🔷 Cambodia Daily Brief – 2026-05-01
▪️ Finance & Tax
• Cambodia’s Securities and Exchange Regulator warned that individuals soliciting investment deposits were not licensed to conduct securities business, citing misuse of official identity via a fake Telegram group.
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▪️ Geopolitics & Security
• Cambodia’s National Police rejected allegations by Thai media regarding a cybercrime enforcement operation in Poipet and reported that 635 Thai nationals were coordinated for return through Thai authorities, citing cross-border law enforcement cooperation linked to online scam networks.
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• Cambodia’s National Police reported 23 drug enforcement cases and 73 detained suspects in a nationwide security operation on 30 April, with seizures including methamphetamine, ketamine, and MDMA across multiple provinces.
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• Cambodia’s National Police conducted a cybercrime security operation against an alleged online scam group in Poipet, Banteay Meanchey, and reported finding and initially detaining multiple foreign nationals, mostly Chinese.
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▪️ Infrastructure & Energy
• Cambodia’s Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Health signed an MoU to reduce plastic waste in hospitals and health centers and transferred 5,000 waste bins to provincial health departments.
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• A Cambodia Senate official Mong Reththy reviewed a privately funded DBST road project in Sihanoukville linking National Road 4 (Prey Nob district) to Phnom Ta Keung; the 1,971-meter access road is funded at USD 177,390 and is scheduled for completion by end-May 2026.
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• Cambodia’s Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation inaugurated the Battambang Water Supply System, a clean water project that more than doubles the utility’s capacity and was co-financed by ADB, Agence Française de Développement, and the Royal Government of Cambodia.
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• Cambodia’s Ministry of Health reviewed progress on the University of Health Sciences hospital construction project financed by an EDCF loan from South Korea, covering construction, training, medical equipment supply, and the electronic hospital management system.
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▪️ Labor & Governance
• Cambodia’s Ministry of Interior launched an online administrative service application for one-window service units, linking the rollout to digital governance and public service delivery at capital-provincial administrations.
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• Cambodia’s Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport trained 100 teachers from four provinces as master trainers in information literacy, supporting digital literacy, teacher capacity development, and safer media use in schools.
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▪️ Legal & Regulatory
• Cambodia’s Ministry of Public Works and Transport listed required documents and service fees for replacing a lost vehicle registration card, clarifying the procedure for Cambodian individuals seeking a duplicate vehicle identification document.
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• Cambodia’s Ministry of Environment reported protected area enforcement results in Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary for the first four months of 2026, including patrols, natural resource offense cases, and court referrals.
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• Cambodia’s Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology inspected an industrial groundwater-use request by Sen Tree (Cambodia) Lighting Co., Ltd. in Kampong Speu, reviewing water-resource compliance, technical standards, and proposed use of about 5,000 cubic meters per day.
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▪️ Real Estate & Land
• Cambodia’s Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction invited buyers of selected Borey KP Mon Dani projects in Phnom Penh to proceed with ownership transfer procedures, covering fully paid and installment buyers who must complete payment conditions with the ministry.
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