Adlib Comments at the Closing Session of the 2016 Stocktaking and 2017 Directive Settings Conference of the Ministry of Interior [Unofficial Translation]

In addition to the prepared text, Samdech Techo made the following selected adlib comments: Guarantee Political Stability and Macroeconomic Stability for Country Development … I would continue to remind that in order to develop a country the biggest issue is to maintain political stability on one side and macroeconomic stability on the other. They have…

PM Welcomes Emirates Airline to Cambodia

Source: FN Prime Minister Hun Sen welcomed Emirates Airline to Cambodia. The airline will begin offering flights out of Phnom Penh in July of this year. In response to the increasing number of tourists visiting the kingdom, the premier has been working tirelessly to attract more foreign airlines and expand the country’s International while ensuring…

Another Financial Institution Ordered to Change Logo

Source: AKP Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen has ordered the Ministry of Commerce and the National Bank of Cambodia to work with PRASAC, a well-known microfinance institution (MFI), to change its current logo. Speaking at the graduation ceremony Phnom Penh International University (PPIU) held here this morning, Samdech Techo…

Cambodian, Lao Leaders Discuss Expansion of Bilateral Cooperation

Source: AKP Cambodia’s Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen held talks here this afternoon with visiting President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic H.E. Bounnhang Vorachith, during which both leaders pledged to further deepen and expand the good cooperation between the two neighbouring countries. H.E. Bounnhang Vorachith expressed his appreciation to…

PM Proud of Cambodia as Head of LDC Group Coordinator

Source: AKP Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen expressed his pride over the official appointment of Cambodia as the Head of the Least Developing Country (LDC) Group Coordinator of the World Trade Organisation. “This is not a simple position that any country can get. It reflects Cambodian potential resources,” underlined the…

PM Hun Sen: Microfinancial Institutions Are Private; Not State-Run

Source: FN Prime Minister Hun Sen is reminding Cambodian citizens on a daily basis that microfinancial institutions do not belong to the government. On Feb. 8, 2017, while presiding over the inauguration of Preak Pra’s Buddhist Religious Ceremony, the Premier requested the National Bank of Cambodia announce that microfinance institutions are private and thus citizens…