Siem Reap’s SAI welcomes first flight
Siem Reap Angkor International Airport (SAI) welcomed its first flight on October 16, marking a significant milestone in Cambodia’s tourism development post-Covid-19. During the reception for the inaugural commercial flight to SAI, Vongsey Vissoth, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister in charge of the Council of Ministers, ...
Van Socheata
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/siem-reaps-sai-welcomes-first-flight
Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Prime Minister Hun Manet: Cambodia aiming for peace and development
Samdech Moha Bovorthipadi Hun Manet has met foreign leaders who attended the ASEAN Summit, ASEAN Plus Summit and East Asia Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia. Besides having received subsequent praises and congratulatory messages since 22 August 2023, Prime Minister of Cambodia obtained the warmest hospitalities from ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501355617/pm-hun-manet-cambodia-aiming-for-peace-and-development/
US remains Cambodia’s biggest market despite declining exports
The US remained the biggest market for Cambodia with a share of 34.4 percent even though the Kingdom’s exports to the country decreased by 20.2 percent to reach $1.12 billion in the first two months of the year compared to the same period in 2022, ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501255716/us-remains-cambodias-biggest-market-despite-declining-exports/
Jan-Apr exports to Singapore quadruple on-year
Cambodian goods exports to Singapore reached $223.843 million in the first four months of 2023, up 345.7 per cent year-on-year from $50.224 million and up 1,087 per cent half-on-half (compared to July-October 2022) from $18.9 million, according to provisional Customs (GDCE) data compiled in “International ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/jan-apr-exports-singapore-quadruple-year
Gov’t releases $1B pay-out to poor, vulnerable households
The Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation (MOSVY) has released more than $1 billion in payouts to Cambodian poor and vulnerable households during Covid-19 in 13 rounds that are divided into 35 times as of Wednesday this week. The 13th round began its ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501297077/govt-releases-1b-pay-out-to-poor-vulnerable-households/
Stung Bot checkpoint 80% done
Construction of the Stung Bot border checkpoint in Banteay Meanchey province and a service road which will connect it to National Road 5 is now 80 per cent complete. Experts in the travel sector expect that when the new checkpoint begins operating, it will stimulate ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/stung-bot-checkpoint-80-done
FCDO statement on Cambodian elections
On 24 July 2023, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) of the Goverment of the United Kingdom issued a statement on Cambodian elections.The UK is a long-term partner in Cambodia’s prosperity and stability, and believes progress in these areas is best sustained through a ...
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Majority of construction workers lack social security, health insurance
Some 97 per cent of workers in the construction sector lack access to social security and social health insurance although most of them are aware of the benefits provided by the social protection system, according to national statistics highlighted at an International Labor Organization (ILO) ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/majority-of-construction-workers-lack-social-security-health-insurance-ilo
Press relese on the change of national accounting year from 2000-2014
On 2 July 2024, the Ministry of Planning issued a press release on the change of national accounting year from 2000-2014 on their official social media site.According to the press, the Ministry of Planning, in collaboration with the Ministry of Economy and Finance, organized a ...
Ministry of Planning
Announcement on additional services on passport issuance
On 19 June 2024, the Ministry of Interior issued an announcement on additional services on passport issuance on their official social media site. The Ministry of Interior has informed the public about additional services on the provision of passports in order to increase the efficiency ...
Ministry of Interior
Forests and forestry
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Cambodia’s forests have seen a significant reduction of total forest and dense forest cover in recent years, the growth of plantations, particularly rubber, and an ongoing problem with illegal logging. ...
Columbia SIPA
In October 2013, ODC and Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs established a collaborative partnership to aggregate data and describe trends regarding Cambodia’s donors and development assistance. This partnership is tied to SIPA’s Workshop in Development Practice, a course for second-year, Master’s degree ...
City Hall officials vow lake residents will get land
Phnom Penh municipal officials yesterday agreed to mark out a plot of land promised to Boeng Kak lake villagers by Prime Minister Hun Sen in order to put a stop to a string of recent protests ...
Land protesters take disputes to the top
Representatives of 187 families in Kampong Chhnang province and Phnom Penh gathered at the Land Management Ministry and the Prime Minister’s cabinet office yesterday seeking help to resolve their years-long land disputes ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50499594/land-protesters-take-disputes-to-the-top/
Fishermen and farmers want environmental issues addressed
With the government pushing the sustainable development goals (SDG) agenda forward, fishermen and farmers urged authorities to address the various ecological and environmental challenges they face during an event this week in Siem Reap. ...
Kazi Mahmood
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50526423/fishermen-and-farmers-want-environmental-issues-addressed/
Second fishing season begins
The second fishing season starts today, and will run until Jan 17, with the Fisheries Administration calling on prahok and pha’ak producers to buy fish in designated areas along the Tonle Sap River. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50568036/second-fishing-season-begins/
‘Indigenous people must exercise rights’
While indigenous communities in the Kingdom have largely obtained equal rights, they need to step up their advocacy when facing abuses and threats to their traditions, conservation NGO Save Cambodia’s Wildlife (SCW) said. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/indigenous-people-must-exercise-rights
Long-term strategy needed for tourism
The Cambodian tourism sector is set for more spectacular growth in the next few years, thanks to industry promotion and networking through the Cambodia Tourism Federation (CTF) and support from the Ministry of Tourism. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/long-term-strategy-needed-tourism
Siem Reap families protest over lack of land deeds
Fifty-nine families living in Siem Reap’s Slor Kram commune protested to urge the authorities to speed up the process of giving them land deeds, saying they have been waiting three years already. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/siem-reap-families-protest-over-lack-land-deeds
Laos to reduce border tensions
Cambodia and Laos agreed to de-escalate tensions along the border in Stung Treng province during a meeting at the World Economic Forum, a government official attached to Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday. ...
Ven Rathavong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50533297/laos-to-reduce-border-tensions/