$145.8 million earned by Cambodia from rubber exports of 108,000 tonnes in first five months
Cambodia exported 107,938 tons of dry rubber in the first five months of 2023, up 2.5 percent from the 105,248 tons recorded in the same period last year, said a report from the General Directorate of Rubber on Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501312532/145-8-million-earned-by-cambodia-from-rubber-exports-of-108000-tonnes-in-first-five-months/
Contracts signed with farming families and rice production groups
A series of contracts have been implemented by 40 communities and six production groups, including a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a microfinance institution to guarantee payment at harvest time to 2,236 farming families. ...
Meas Molika
https://kiripost.com/stories/contracts-signed-with-farming-families-and-rice-production-groups
IBIS organic rice project expanding
Keo Socheat, executive director of the Sansom Mlup Prey Organisation (SMP), said that more than 2,000 farming households are now planting organic paddy rice through the IBIS project. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ibis-organic-rice-project-expanding
Battambang landfill is officially inaugurated to participate in the development of sanitation
Senior Minister Sun Chanthol, Minister of Public Works and Transport, presided over the handover and official inauguration ceremony of a large landfill in Battambang city of Urban Environment Management in the Tonle Sap Phase 2 Project under the Asian Development Bank (ADB) loan. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501259003/battambang-landfill-is-officially-inaugurated-to-participate-in-the-development-of-sanitation/
Japan to provide over $18 million to support irrigation and drainage project in Phnom Penh
The Government of Japan will extend JPY 2,482,000,000 (approximately $18,240,000) in loan to the Royal Government of Cambodia for an irrigation and drainage project in Phnom Penh, said a press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501270082/japan-to-provide-over-18-million-to-support-irrigation-and-drainage-project-in-phnom-penh/
NBC closes 104 rural credit institutions
The Coalition of Cambodia Farmers Community said on Thursday that the recent shutdown of 104 rural credit institutions that provided loans to farmers will not affect their livelihoods, saying that past interest rates were high. ...
Meas Molika
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-nbc-closes-104-rural-credit-institutions
PPAP’s jan-june revenue down 19%
Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) saw a one percent year-on-year (YOY) uplift in revenue for the month of June, coming in at $3.6 million following a continued decline in the first five months of the year. ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/ppaps-jan-june-revenue-down-19
New investment law offers attractive incentives for agriculture
Cambodia’s Investment Law heralds new opportunities for investors, offering generous incentives and a focus on diversified sectors. Agriculture takes center stage with attractive tax reliefs and a vision for climate-smart practices. ...
Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-new-investment-law-offers-attractive-incentives-for-agriculture
Cambodia makes $187 million from rubber exports of nearly 140,000 tonnes in H1
Cambodia exported 139,220 tons of dry rubber in the first half of 2023, up 2.72 percent from 135,537 tons over the same period last year, said a report from the General Directorate of Rubber on Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501332130/cambodia-makes-187-million-from-rubber-exports-of-nearly-140000-tonnes-in-h1/
Cambodia’s export turnover slightly rises in 11 months
Cambodia exported nearly $20.5 billion worth of goods in the first 11 months of 2023, a slight increase of 1.2% year-on-year, according to a report released recently by the General Department of Customs and Excise. ...
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501407510/cambodias-export-turnover-slightly-rises-in-11-months/
Cambodia’s exports touch $20.5 billion in Jan-Nov
Cambodia’s exports topped $20.49 billion in the January-November period of this year, inched up by 1.2 percent compared to the same period last year, a General Department of Customs and Excise report said on Monday. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501405278/cambodias-exports-touch-20-5-billion-in-jan-nov/
Cambodia earns $65 million from rice exports
Cambodia exported 90,153 tonnes of milled rice to international markets in the first two months of 2024, a decline of 7.2 percent from 97,153 tonnes during the same period last year, according to a report from the Cambodia Rice Federation. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501454141/cambodia-earns-65-million-from-rice-exports/
Gov’t warns of fraudulent companies, urges cautious investment
There are other companies operating in similar form to disgraced former Oknha Leng Channa’s now-defunct Brilliant City World Co Ltd, which secretly defrauded people, Ky Tech, head of the government’s legal team, warned during a meeting attended by 267 people from several provinces in Phnom ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gov-t-warns-of-fraudulent-companies-urges-cautious-investment
Malaysian firm confirms support for PP-Bavet Expressway project
The Malaysian engineering firm, HSS Engineers Sdn Bhd, has confirmed that a $3.2 million agreement with the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) to support the ongoing Phnom Penh-Bavet Expressway project as an engineering consultant will begin this month. ...
James Whitehead
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501499463/malaysian-firm-confirms-support-for-pp-bavet-expressway-project/
Cambodia collects $3B in tax revenue in H1
The government generated $2,909 million in revenue from tax and customs in the first half of 2024, representing 46 percent of the target set for 2024, a report from the Ministry of Economy and Finance showed on Monday. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501540290/cambodia-collects-3b-in-tax-revenue-in-h1/
Fishing policy and administration
Young man fishing with a cast net on Siem Reap river, Cambodia. Photo by Brian Hoffman, taken on 12 January 2015. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.Fisheries management in Cambodia is divided between central and local governments. At the central level, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry ...
Social accountability page was presented at civic tech meetup
On 25 November, the Open Development Cambodia (ODC) team conducted a presentation at the seventh Civic Tech Meetup in Kampong Chhnang city, Kampong Chhnang province. The series of meetups were challenged by Covid-19, but have recently resumed limited in-person meetings. During this all-day hybrid virtual ...
Kick off meeting on project "improving public service delivery through the use of ICT"
Cambodia is moving forward with a fast phase development in technology advancement. The country has reached more than 12.5 million internet users in the late 2018 following an increase of mobile operators’ service expansion in rural areas, according to Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC). With ...