Milking silk for all its worth
To participate in reviving sericulture – silk farming – in the Kingdom and boost the living standards of rural people, the private sector and development partners as well as financial institutions have now jointly participated in the effort, said chairman of the board of trustees ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50753766/milking-silk-for-all-its-worth/
700K China jabs to land Mar 31
A total of 700,000 doses of the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine donated by China are expected to arrive in Cambodia on March 31 with 400,000 to be administered by the Ministry of Health and 300,000 by the Ministry of National Defence. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/700k-china-jabs-land-mar-31
Six listed firms post Q2 recovery
Six companies with securities listed on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) reported a recovery in business performance in the second quarter of this year over the early days of the health crisis, on the back of the rapid pace of the Covid-19 vaccination programme in ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/six-listed-firms-post-q2-recovery-0
Two more land in court for Tonle Sap encroachment
The Banteay Meanchey Provincial Court on December 22 detained a commune chief in Preah Netr Preah district and a reporter from the Khmer Student News Unit on charges of illegal encroachment, occupation and sale of state land that is part of Region 3 of the ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/two-more-land-court-tonle-sap-encroachment
WEF lends hand in e-commerce, trade
A senior official at the World Economic Forum (WEF) has expressed support for Cambodia’s chairmanship of ASEAN, committing efforts to find ways of helping the Kingdom achieve its goals in the fields of digital commerce and investment facilitation, the Ministry of Commerce said in a ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/wef-lends-hand-e-commerce-trade
K Chhnang plants over 200,000 saplings at Tonle Sap Lake’s Zone 3
The Ministry of Environment – in cooperation with the Kampong Chhnang Provincial Administration – planted 24,000 mixed trees to rehabilitate the flooded forests of Zone 3 of the Tonle Sap Lake area. The April 25 planting took place in Thnal Chheuteal village of Kampong Leng ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/k-chhnang-plants-over-200000-saplings-tonle-sap-lakes-zone-3
Ministry plans to boost primary school education awareness
Ministry of Education plans to increase primary education awareness as the target number of children registering to study in primary school is declining. The registration target of 63.2 percent of children was not reached with only 61.1 percent registering in 2020-2021 and dropping to 59.58 ...
Yim Sreylin
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501064482/ministry-plans-to-boost-primary-school-education-awareness/
10 Cambodians mourned on UN Peacekeepers Day
The National Centre for Peacekeeping Forces (NPMEC) on May 26 commemorated the International Day of UN Peacekeepers, in recognition of their service and sacrifice and to honour the memory of those who had lost their lives in the course of peacekeeping. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/10-cambodians-mourned-un-peacekeepers-day
Q1 int’l tourists rise 125% as Kingdom reopens
The number of international visitors to Cambodia hit 159,546 in the first quarter of this year, marking a 125.03 per cent increase from 70,901 on a yearly basis, of which 54.51 per cent entered the Kingdom by air, according to the Ministry of Tourism. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/q1-intl-tourists-rise-125-kingdom-reopens
PPWSA profits fall as water lines to gov’t facilities rise in Q1
The number of water connections in government buildings has risen by 12.54% to 878 in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period of last year, while the profit of Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) has fallen slightly by 1.56% to ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501094254/ppwsa-profits-fall-as-water-lines-to-govt-facilities-rise-in-q1/
Pornmoniroth assures SBF new gov’t will implement Pentagon Strategy
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance (MEF) Aun Pornmoniroth said on Tuesday that the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) in the 7th legislature of the National Assembly (NA) will implement the Pentagon Strategy Phase I that concentrates on seven key areas of ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501335906/pornmoniroth-assures-sbf-new-govt-will-implement-pentagon-strategy/
Hun Sen suggests two key sectors for Japanese investors
Hun Sen, President of the Supreme Privy Council of His Majesty the King, has encouraged the Japanese investors to invest in Cambodia’s two key areas, including the establishment of factories for raw material processing, and advanced technology such as car assembly plants, production of electronic ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501360042/hun-sen-suggests-two-key-sectors-for-japanese-investors/
Cambodia garment exports rise 24% to $10.25 billion
Cambodia earned $10.25 billion from exports of garment products – clothes, footwear, and travel goods – during the January-September period of this year, a year-on-year increase of 24 percent, according to a report from the General Department of Customs and Excise yesterday. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501168112/cambodia-garment-exports-rise-24-to-10-25-billion/
Kingdom leads trademark registration forum
Cambodia has received the full support of members to lead the 20th session of a Working Group on the legal development of the Madrid System for the international registration of trademarks by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for 5 days from November 7- 11. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-leads-trademark-registration-forum
Cambodia’s export to RCEP member countries up 6%
Cambodia exported a total of $4,703 million worth of goods to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) member countries in the first nine months of this year, an increase of six percent when compared with the same period last year. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501179416/cambodias-export-to-rcep-member-countries-up-6/
Cambodia-Korea FTA export benefits deliberated
The Ministry of Commerce and the Embassy of the Republic of Korea last Thursday held a workshop on dissemination of the benefits and export procedures to local exporters under the Cambodia-Korean Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA), which is scheduled to come into force next month. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501192199/cambodia-korea-fta-export-benefits-deliberated/
Zero-Snaring Campaign kicks off in Mondulkiri
The Ministry of Environment and environmentalists have express of the risk of loss of rare species amid government cooperating with relevant partners to launch the fourth “Zero-Snaring Campaign” in Mondulkiri province to protect the wildlife animal in the last protected areas. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501121632/zero-snaring-campaign-kicks-off-in-mondulkiri/
Gold refines reach 5.3 tons in 2022, paying nearly $10M in tax
Cambodia’s four gold companies refined around 5,300 kg of gold ore, a semi-finished product that is smelted at a mine, as of 2022, paying royalties of $8 million and $1.5 million as tax income, a report from the Ministry of Economy and Finance showed yesterday. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501226405/gold-refines-reach-5-3-tons-in-2022-paying-nearly-10m-in-tax/
UN’s FAO opens Cambodia office, plans $65M in projects
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) office in Cambodia intends to commence the implementation of a range of new projects in 2023 in close collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and other partners, with total funding of over $65 million, according ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/uns-fao-opens-cambodia-office-plans-65m-projects
Cambodian PM’s upcoming visit to France to deepen bilateral collaboration
The visit of Dr Hun Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, to France next week will further strengthen the relations and cooperation between the two countries, according to his letter dated Jan. 8 to Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501420102/cambodian-pms-upcoming-visit-to-france-to-deepen-bilateral-collaboration/