer Times
• Energy – ADB green projects gain $300 mn – Khmer Times
• ICT – 5G development on a roll in Cambodia – Khmer Times
• Agriculture – Cambodian rice price up on international market – Phnom Penh Post
• ICT – MPTC strengthens quality of telecommunication services – Khmer Times

24/03/21

• Tourism – 2021 tourism licence renewal fees and penalties waived – Khmer Times
• Agriculture – Drive to improve agricultural value chains across ASEAN – Khmer Times
• Banking & Finance – De-dollarisation finds willing and eager base in rural communities – Khmer Times
• Growth & Business – Ministry to launch new jobsite to boost employment – Khmer Times
• ICT – Telecoms firms pressed to up services as internet use swells – Phnom Penh Post

23/03/21

• ICT – Number of registered internet subscribers increases in 2020 – Khmer Times
• Growth & Business – Council approves nearly $70 million in new investments – Khmer Times
• Energy – 60MW solar station in Battambang hooked to grid – Phnom Penh Post

22/03/21

• Growth & Business – Prime Minister announces three-day Khmer New Year holiday – Khmer Times
• Banking & Finance – MEF and NBC call on real estate developers to ease clients’ financial burdens – Khmer Times
• Growth & Business – $8M to civil servants, military for holidays – Phnom Penh Post

21/03/21

• Agriculture – Garlic becoming potential cash crop in Mondulkiri – Khmer Times
• Policy Against Covid-19 – Schools on pause amid Covid – Phnom Penh Post
• Policy Against Covid-19 – Capital’s internet cafes close as virus spreads – Phnom Penh Post
• Covid-19 – Officials: Nobody immune from Covid – Phnom Penh Post

19/03/21

• Covid-19 – Bank chief seeks to counter February 20 Coronavirus effect – Khmer Times

18/03/21

• Growth &Business – Mixed outlook on the economy – Khmer Times
• Real Estate & Construction – ‘Pandemic fuels demand for management of property’ – Khmer Times
• ICT – MPTC, Microsoft agree to promote digitalisation in Cambodia – Khmer Times
• Banking & Finance – Key signing heralds capital markets interconnection – Khmer Times

17/03/21

• Tax – Tax dept rejects request for delay in returns – Khmer Times
• Growth & Business – Economic forecast for 2021 projects 3.5 percent GDP growth – Khmer Times
• Banking & Finance – NBC’s director-general: Promoting financial inclusion – Khmer Times
• Covid-19 – Ad-hoc commission on vaccination process formed – Khmer Times
• Covid-19 – Vaccinated must remain cautious – Khmer Times
• Real Estate & Construction – Outbreak wracks land lot market – Phnom Penh Post

16/03/21

• Growth & Business – Insiders report Feb 20 incident’s huge toll on restaurant chains – Khmer Times
• Banking & Finance – Nation’s financial sector is ‘weathering pandemic’ – Khmer Times
• Policy Against Covid-19 – PM urges against travel to stave off transmissions as Covid cases soar – Phnom Penh Post
• Growth & Business – Retail sector feels pinch of Covid-19 outbreak – Phnom Penh Post
• Banking & Finance – Kingdom joins ASEAN securities plan – Phnom Penh Post

15/03/21

• Real Estate & Construction – Phase one of Phnom Penh National Park expected to be completed next month – Khmer Times
• Policy Against Covid-19 – Hun Sen urges ban on gatherings – Phnom Penh Post
• Agriculture – Ministry bans all live chicken importation – Phnom Penh Post

14/03/21

• Tax – Property owners told to pay tax through new app – Phnom Penh Post
• Real Estate & Construction – Real estate insiders say Feb 20 incident hurt market – Khmer Times
• Growth & Business – Preparation for the 3rd Cambodia-Eurasian Economic Commission meeting underway – Khmer Times

12/03/21

• Trade – China ratifies the world’s largest free trade deal – Khmer Times
• ICT – Study urges help for youths to engage in the digital economy – Khmer Times
• ICT – Serious concerns raised over the National Internet Gateway – Khmer Times
• Energy – Three solar power stations now ready to connect to grid – Khmer Times
• Tax – International Business Chambers request GDT to extend tax deadline amid outbreak – Khmer Times

11/03/21

• ICT – Social commerce revolution demands digital marketing skills – Khmer Times
• Agriculture – Progress updated on fresh mango exports to China – Khmer Times
• Growth & Business – Deadline nears for postal firms to apply for permits – Phnom Penh Post
• Policy Against Covid-19 – Law on Covid-19 control takes effect – Phnom Penh Post

10/03/21

• Policy Against Covid-19 – Sub-decree for Covid control law finalized – Phnom Penh Post
• Growth & Business – Cambodia ready to host 40th ATF in January 2022 – Khmer Times
• Agriculture – Brazilian pork given access to Cambodian market amid ASF outbreak – Khmer Times

09/03/21

• Policy Against Covid-19 – PM asks Senate to approve draft law on measures to prevent COVID-19 spread soonest – Khmer Times
• Policy Against Covid-19 – Gatherings suspended: PM orders immediate ban on gatherings due to C-19 rise – Khmer Times
• Growth & Business – Gender equality vital to boosting economic output – Khmer Times
• Growth & Business – Kingdom to chair ASEAN during critical pandemic recovery period – Khmer Times
• ICT – Cost and effect of a National Internet Gateway – Khmer Times
• Energy – Cambodia chalks up five oil wells – The Phnom Penh Post

08/03/21

• Agriculture – Container shortage, rising shipping costs takes bite out of mango exports – Phnom Penh Post
• ICT – ISPs revel in ministry’s legal threat to unlicensed telcos – Phnom Penh Post

07/03/21

• Trade – Kingdom-US trade hits $614M – Phnom Penh Post

04/03/21

• Growth & Business – EU pledges $510 million to Cambodia in 2021-2027 – Khmer Times
• Covid-19 – Factory building shut down, 716 workers screened of whom 40 quarantined – Khmer Times
• Agriculture – Certified non-rice agricultural exports rise – Khmer Times
• Transportation & Infrastructure – EVA Air flights between Taipei and Phnom Penh to resume – Khmer Times
• Agriculture – Paper mill lifts Kampot’s hopes – Phnom Penh Post

03/3/21

• Transportation & Infrastructure – Border Market in Kampot province to break ground – Khmer Times
• Transportation & Infrastructure – Dara Sakor International Airport ‘to open mid-2021’ – Khmer Times
• Tourism – Angkor Resort receives over 4,000 tourists in first two months – Khmer Times
• Banking & Finance – CMA members restructure $1.4B in loans – Phnom Penh Post
• Real Estate & Construction – Sihanoukville real estate cautiously forges on – Phnom Penh Post

02/03/21

• Transportation & Infrastructure – Logistics industry insiders hopeful but they see little change for now – Khmer Times
• Trade – Trade with EU valued at $3.8 billion in 2020 – Khmer Times
• Trade – Ministry invites exporters to expo in east China – Phnom Penh Post

01/03/21

• Policy against COVID 19 – Gym clubs temporarily closed in capital and provinces – Khmer Times
• Policy against COVID 19 – New hope in C-19 crisis as US approves single-shot vaccine – Khmer Times
• Transportation & Infrastructure – Japan chips in for vessel system – Phnom Penh Post
• Growth & Business – CDC gives nod to 16 projects worth $700M last month – Phnom Penh Post