🔷 Cambodia Daily Brief – 2026-05-01
▪️ Finance & Tax
• The Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia discussed futures market development with Alpha Group and partner companies, including company-level MoUs linked to the securities sector.
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• Cambodia’s Accounting and Auditing Regulator joined a Non-Bank Financial Services Authority workshop on APG 5th Round Mutual Evaluation procedures, focusing on AML/CFT and counter-proliferation financing capacity for FSA officials.
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• Cambodia’s Ministry of Public Works and Transport discussed cooperation with tax authorities to strengthen vehicle tax revenue collection, covering transport administration, tax coordination, and public revenue management.
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• Cambodia’s Accounting and Auditing Regulator organized a workshop on the Accounting Compliance Enhancement Project to promote financial reporting standards aligned with the Accounting and Auditing Sector Development Strategy 2025–2035.
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• Cambodia’s Non-Bank Financial Services Authority reviewed coordination mechanisms for Digital Public Service and E-Service for Business systems in the non-bank finance sector, including regulator harmonization and an updated development plan.
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▪️ Geopolitics & Security
• Cambodia’s Ministry of National Defence reported gunfire during a Military Attachés Corps observation at O’Smach International Border Checkpoint, linking the incident to ceasefire implementation.
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• The National Police of Cambodia reported 18 narcotics enforcement cases and 35 detained suspects in nationwide operations on 29 April 2026, with seizures including methamphetamine, ketamine, and MDMA.
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• Cambodia’s Ministry of National Defence reported a foreign military attaché observation visit at O’Smach International Border Checkpoint after a ceasefire agreement, stating Cambodian authorities notified the Thai Regional Border Committee in advance.
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▪️ Infrastructure & Energy
• Cambodia’s Ministry of Environment and China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment discussed cooperation on low-carbon infrastructure, including solar lighting, climate action, and waste-to-energy investment.
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• Cambodia’s Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology inspected Bassac River riverbank protection works in Kandal province, reporting the project is about 50% complete and uses geotextile sandbags, gabion boxes, and concrete works to reduce erosion.
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• Cambodia’s Ministry of Public Works and Transport opened a road infrastructure safety training course on iRAP Star Ratings with technical assistance from the Asian Development Bank to support road safety risk audits and infrastructure assessment.
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▪️ Labor & Governance
• Cambodia’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries released 20 critically endangered royal turtles into the Sre Ambel creek system as part of fisheries conservation work, involving WCS, local authorities, and community representatives.
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• Cambodia’s Ministry of Civil Service reviewed the public administration performance-incentive system and reported full achievement for a primary education governance project, linking civil service reform with education indicators and performance management.
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• Cambodia’s Ministry of Civil Service held its second reform forum on improving civil servant recruitment, focusing on transparency, merit-based selection, and administrative governance, and reported 53 recruitment examinations from 2024 to early 2026 with about 290,000 applicants.
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▪️ Legal & Regulatory
• Cambodia’s Ministry of Environment reported 84 patrols and 27 natural resource enforcement cases in the Cardamom Mountains protected area system in March 2026, covering forest, wildlife, and land-encroachment offenses addressed through inter-agency patrols.
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• Cambodia’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries inspected fisheries regulation compliance and conservation areas in Kampong Chhnang, reporting no illegal fishing gear found and advising fishers to report violations to authorities.
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• Cambodia’s National Assembly Commission on Interior, National Defense, Public Function and Border Affairs reviewed a draft military service law covering eligibility, service duration, and legislative scrutiny.
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• Cambodia’s National Assembly Commission 9 reviewed a draft law approving a government payment guarantee to Vietnam Electricity for power purchases, linked to a four-year agreement intended to support electricity supply continuity and national energy security.
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▪️ Real Estate & Land
• Cambodia’s land management authorities registered a 16.9317-hectare indigenous community land parcel in Ratanakiri province under the cadastral and land administration system, covering collective property registration for the Preav indigenous community in Ta Veng district.
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▪️ Tourism & Immigration
• Cambodia’s General Department of Immigration deported 153 Chinese nationals linked to online scams and illegal stay or work violations, using a special flight from Siem Reap Angkor International Airport.
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