Preah Sihanouk Provincial Television, September 13: Commerce Minister Cham Nimul opened the second Cambodia Digital Trade Forum and Online Expo in Phnom Penh yesterday morning. Under the theme “Building Cambodia’s Future through Digital Trade,” the forum explored how digitalisation could support economic development.
Guests included senior commerce ministry officials, government representatives, British Ambassador Dominic Williams, representatives of the Asian Development Bank and United Nations Development Programme, and other Cambodian and international guests.
Cham Nimul thanked the organisers and partners and emphasised the forum’s importance. She said digital trade could improve Cambodia’s competitiveness and help local businesses reach new markets. Priorities include:
1. Strengthening digital infrastructure and knowledge;
2. Improving the policy framework;
3. Helping local products reach more markets through e-commerce;
4. Building digital-technology capacity among the private sector and partners;
5. Strengthening cybersecurity and consumer confidence in digital trade.
She said digital trade supports the first phase of the Pentagonal Strategy and Cambodia’s goals of upper-middle-income status by 2030 and high-income status by 2050.
The ministry has promoted digital transformation through automated systems for business registration, certificates of origin, intellectual property registration and notices of secured transactions. Its Commerce Call Center, 1266, provides advice to citizens and businesses on trade procedures.
In 2022, the ministry launched the national CambodiaTrade.com electronic marketplace, allowing local SMEs to join free and sell their products in domestic and overseas markets.
The report describes the forum as a further step in Cambodia’s digital economy and e-commerce development.
Compiled by the station.
