Angkor revenue up, tourists amount down
According to a new report by the Ministry of Tourism published yesterday, revenue from ticket sales to the Angkor Archeological Park reached $39.48 million in the first quarter of 2018, 28 percent higher than the corresponding period last year. Ministry data showed 854,584 tourists visited the ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50269499/angkor-revenue-up-tourists-amount-down/
Best tourism communities to be chosen in new contest
The Ministry of Tourism recently announced a new contest to find the best community-based tourism sites in the Kingdom and has called on villages and communities around the country to submit their application. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50492441/best-tourism-communities-to-be-chosen-in-new-contest/
Koh Trong pomelo gets GI recognition
The pomelo grown in Kratie’s Koh Trong commune is now the third Cambodian product to obtain Geographical Indication (GI) status, following in the footsteps of Kampot pepper and Kampong Speu’s palm sugar. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50504798/koh-trong-pomelo-gets-gi-recognition/
Chinese visitors to the Kingdom spike
During the first four months of the year, Cambodia welcomed more than 647,000 Chinese visitors, an increase of more than 79 percent, according to the Cambodian Tourism Minister. ...
Sum Manet
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50507277/chinese-visitors-to-the-kingdom-spike/
Inflow of FDI up in first half
The inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into Cambodia witnessed solid growth in the first half of this year due to strong funds flowing into the financial and real estate sectors, said a central bank report. It said this was despite the agriculture and garment ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/inflow-fdi-first-half
Trapping contributes to tiger decline
The World Wide Fund for Nature in Cambodia has urged the government to crack down on wildlife trapping, trafficking and illegal logging to conserve wildlife and natural resources. Tigers especially had been seriously threatened by hunting and trapping. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50514520/trapping-contributes-to-tiger-decline/
Police chief called on to curb protests in capital
Phnom Penh governor Khuong Sreng on Tuesday told the newly appointed municipal police chief to continue preventing protests and crimes of all kinds in the capital. Sar Thet, who maintains his position as deputy National Police chief, replaced Chuon Sovann who has been promoted as ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-chief-called-curb-protests-capital
Government leads forum on tourism investment
The Ministry of Tourism led a forum on investment in the Kingdom’s tourism sector for the first time on Monday in Siem Reap. A panel of national and international experts from 11 countries led discussions about the development of the industry. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-leads-forum-tourism-investment
UN notes Kingdom’s peacekeeping efforts
The Defence Ministry has announced that the United Nations has ranked Cambodia 29th among 122 countries that have sent peacekeeping forces to conflict areas around the world. Last year, the UN ranked Cambodia as 32nd for the most troops sent abroad. Cambodia also ranked 17th ...
Ven Rathavong and Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50541575/un-notes-kingdoms-peacekeeping-efforts/
Commerce ministry makes $82M
The Ministry of Commerce generated more than $82 million this year in customs and public services, according to the ministry’s annual report. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/commerce-ministry-makes-82m
Political parties grow by six to 44 after registration last year
Forty-four political parties are registered to legally conduct activities in the Kingdom, according to an Interior Ministry report. The report, obtained by Khmer Times yesterday, said six new parties were registered last year, bringing the total to 44. ...
Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50565377/political-parties-grow-by-six-to-44-after-registration-last-year/
Government calls for PM ‘fake news’ correction
The Cambodian government on Friday strongly urged Singaporean outlet Channel News Asia (CNA) to issue a correction to an article it published on Thursday, claiming Prime Minister Hun Sen had called on the military to destroy the country’s political opponents. The statement, issued by the ...
Mech Dara and Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-calls-pm-fake-news-correction
Ministry to meet with companies over EBA saga
The Ministry of Commerce is planning a meeting with public and private actors to discuss the revocation of the European Union’s Everything-but-arms (EBA) deal and to find ways to diminish its impact on the economy, the ministry said in a press release. The ministry’s statement, ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50577785/ministry-to-meet-with-companies-over-eba-saga/
Government to label attractions ‘Supreme Tourism Sites’
The government is pushing for the development and investment into special tourism sites as it will contribute to the Kingdom’s economic development, a Sub-decree designating “Supreme Tourism Sites” said. Industry insiders welcomed the sub-decree, saying it would help the Kingdom diversify its tourist attractions with ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-label-attractions-supreme-tourism-sites
New name for Real Camerin’s political party gets approval
The Ministry of Interior on Tuesday gave its approval to Real Camerin to name his new political party the Khmer Conservative Party, after his first proposal, the Khmer Empire Party, was denied last month. Camerin, a former lawmaker of the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-name-real-camerins-political-party-gets-approval
China, Cambodia mark successful law enforcement cooperation
The Chinese Embassy in Phnom Penh on Thursday lauded law enforcement cooperation efforts between the two countries that have seen around 1,000 Chinese nationals, accused of varying crimes, deported in the last 12 months. To mark the occasion, the Chinese Embassy posted on Facebook that at least 1,000 ...
Kann Vicheika
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/china-Cambodia-mark-successful-law-enforcement-cooperation/5128307.html
Hun Sen pushes for malaria-free Kingdom
The government has called on all relevant institutes and local authorities, as well as international development partners, to help make Cambodia a malaria-free country. Prime Minister Hun Sen released a letter this week to celebrate World Malaria Day today under the theme Ready to Beat ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50483342/hun-sen-pushes-for-malaria-free-kingdom-2/
Government aims to reduce TB cases
The Health Ministry and the National Centre for Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control (CENAT) will investigate to find cases of tuberculosis at locations where many people live and in high-risk groups to reduce the rate of sickness and deaths from TB by 2030. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50483343/government-aims-to-reduce-tb-cases/
Exports to US up 25 pct in Q1
Cambodian exports to the United States, the world’s largest economy, rose sharply during the first three months of the year following a marked increase in the shipments of travel goods after the US renewed its Generalized System of Preferences in March. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50490954/exports-to-us-up-25-pct-in-q1/
Prime Minister to reveal new oil policy next week
With the price of oil in the international market on the rise, Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday announced he will unveil a new policy to deal with the impact of more expensive crude on the 28th of this month. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50502734/prime-minister-to-reveal-new-oil-policy-next-week/