🔷 Cambodia Daily Brief – 2026-04-11
▪️ Finance & Tax
• Cambodia’s Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC) authorized SBI Royal Securities Plc. to act as a government bond intermediary, adding a licensed participant to Cambodia’s government securities framework.
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• SERC issued Alert No. 10/26 warning that certain companies or individuals soliciting public investment were not licensed to operate in the securities sector, and flagged misuse of an SERC official’s image in a fraudulent Telegram group linked to an investment scam.
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▪️ Infrastructure & Energy
• The Ministry of Mines and Energy and the Chinese ambassador attended the groundbreaking for the 1,000 MW Stung Tatai pumped-storage hydropower project in Koh Kong province, presented as part of Cambodia’s green energy policy direction and national energy security planning.
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▪️ Investment & Trade
• Cambodia and Singapore signed a food security cooperation memorandum on April 10, 2026, linking trade policy and supply-chain coordination to potential growth in Cambodian rice exports and aligning Cambodia’s export capacity with Singapore’s food supply strategy.
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▪️ Legal & Regulatory
• The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport led an inter-ministerial meeting on implementing regulation banning the import, distribution, sale, advertising, use, production, possession, and storage of electronic smoking devices and related chemicals, focusing on enforcement planning, public communication, and school-area health protection policy.
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• The Ministry of Civil Service and the Ministry of Planning finalized review of a draft sub-decree to reorganize the Ministry of Planning’s institutional structure, reflecting administrative reform measures that reduce one general department-level unit and six department-level units.
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• Authorities referred an illegal logging case in a protected area of Preah Vihear province to court, where three suspects were ordered detained, highlighting protected-area enforcement in the Chhaeb–Preah Roka Wildlife Sanctuary.
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▪️ Tourism & Immigration
• Cambodia immigration authorities said 339 Chinese nationals were deported in connection with online scam allegations, illegal stay, and unlawful work violations, with the action carried out by the General Department of Immigration through Techo International Airport.
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▪️ Other
• An excerpted “Cambodia Daily Brief – 2026-04-10” item notes Cambodia’s securities regulator participated in the 44th ASEAN Capital Markets Forum Chairs’ Meeting to discuss regional capital market policy, cross-border investment connectivity, and sustainable finance initiatives including implementation of the ACMF Action Plan 2026–2030.
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• An excerpted “Cambodia Investment & Policy Daily Briefing — 2026-04-10” item states the National Bank of Cambodia held a working discussion with a World Bank mission covering fintech trends, digital financial literacy, and progress on the draft Fintech Development Roadmap (FDR) and NFIS implementation.
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