Sar Kheng downs offer of inclusion into CNRP
A remark by an opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) senior adviser that Minister of Interior Sar Kheng would remain deputy prime minister if the opposition party won the 2018 national elections drew a terse response from the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), with the minister ...
Leonie Kijewski and Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-downs-offer-inclusion-cnrp
$1.37B worth of imports, exports pass through SSEZ
The value of imports and exports passing through the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) reached $1.373 billion in the first eight months of 2021, an increase of 44.37 per cent year-on-year, the operator reported. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/137b-worth-imports-exports-pass-through-ssez
The official launch of the national system of distance technical and vocational education and training online
On November 23, 2021, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a notification on the official launch of the national system of distance technical and vocational education and training online.The national education system is available on computers, tablets, and smartphones, with the support from ...
Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training
Official says resettlement sites are good for development
Widely different interpretations of the government’s land policy were voiced at a conference on Land Security and Housing Rights on Thursday in Phnom Penh, with civil servants defending mass relocations, while rural evictees spoke of being forced into poverty due to loss of their land. ...
After hiatus, World Bank OKs proposal for new funding
Officials at the World Bank, which in 2011 froze new loans to Cambodia amid a furore surrounding the Boeung Kak lake evictions, have approved preliminary proposals to issue funding for a project that could see families forcibly removed in Kampong Thom province. Under the World Bank’s ...
Daniel Pye and Mom Kunthear
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/after-hiatus-world-bank-oks-proposal-new-funding
Reserve rate doesn't worry local banks
Bankers have raised no concerns over the National Bank of Cambodia’s increase to the reserve requirement rate in order to maintain the stabilization of cash flow and inflation during a time of global financial difficulty. The increase, from 12 to 12.5 per cent, issued late last month, was ...
Access to finance, rise of the riel and inflation, with CBC
Since its establishment in 2012, Credit Bureau Cambodia (CBC) has helped drive the nation’s economic growth while providing a transparent and responsible lending landscape. This in turn has helped increase investment and access to finance nationwide. ...
Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/credit-bureau-cambodia-ceo-on-access-to-finance-rise-of-riel-inflation
ERIA to boost cooperation with Cambodia
The Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) has pledged to continue strengthening and expanding its cooperation with the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501516460/eria-to-boost-cooperation-with-cambodia/
BRI brings a profound impact on Cambodia
The Belt and Road Initiative, the most ambitious and expansive infrastructure connectivity and development project ever conceived, was proposed a decade ago. The initiative connects about 150 countries in Asia, Europe, Africa and Latin America through a network of infrastructure investments, trade agreements and cultural ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501339410/bri-brings-a-profound-impact-on-cambodia/
Deputy PM promises tighter fiscal controls
Cambodia’s Deputy Prime Minister yesterday reiterated his commitment to criminalising money laundering and terrorist financing in the Kingdom. Sok An reassured delegates at the Asia-Pacific Group (APG) on Money Laundering of Cambodia’s commitment to implementing comprehensive procedures to stop illegal monetary transactions. ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2012122060381/Business/deputy-pm-promises-tighter-fiscal-controls.html
Tractor imports decrease, but experts not concerned
Tractor imports fell by 24 per cent last year, a significant decrease from 44,993 units in 2011 to 36,301 units, according to recent statistics from the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Although the cultivation of some crops in the Kingdom has increased, analysts said yesterday ...
Health alert on imported food
The Commerce Ministry has banned imports of several food products over a health scare and warned the public to avoid them. The Camcontrol directorate-general took action over I.M. Healthy SoyNut Butter and I.M. Healthy Granola products after the US Food and Drug Administration linked them to ...
Ech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36901/health-alert-on-imported-food/
Trash collection way up
Cambodia’s solid waste collection has increased more than 40 percent over the last five years, according to an official and the Ministry of Environment’s annual report released on Monday. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/trash-collection-way
MoH wants C-19 vaccines included in immunisation programme
The Ministry of Health recommended yesterday that COVID-19 vaccines be included in the National Immunisation Programme and that the vaccine be promoted in all priority groups. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501306876/moh-wants-c-19-vaccines-included-in-immunisation-programme/
Cambodia’s bicycle export down 43 pct in Q1
Cambodia’s bicycle export fell 43 percent year on year in the first quarter of 2024, said a General Department of Customs and Excise’s report on Tuesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501473617/cambodias-bicycle-export-down-43-pct-in-q1/
Push to connect rural areas
Telecommunication operators are being pushed to develop connecting telecommunication infrastructure to enable Information and Communication Technology (ICT) connectivity from urban to rural areas. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5080378/push-connect-rural-areas/
Cambodia’s garment, footwear, travel goods exports down 15 pct in 11 months
Cambodia exported $9.9 billion worth of garment, footwear and travel products to international markets in the first 11 months of 2023, down 15 percent from nearly 11.7 billion dollars in the same period last year, said a Ministry of Commerce’s report released on Tuesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501413720/cambodias-garment-footwear-travel-goods-exports-down-15-pct-in-11-months/
Pros and cons of China’s Belt and Road plan
Cambodia has been a vocal supporter of the BRI since the initiative’s conception in 2013. The BRI will offer a new framework of cooperation between Cambodia and her neighbours, through the increased connectivity that will arise in the region once the work on the improved ...
Samithi Sok
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39680/pros-and-cons-of-china---s-belt-and-road-plan/
Report: MFI loans force land sales, increase in child labour
A report from local human rights NGOs Licadho and Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT) claimed that the increasing levels of debt caused by taking loans from microfinance institutions (MFIs) is forcing rural families to sell off land. The study also claimed that the sharp rise in debt ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/report-mfi-loans-force-land-sales-increase-child-labour
Court Questions Cambodian, Chinese Businessmen Over Fraud
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday questioned two businessmen over allegations of fraud and using forged public documents, including claims they faked a signature from Prime Minister Hun Sen in a mining transaction, court and police officials said. Deputy prosecutor Var Sakada said Cambodian Al ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-questions-cambodian-chinese-businessmen-over-fraud-40923/