🔷 Cambodia Daily Brief – 2026-05-13
▪️ Geopolitics & Security
• Cambodia’s Ministry of Culture protested Thailand’s national heritage listings of temple sites and requested cancellation to protect Cambodian territorial sovereignty and cultural heritage.
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▪️ Infrastructure & Energy
• Cambodia launched verify.gov.kh verification for driver licenses, linking the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications with the transport ministry to provide digital verification services.
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• Cambodia’s Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology hosted ADB and AIIB delegates to discuss co-financing and implementation of the Integrated Water Resources Management Project, focused on irrigation and water management across four provinces.
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▪️ Labor & Governance
• The Ministry of Public Works and Transport announced the official rollout of a digital driving licence verifiable through verify.gov.kh in Cambodia’s transport sector.
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• The Ministry of Public Works and Transport adopted verify.gov.kh for motor vehicle driver’s license verification and implemented DG SuperApp digital license requests in Cambodia.
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• Cambodia’s Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport held a wrap-up meeting with the World Bank to review GEIP and GEIP-AF implementation and progress on school-based management.
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• The Ministry of Health convened a workshop to develop the SAPPHIRE 2.0 tuberculosis program, aiming to define core components for national TB policy and service delivery.
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▪️ Legal & Regulatory
• The Council for the Development of Cambodia alerted investors that cdcIPM investment documents now include e-signature and e-Stamp authentication and can be verified by QR code.
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• SERC led an inter-departmental review of draft regulation for offering tradable fund units in joint investment projects in Cambodia.
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• Cambodia’s National Assembly approved a military service regulation establishing legal duties related to national defense, in response to border security concerns between Cambodia and Thailand.
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• A Cambodia Senate committee reviewed draft laws on military duties and government payment guarantees for electricity purchases from Vietnam, referring both bills to specialised committees for technical study.
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• The General Department of Immigration reviewed a draft sub-decree to define procedures for authorising foreign entry, exit and stay in Cambodia’s immigration administration.
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▪️ Tourism & Immigration
• Cambodia police and Phnom Penh administrative units inspected foreign residents at Borey Phiepob Thmey Koursrov compounds for immigration compliance and detained irregular foreigners linked to unlicensed guesthouses.
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• The General Department of Immigration removed 3,684 foreign nationals from Cambodia under immigration enforcement procedures, including deportations of individuals linked to online scam networks.
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