Minister Hun Many vows to strengthen civil service
Minister of Civil Service Hun Many is committed to reforming and strengthening the public administration effectively and efficiently, as well as promoting and modernising public institutions in line with the Pentagon Strategy. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501351359/minister-hun-many-vows-to-strengthen-civil-service/
MoT’s ‘100-day strategy’ plans to attract 5 million int’l tourists
The Ministry of Tourism has set a new strategy known as ‘BUILD plus 3Ds’ to attract more international tourists and ensure the target set by the new government to achieve at least five million international travellers into the Kingdom by the end of this year. ...
Nheng Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501358563/mots-100-day-strategy-plans-to-attract-5-million-intl-tourists/
Govt, UNDP discuss civil service improvements
Hun Many, the Minister of Civil Service, and Alissar Chaker, Resident Representative of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Cambodia yesterday discussed priority tasks to improve civil services. ...
Nang Veasna
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501367048/govt-undp-discuss-civil-service-improvements/
‘Build Plus 3D’ tourism action plan highlights five strategies to revive sector
Newly-minted Minister of Tourism Sok Soken is implementing a new tourism strategy and action plan called “BUILD Plus 3Ds” to propel tourism development in Cambodia after being hit hard by Covid-19, and further compounded by the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, which is impacting travel expenditure. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/build-plus-3d-tourism-action-plan-highlights-five-strategies-revive-sector
Foreign arrivals up 250.8% in first eight months
Cambodia received some 3.5 million foreign visitors in the first eight months of 2023, a year-on-year increase by 250.8 percent, but a decrease by 19.7 percent compared to the same period in 2019, according to a report of the Ministry of Tourism. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501369786/foreign-arrivals-up-250-8-in-first-eight-months/
Interior minister calls for tightening of border control management
Minister of Interior Sar Sokha has urged the provincial governors of border provinces and joint forces to tighten management and control over border crossings. This directive comes in the wake of reported irregularities linked to negligence in the performance of their duties. ...
Kim Yutharo
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/interior-minister-calls-tightening-border-control-management
Ministry launches Angkor call centre, Telegram account for photo permission
The Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, through the Apsara National Authority (ANA), has launched a call centre and Telegram channel for anybody wanting to take photographs or videos of the places in the Angkor Archaeological Park. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501373302/ministry-launches-angkor-call-centre-telegram-account-for-photo-permission/
Cambodia’s export to fellow RCEP members reaches $5.26 billion
Cambodia exported $5.26 billion worth of goods to fellow member countries of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) in the first eight months of 2023, up 22 percent from $4.3 billion the same period last year, according to the latest report by the Ministry of ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501372630/cambodias-export-to-fellow-rcep-members-reaches-5-26-billion/
Nearly 2 million tourists travel during Pchum Ben holiday
Some 1.89 million tourists travelled to various tourism sites across the country during the three-day holiday of Pchum Ben Festival, up 52.2 percent compared to the same period last year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501378210/nearly-2-million-tourists-travel-during-pchum-ben-holiday/
29 parties seek SCC membership
Among the more than 40 political parties registered with the Ministry of Interior, 29 have applied for membership in the Supreme Consultative Council (SCC). ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501356080/29-parties-seek-scc-membership/
Ministry of Tourism introduces six points to improve the quality of tourism products on the occasion of Pchum Ben
The Ministry of Tourism has introduced six points to the Capital-Provincial Department of Tourism to improve the quality of tourism products on the occasion of the traditional Pchum Ben festival on October 13-14-15, 2023. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501356703/ministry-of-tourism-introduces-six-points-to-improve-the-quality-of-tourism-products-on-the-occasion-of-pchum-ben/
Soramitsu, the little-known blockchain firm behind Southeast Asia’s digital payment systems
Soramitsu, a Japanese company riding the wave of blockchain-based products supporting digital payments, has landed several deals with central banks. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501363859/soramitsu-the-little-known-blockchain-firm-behind-southeast-asias-digital-payment-systems/
Dr Hun Manet encourages Pfizer to continue finding investment opportunities in Cambodia
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, Dr Hun Manet has encouraged Pfizer to continue to find investment and business opportunities in Cambodia and promote relations with stakeholders, especially the Ministry of Health of Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501366584/dr-hun-manet-encourages-pfizer-to-continue-finding-investment-opportunities-in-cambodia/
New task-force to form cassava federation
The General Department of Domestic Trade of the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) is in the process of forming a new multilateral task-force to expedite the establishment of a cassava federation in Cambodia after a delay in implementing the national cassava strategy for a few years ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501375672/new-task-force-to-form-cassava-federation/
Nearly 43% decline in bicycle exports
Cambodia exported bicycles worth $424 million to foreign markets in the first nine months of 2023, a drop of 42.8 percent compared to the same period last year which recorded $742 million, said a Ministry of Commerce’s report yesterday. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501375670/nearly-43-decline-in-bicycle-exports/
Naval base project not aimed at any nation, ministry says
The Ream Naval Base’s upgrade project in Cambodia, which is aided by China, is legitimate and doesn’t target any third party, said a spokesman for the Chinese Defense Ministry on Thursday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501104960/naval-base-project-not-aimed-at-any-nation-ministry-says/
Nearly 300,000 tourists travel first weekend of July
A total of 297,402 national and international visitors toured Cambodia in the first weekend of July. The figure suggested a decline by nearly 7 percent compared to the previous weekend, according to a report of the Ministry of Tourism. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501106769/nearly-300000-tourists-travel-first-weekend-of-july/
Kep plans for more artificial reefs
The Ministry of Environment with the Kep Provincial Administration are in the planning stage of developing a “seabed national park” in addition to the existing onshore national park, with the expectation that the new park will become a major tourist attraction for the province. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501125805/kep-plans-for-more-artificial-reefs/
Cambodia sees better-than-expected inflows of international tourists
The number of international tourists to Cambodia has increased at a faster-than-expected pace, prompting the kingdom to lift its target to 2 million tourists for 2022, up from earlier forecast of 1 million, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said on Saturday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501148608/cambodia-sees-better-than-expected-inflows-of-international-tourists/
Vietnam leads H1 tourist arrivals in Cambodia
Vietnam sent the highest number of visitors to Cambodia in the first half of this year after its neighbor lifted all Covid restrictions, including pre-departure tests. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501111032/vietnam-leads-h1-tourist-arrivals-in-cambodia/