Storm season on horizon: ministry
The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology issued a statement yesterday encouraging the Kingdom’s citizens to be cautious around lightning storms, which occur frequently between March and July. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22809/storm-season-on-horizon--ministry/
Government struggles to ease capital congestion
Experts warn that soaring population, vehicle use, condominium construction, minimal enforcement of parking and vehicle tax laws and lackluster public transit options could spell decades of gridlock if action is not taken soon. ...
Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-struggles-to-ease-capital-congestion-112568/
Driving License Renewal Center will be officially launched at AEON Mall on June 15, 2016
Ministry of Public Works and Transport has recently decided to establish a Driving License Renewal Center at AEON Mall in the purpose to facilitate faster and more convenient services, bring it closer to public, improve transparency, save time, and minimized the costs related to renewal ...
Ministry of Public Works and Transport
Ministry of Public Works will restrict the overweight trucks in August
On 08 July 2016, Ministry of Public Works and Transport has released an announcement on “Organizing portable weighbridge” in order to inform all trucking companies, owners operators or truck drivers, and the public to cooperate and to implement the law properly, transparently, loyally and responsibly from August. The ...
Ministry of Public Works and Transport
Phone retailers ordered to pay tax on inventories
Following raids on phone shops selling grey-market devices last week, the government is giving retailers a two-week window to declare their stock of mobile phone handsets and pay the relevant taxes or face hefty fines.Many of the capital’s vendors have already received a notice from ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/phone-retailers-ordered-pay-tax-inventories
Prahok fish yields up, but smaller size to affect output
With the onset of the fishing season for the Cambodian fermented fish condiment prahok, an Agriculture Ministry official said yesterday that fish yields this year have increased compared to 2014, but traders say most of the catch so far is too small to use for ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/prahok-fish-yields-smaller-size-affect-output
World Bank to vote on ending punitive 5-year funding freeze
The World Bank’s board of directors could vote today to renew a project for landless families in Cambodia that has run into major problems, a move that would effectively lift a five-year freeze on lending its own money to the country in protest over forced ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/world-bank-to-vote-on-ending-punitive-5-year-funding-freeze-112778/
Convention centre to put Siem Reap on event circuit
Sokha Hotels and Resorts will open the first dedicated convention centre in Siem Reap next month, giving the country’s leading tourist destination another major draw to attract foreign visitors. ...
Thik Kaliyann
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/convention-centre-put-siem-reap-event-circuit
Rogue moto market raided, but no arrests
Customs officials and local police yesterday raided a motorbike market in Phnom Penh’s Prampi Makara district they said was illegally selling vehicles without licence plates or paperwork. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rogue-moto-market-raided-no-arrests
Raid reveals 1,800 smuggled smartphones
Customs authorities seized nearly 1,800 smuggled Huawei smartphones during a raid on Monday on a private residence in Phnom Penh’s Tuol Kork district, a customs official said yesterday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/raid-reveals-1800-smuggled-smartphones
Illegal fishing busts up 150%: ministry
Fishing crime busts rose 150 per cent during the first nine months of 2015, compared with the same period last year, while anti-forestry crime actions dropped 13 per cent. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illegal-fishing-busts-150-ministry
Small businesses help Cambodia’s growth, entrepreneur says
In recent years, Cambodia has seen a surging number of small and medium-sized businesses, driven by young entrepreneurs. As of 2011, there are estimated 530,000 SMEs in Cambodia, but many lack access to capital to build strong and innovative businesses. ...
Ten Soksreinith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/small-business-help-cambodia-growth-entrepreneur-says/3105535.html
FA seizes 12 trucks with illegal wood in Kratie
Kratie Forestry Administration forces in cooperation with provincial armed forces seized 12 trucks laden with illegal timber yesterday. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fa-seizes-12-trucks-illegal-wood-kratie
Ministry warns Lango delinquents to comply
The Ministry of Interior has issued a first warning to associations and NGOs that failed to submit the requisite reports to the Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Finance before the deadline on September 30. According to a press release issued on Monday, only 648 ...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-warns-lango-delinquents-comply
Hong Kong economic delegation visits Kingdom
Hong Kong’s top economic official will lead a 48-person delegation to Cambodia on Monday and Tuesday to explore business opportunities related to China’s Belt and Road Initiative, according to a release from the official’s office. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/hong-kong-economic-delegation-visits-kingdom
Slowing rice export growth ‘worrisome’
An Agriculture Ministry official said on Sunday that slowing growth in Cambodian milled rice exports—increasing just 0.7 percent last year—was the result of outdated policies and was a concerning trend. ...
Chhorn Phearun
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/slowing-rice-export-growthworrisome-123114/
Hand, foot, mouth disease alert
The Health Ministry’s Communicable Disease Control (CDC) department has urged people to be cautious of the spread of hand, food and mouth disease (HFMD) and asked that infants or children displaying symptoms be brought to seek medical treatment immediately. “Especially for children with dangerous symptoms, ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35382/hand--foot--mouth-disease-alert/
Corporate bonds edging closer to launch
Cambodia’s market regulator has finalised regulations for establishing a corporate bond, moving one step closer to introducing a new capital market tool that would allow companies to raise funds for expansions, debt refinancing or acquisitions, officials announced yesterday. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/corporate-bonds-edging-closer-launch
NGOs may have stymied government health care: report
A new study examining the development of health care in post-conflict societies suggests that the influx of NGOs in Cambodia may have weakened the government health sector. ...
Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngos-may-have-stymied-government-health-care-report
Officials claim end to hunger in sight thanks to rice surplus
Government officials have claimed the country could see an end to malnutrition and hunger following a decade of food security improvements and increased rice yields. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5077328/officials-claim-end-hunger-sight-thanks-rice-surplus/