Cash-transfer scheme has delivered more than $260 million to needy households
A public scheme to ease the economic impacts of COVID-19 has distributed more than $260 million to needy households, Ministry of Economy and Finance Secretary of State Vongsey Vissoth said Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50835750/cash-transfer-scheme-has-delivered-more-than-260-million-to-needy-households/
Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway construction 31.19 percent complete
Ministry of Public Works and Transport has affirmed that the construction of the country’s first-ever expressway from Phnom Penh capital to Sihanoukville of Preah Sihanouk province is 31.19 percent complete. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50814925/phnom-penh-sihanoukville-expressway-construction-31-19-percent-complete/
Cambodia’s exports to Vietnam up 443% in first three months
Cambodia exported $ 1.47 billion worth of products to Vietnam in the first quarter of 2021, a dramatic increase of 443% from the same period last year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50853469/cambodias-exports-to-vietnam-up-443-in-first-three-months/
Plans to widen Nat’l Rd 6 between Siem Reap and Kampong Cham
The Ministry of Public Works has unveiled a project to expand the entire National Road 6 from the current two lanes to four lanes to facilitate travel of people and transportation of goods. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50899681/plans-to-widen-natl-rd-6-between-siem-reap-and-kampong-cham/
Praise the lard: More hog badgers spotted
Motion-sensetive camera traps deployed across Cambodia’s protected areas have captured an encouraging number of greater hog badgers as of late, according to Ministry of Environment spokesman Neth Pheaktra. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/praise-lard-more-hog-badgers-spotted-0
Ministry seeks feedback on UK trade rules
The Ministry of Commerce seeks to engage the involvement of all exporters in the consultation process of drafting a mechanism that will serve as a benchmark for Cambodian commercial exports to the UK. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ministry-seeks-feedback-uk-trade-rules
Ruling parties talk cooperation
Leaders of the ruling parties in Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos have agreed to increase cooperation and strengthen ties for the benefit of the people of all three countries and to maintain peace and stability in the region. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/ruling-parties-talk-cooperation
CMAC on track despite pandemic
In the first seven months of this year, the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) had cleared a total of 64,562,539sqm, or about 98.60 per cent of the seven-month plan for 2021. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cmac-track-despite-pandemic
Referral hospitals to give free Covid jabs indefinitely
Ministry of Health spokeswoman Or Vandine has advised the governors of the capital and provinces to continue vaccinations for children and all unvaccinated people ages 6 and up at designated referral hospitals or health centres despite the first round of the official vaccination campaigns having ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/referral-hospitals-give-free-covid-jabs-indefinitely
Remy to chair ASEAN rights group
Keo Remy, president of the Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) has been appointed chairman of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) – the ASEAN regional human rights body – for the fifth mandate term of 2022-2024. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/remy-chair-asean-rights-group
Over 7K households in seven provinces receive relief rice
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has distributed a total of 3,000 tonnes of emergency reserve rice to help more than 7,000 households in provinces hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/over-7k-households-seven-provinces-receive-relief-rice
UK trade $142M in Jan-Feb on firm post-Brexit-era relations
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and the UK reached $141.74 million in the first two months of this year, up by 14.3 per cent versus the $123.95 million logged in January-February 2021, according to the General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia (GDCE). ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/uk-trade-142m-jan-feb-firm-post-brexit-era-relations
Cambodia's rice exports to ASEAN increase by 9 per cent over last year
Cambodia has exported over 25,000 tonnes of milled rice to ASEAN countries in the first five months of this year, an increase of 9 per cent compared to the same period last year. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodias-rice-exports-asean-increase-9-cent-over-last-year
No new Covid cases in Cambodia
The Ministry of Health on June 14 reported zero new Covid-19 cases and no new deaths. As of June 14, Cambodia had recorded a total of 136,262 Covid-19 cases with 133,206 recoveries and 3,056 fatalities. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no-new-covid-cases-cambodia-24
RCEP to help Cambodia graduate from LDC status as early as 2028
Undersecretary of State and Spokesman of the Cambodian Ministry of Commerce Penn Sovicheat said the RCEP could help Cambodia graduate from its least-developed country status as soon as 2028. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501219474/rcep-to-help-cambodia-graduate-from-ldc-status-as-early-as-2028/
Kingdom’s exports to Japan top $1B
Cambodia exported $1.09 billion worth of goods to Japan in the first seven months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 4.3 percent, the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) report showed recently. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501355347/kingdoms-exports-to-japan-top-1b/
Cambodian PM to co-chair ASEAN-EU Commemorative Summit in December
ASEAN and the European Union have agreed to hold the ASEAN-EU Commemorative Summit on December 14, 2022 in Brussel, Belgium, said Kung Phoak, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and Spokesperson of the 55th AMM and Related Meetings. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501126266/cambodian-pm-to-co-chair-asean-eu-commemorative-summit-in-december/
US, SE Asian nations strike new strategic partnership at ASEAN Summit in Cambodia
US President Joe Biden and leaders of the Association of South-east Asian Nations yesterday announced the start of a new a strategic partnership aimed at countering China’s growing influence in the region. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501184317/us-se-asian-nations-strike-new-strategic-partnership-at-asean-summit-in-cambodia/
APSARA National Authority organizes new walkways for tourists to visit Angkor Wat
Since November 2022, the APSARA National Authority has started the process of organizing the walkways at Angkor Wat to reduce the erosion of the stones and better control the flow of tourists visiting the temple. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501226661/apsara-national-authority-organizes-new-walkways-for-tourists-to-visit-angkor-wat/
Chanthol proposes infrastructure projects to Chinese company
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport and the Chinese government have established a technical team who will assess the feasibility of the construction of a Phnom Penh-Poipet high-speed railway project. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chanthol-proposes-infrastructure-projects-chinese-company