Cambodian News

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) – Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen will start his maiden visit to the Middle East region soon, Information Minister and government spokesman Khieu Kanharith said here on Sunday.
The premier will visit Qatar, Kuwait and other countries in the region after Jan. 10 in order to strengthen the [...]

Around 40,000 Cambodians, many wearing white shirts emblazoned with the logo “7 January,” filled Phnom Penh’s Olympic Stadium to capacity Wednesday morning, celebrating the 30thanniversary of the overthrow of the Khmer Rouge and Pol Pot.
Authorities from the provinces and the capital drove around the inside of the stadium’s football pitch, in a parade of floats [...]

Russia has not decided to forgive Cambodia nearly $1.5 billion in debt, a news agency reported Thursday.
“Talks are underway. The debt exists and should be settled under the Paris Club agreement,” the Russian news agency RIA quoted Konstantin Vyshkovsky, head of the Finance Ministry’s department of international financial relations, as saying. “But we have not [...]

BEIJING, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) – The ruling parties of China and Cambodia on Wednesday agreed to further strengthen their exchanges.
This was reached between a meeting between Jia Qinglin, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, and Say Chhum, member of the [...]

HA NOI — The ongoing official friendship visit to Viet Nam by Samdec Chea Sim, Chairman of the Cambodian People’s Party and President of the Senate would help develop solidarity, traditional friendship and co-operation between the two countries, said President Nguyen Minh Triet.
While receiving Samdec Chea Sim yesterday, Triet expressed his delight at the development [...]

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese State and National Assembly leaders expressed pleasure at developments in the relations between Vietnam and Cambodia. They made this statement while receiving Chairman of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) Samdec Chea Sim in Hanoi on Nov. 26.
President Nguyen Minh Triet said “Vietnam will always be a trustworthy friend and neighbour [...]

VietNamNet Bridge – Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh and his Cambodian guest Samdech Chea Sim, President of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and the Senate President, held talks in Hanoi on Nov. 25 to discuss measures to strengthen and develop the comprehensive cooperation between the two Parties and States.
The Cambodian leader is making [...]

A high-ranking delegation led by Samdec Chea Sim, Chairman of the Cambodian People’s Party ( CPP ) and President of Senate started a visit to Vietnam today, boosting friendly solidarity and comprehensive co-operation between Vietnam and Cambodia.
Welcoming CPP Chairman Chea Sim, we would like to congratulate the Cambodian people [...]

With the decline of royal family members in politics and with electoral regulations and state institutions favoring the ruling party, election observers and analysts said they fear Cambodia’s political system is losing its multi-party structure.
The retirement from politics of Prince Norodom Ranariddh, a longtime rival of the Cambodian People’s Party, has combined with an apparent [...]

Cambodian politicians should write a law for power-sharing formulas to replace negotiations that do not reflect democratic principals, analysts said recently, following a structuring of the National Assembly that puts vast control of all committees with the ruling party.
The Cambodian People’s Party will head all nine of the National Assembly committees, leaving little room for [...]