Few takers for emergency rice loans
With the Kingdom’s main rice harvesting season wrapping up, just a fraction of a government emergency loan package that aimed at giving millers the liquidity they needed to purchase rice paddy duringthe harvest cycle has been disbursed, leaving the government and private sector divided on ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/few-takers-emergency-rice-loans
Measles cases rise sharply
Cambodia has recorded 341 measles cases in the first four months of this year, a significant increase from just 44 cases in the same period last year. The World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed the total on Monday and reported that 65 percent of those infected ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/measles-cases-rise-sharply
Rocky road for logistics after dull H1
Cambodia Logistics Association (CLA) president Sin Chanthy told The Post on Thursday that despite the current surge in agricultural product exports – especially milled rice – overall activity in the sector saw minimal growth last month compared to March, April and May, with goods shipments ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rocky-road-logistics-after-dull-h1
Nearly 1 million tonnes of milled rice exported to China by Q3
Cambodia has exported nearly 1 million tonnes of milled rice as of the third quarter of 2020, and the figure could reach 1.2 million tonnes in a near future. The record was revealed on Tuesday by the Cambodia Rice Federation, underlining that the export followed ...
Phal Sophanith/AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50778347/nearly-1-million-tonnes-of-milled-rice-exported-to-china-by-q3/
‘Viable’ Boeung Kak option floated
More than enough vacant plots exist within Boeung Kak lake’s 12.44-hectare concession area to house those denied land permits, a new NGO report says. Sahmakum Teang Tnaut claims to have found “a viable and practical” solution for households excluded from the unmarked land the prime minister ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012070357170/National-news/viable-boeung-kak-option.html
Nutrilatt, parents will head to court over formula effects
The Ministry of Commerce’s General Department of Consumer Protection, Competition and Fraud Repression will send a case involving the parents of 24 infants who were allegedly affected by consuming the milk powder products of Nutrilatt Master LM Co, Ltd to court on November 14. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nutrilatt-parents-will-head-court-over-formula-effects
Over 3,000km of roads funded by China loans, says minister
Chinese companies have built more than 3,000km of roads and eight major bridges with total length of more than 8km for the Kingdom, funded by concessional loans from the Chinese government in excess of $3 billion, Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chantol said ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/over-3000km-roads-funded-china-loans-says-minister
New $9M brickworks in Kampot
Kampot province has becomes the home of a new $9 million brickworks that was officially inaugurated on November 22. Equipped with state-of-the-art technology and an automated production line, the factory will be able to turn out 800,000 bricks per day in its initial phase, Kampot ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-9m-brickworks-kampot
E-Commerce Strategy launched
Cambodia officially launched the E-Commerce Strategy on November 25 in a bid to achieve and drive forward competitive growth in trade and economic terms and aid in its pursuit of becoming an upper middle-income country by 2030 and a high-income country by 2050. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/e-commerce-strategy-launched
Blockchain cited as boost to public trust in financial institutions
At this week’s 2020 Global Blockchain Policy Forum, Assistant Governor and Director-General of Central Banking, National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) Chea Serey stressed the need for building public trust in financial institutions and how the new Bakong payment system and infrastructure, built on blockchain technology, ...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/783940/blockchain-cited-as-boost-to-public-trust-in-financial-institutions/
Seeds sown for Stung Treng agriculture
Stung Treng provincial authorities will work with integrated food-distribution company Hun Ty Co Ltd to exploit the province’s potential for crop cultivation and potentially set up a processing plant for export down the line, provincial administration spokesman Men Kung told The Post on November 26. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/seeds-sown-stung-treng-agriculture
Water supply capacity to be extended to meet growing demand
Demand for clean water in Phnom Penh capital is on the rise due to the growing population and constructions in the city. To respond to the current demand, Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) has planned to attract investments and seek financial support for expansion ...
Chea Vannak/AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50745579/water-supply-capacity-to-be-extended-to-meet-growing-demand/
Hygiene standards may hold up food export deals
Cambodia will mostly rely on agricultural products for trade with partners around the globe, a move that requires the sector to be more developed and productivity increased, insiders say. It follows news that the bilateral free-trade agreement (FTA) between the Kingdom and China has just ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50750112/hygiene-standards-may-hold-up-food-export-deals/
Mine explosions kill two men, injure four in Pursat’s Veal Veng
Three children and an adult were seriously injured on Wednesday when a mine they were playing with exploded in Thma Da commune, in Pursat province’s Veal Veng district. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mine-explosions-kill-two-men-injure-four-pursats-veal-veng
Villager representatives questioned in land dispute case
The Banteay Meanchey Provincial Court on September 8 questioned two plaintiffs representing a group of families who filed a lawsuit against four officials and 13 local businessmen alleging that they engaged in bribery and forged documents to claim ownership of 100 hectares of land in ...
Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/villager-representatives-questioned-in-land-dispute-case/
Cambodia: UN experts alarmed by 'naming and shaming' of COVID victims
On 11 December 2020 – UN human rights experts expressed alarm at the decisiOn by Cambodian authorities to allow the publicatiOn of persOnal informatiOn about individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19, which is unnecessary under any circumstances, and a deplorable breach of privacy. ...
UN Special Rapporteur Cambodia
Cambodia faces plastic woes
The Ministry of Environment and several non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working on environmental issues in Cambodia have expressed concern over the growing amount of plastic waste in Cambodia’s waterways, as many fishermen are now complaining that they have caught more rubbish than fish over the past ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-faces-plastic-woes
Deadline set for telecom operators to hand over data
The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (MPTC) has asked the nations’ telecom operators to connect to its Data Management Centre (DMC) by January 1, 2021. Based on the telecom laws, all operators and stakeholders involved in telecom must provide data service information to the MPTC. ...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50794919/deadline-set-for-telecom-operators-to-hand-over-data/
CDC okays new $13M projects
The government approved three projects worth a total of $13.5 million last week, bringing the total number of projects in the first three weeks of this month to nine with total investment value of $1.1354 billion, the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) said ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cdc-okays-new-13m-projects
PM: Nov 28 event concluded
Prime Minister Hun Sen officially declared that the “November 28 community incident” – a reference to the first confirmed case of Covid-19 local transmission – was now over as the situation had been brought under control. Hun Sen made the announcement as he addressed the ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-nov-28-event-concluded