In closing the Cabinet’s meeting on 24 July 2026 at the Peace Palace, Prime Minister Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet made the following statement regarding the Royal Government’s effort to speed up procedural reforms of the SMEs registration: […] To make the economy grow, we must strengthen ourselves. In this sense, we are working on two reforms – firstly, the reform of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC), and we have evaluated, prepared, and are going to amend the (relevant) laws; and secondly, increase the efficiency of the CDC. That means increasing its weight of implementation. C…

Interviewer:Cambodia works with the US, it also works with the Chinese on these issues. Do you think the US and Chinese have to work more closely together? Because to your point, this is a transnational issue that no one country can solve alone. Samdech Thipadei:Yes. Of course, I mean, President Xi Jinping, President Trump just met. Secretary Rubio is in Beijing talking to Foreign Minister Wang Yi to organize President Xi’s visit to the US. These are bilateral cooperation. Both country already have. In international realm, yes, it’s going to have a cooperation, multinational cooperation, incl…