Cambodia’s PM calls financial institutions to restructure loans for tour operators in Siem Reap
Cambodian Prime Minister Dr Hun Manet called on here this morning to the financial institutions to restructure loans for tour operators in Siem Reap province at reasonable interest rates to help revive the tourism sector after being severely affected by COVID-19. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501391907/cambodias-pm-calls-financial-institutions-to-restructure-loans-for-tour-operators-in-siem-reap/
Press release on the Japan funds project to end violence against children amid COVID-19 in Cambodia
On 19 March 2021, the Embassy of Japan in the Kingdom of Cambodia issued a press release on the Japan funds project to end violence against children amid COVID-19 in Cambodia. The Government of Japan has awarded approximately US$3,090,909 to UNICEF to fund the project ...
Embassy of Japan in the Kingdom of Cambodia
Commencement of the second phase of cash subsidies for identified individuals and their families
On July 08, 2021, the Ministry of Economy and Finance issued a press release on the start of the second phase of the subsidy under the “post-closure social assistance program for citizens and families of people with difficulties, people and families of people infected with ...
Ministry of Economy and Finance
PM encourages malaria response amid pandemic
Prime Minister Hun Sen appealed for the continued efforts to eliminate malaria in the Kingdom despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The call was made in a statement issued yesterday ahead of the World Malaria Day on April 25. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50713137/pm-encourages-malaria-response-amid-pandemic/
New SME bank welcomed but potential users may await the end of pandemic
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are expected to apply for a loan from the newly formed SME Bank of Cambodia to expand their production lines but first, they want to see the end of COVID-19, according to the vice-president of Cambodia Chamber of Commerce. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50710318/new-sme-bank-welcomed-but-potential-users-may-await-the-end-of-pandemic/
Local property market best described as ‘flat’
Cambodia’s local property sector has been described as “flat” while condominiums and boreys are tagged to be the hardest hit during the COVID-19 pandemic because the listings will eventually need to be put up for sale under current market prices in the coming months, according ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50728836/local-property-market-best-described-as-flat/
Ministry pledges to achieve drop in poor landowners
The Ministry of Agriculture has pledged to achieve the goal of reducing poverty among small landholders despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The ministry is aiming to achieve this through the Agriculture Services Programme for Innovation, Resilience and Extension (ASPIRE) project Phase II by 2022. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50732783/ministry-pledges-to-achieve-drop-in-poor-landowners/
UN agency springs into action to aid agriculture sector
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a global finance organisation and a specialised United Nations (UN) agency, has announced plans to work with the Cambodian government to leverage “a programmatic approach” to ease the economic distress and prevent food securit y stresses caused by ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50715086/un-agency-springs-into-action-to-aid-agriculture-sector/
Cambodia hoping to produce oil this year, despite global slump
As the global price of oil craters amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Singapore-based KrisEnergy Ltd remains on track to extract the first drop of oil in the first half of this year, said a Ministry of Mines and Energy senior official. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-hoping-produce-oil-year-despite-global-slump
Think tank pushes ACMECS to establish rice association
The independent Phnom Penh-based think tank Asian Vision Institute on Monday called on the five inland ASEAN countries to consider setting up a regional rice-producing association to maintain food security in the region amid Covid-19. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/think-tank-pushes-acmecs-establish-rice-association
Covid delays WtE power plant
The prolongation of the Covid-19 outbreak has led to a delay in a feasibility study of building a waste-to-energy (WtE) plant with at least 50MW of total electricity generating capacity near Phnom Penh, according to Ministry of Mines and Energy spokesman Victor Jona. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/covid-delays-wte-power-plant
Business councils talk Thai trade
Two Bangkok-based business councils have demonstrated their commitment to join forces and ensure frictionless cross-border trade between Cambodia and Thailand amid tightened border controls imposed in the harsh times of the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/business-councils-talk-thai-trade
Cambodia maintains export growth to South Korea
Cambodia exported $99.07 million worth of merchandise to South Korea in the first quarter of 2021, marking a marginal increase of more than five per cent from $93.85 in January-March of last year despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, according to data from the Korea International ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-maintains-export-growth-south-korea
Cambodia readies Phnom Penh Statement for ASEM
Cambodia is preparing the draft of the Phnom Penh Statement on the Post-Covid-19 Socio-Economic Recovery for adoption by the leaders of the Asia and Europe during the 13th ASEM Summit hosted by Cambodia in November, Foreign Affairs Ministry Secretary of State Luy David said. ...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50901237/cambodia-readies-phnom-penh-statement-for-asem/
ADB’s $4.4 mil boost for health systems amid C-19
A six-year, pioneering regional technical assistance initiative, being undertaken by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and worth $4.4 million, is boosting the capacity of health systems in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam to respond to climate-induced health threats amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the ADB said. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50898170/adbs-4-4-mil-boost-for-health-systems-amid-c-19/
China pledges bilateral cooperation and $270 million for development projects
In a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong on Sunday, China’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi pledged a $270 million grant and an additional three million Covid-19 vaccine doses, calling Cambodia one of Beijing’s closest allies in southeast Asia. ...
Thailand trade prevails despite barriers
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Thailand reached $5.97 billion in the first nine months of 2021, surging by 18 per cent year-on-year from $5.08 billion despite disruptions caused by the community spread of Covid-19 in the two ASEAN nations, according to a report from the ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/thailand-trade-prevails-despite-barriers
Tourism digital literacy training programme eyes Industry 4.0
Digital literacy will play an important role in supporting the recovery of Cambodian tourism from the Covid-19 crisis and leveraging the potential of new technologies to reorganise and develop the ecosystem around Industry 4.0, and strengthen the sustainability and competitive edge of the sector. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tourism-digital-literacy-training-programme-eyes-industry-40
Angelina Jolie’s visit invaluable boon for tourism, insiders say
The arrival of Hollywood starlet Angelina Jolie in Cambodia during the Covid-19 crisis serves as invaluable promotion of the Kingdom as a safe tourist destination and comes as the greatest boost in its efforts to attract tourists since its November reopening, according to industry insiders. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/angelina-jolies-visit-invaluable-boon-tourism-insiders-say
98% villages electrified but power used drops
The consumption of electricity in the country has dropped to just over 2,000 megawatts in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, causing a huge loss to the government. Cambodia has a capacity to supply about 3,800 megawatts. ...
Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501077941/98-villages-electrified-but-power-used-drops/