$30 million Japanese grant aid for water supply system expansion
Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) and KKKCT Consortium on Monday signed a contract for the expansion of water supply system in Takhmao town, Kandal province under a Japanese Grant Aid. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501037694/30-million-japanese-grant-aid-for-water-supply-system-expansion/
Cambodia urges Myanmar’s concerned parties to restrain use of force
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn has called on Myanmar’s concerned parties to exercise maximum restraint in the use of force to ease hostilities. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501046553/cambodia-urges-myanmars-concerned-parties-to-restrain-use-of-force/
Kingdom’s January-February exports to US jump 53 percent
Cambodia exports to the United States surged by 53.3 percent to $1,717.5 million in the first two months of this year, according to the figures from the US Census Bureau. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501056229/kingdoms-january-february-exports-to-us-jump-53-percent/
Phnom Penh Governor requests French assistance for construction of new wastewater treatment plant
Khuong Sreng, Governor of Phnom Penh, requested France to help build another wastewater treatment plant in the northwest of Phnom Penh, which will treat the water before it flows into the Tonle Sap. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501078399/phnom-penh-governor-requests-french-assistance-for-construction-of-new-wastewater-treatment-plant/
Senate approves Draft Law on Food Security
The 4th legislature of the Senate of Cambodia approved the draft law on food security in its extraordinary session held here this morning under the chairmanship of its President Samdech Say Chhum. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501078058/senate-approves-draft-law-on-food-security/
Cambodia to study upgrade of existing railway to a high-speed railway from Poipet-Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville
Prime Minister Hun Sen , Head of the Royal Government has instructed the Ministry of Public Works and Transport to study the feasibility of improving the existing railway system in Cambodia into a high-speed railway. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501065341/cambodia-to-study-upgrade-of-existing-railway-to-a-high-speed-railway-from-poipet-phnom-penh-sihanoukville/
O’Smach border checkpoint reopens
The O’Smach International Border Checkpoint was officially reopened on Friday after it was closed in 2019 at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501070616/osmach-border-checkpoint-reopens/
UNFPA, Japanese government launch $1.17m project to support Cambodia health
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Japanese government yesterday jointly launched a project to support the Royal Government of Cambodia in building a resilient and responsive healthcare system during and beyond the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Overarching problems hinder search for justice for abused women: BAKC
Despite the implementation of provisions to defend abused women and girls in 2021, the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (BAKC) noted some challenges due to the lack of cooperation by relevant specialised state institutions. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/overarching-problems-hinder-search-justice-abused-women-bakc
Royal Government to continue providing free COVID-19 vaccines to people
The Royal Government will continue to administer COVID-19 vaccines to its people and all foreign nationals in Cambodia free-of-charge even though the required doses for each of them rise to 20. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501098099/royal-government-to-continue-providing-free-covid-19-vaccines-to-people/
Vietnam, Cambodia strengthen anti-drug cooperation
Vietnamese and Cambodian anti-drug forces gathered for their third meeting in Ho Chi Minh City on January 5. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501215181/vietnam-cambodia-strengthen-anti-drug-cooperation/
Preah Sihanouk, Thai delegation discuss investment potential
Preah Sihanouk Provincial Administration received a delegation from the Thai Enterprise Development Division to discuss investment potential in the province. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501345427/preah-sihanouk-thai-delegation-discuss-investment-potential/
Early childhood education encouraged
The government is urging parents, especially those in the rural areas of the provinces, to register their children at community preschools. ...
Yim Sreylin
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501185412/early-childhood-education-encouraged/
Third expressway to connect Phnom Penh and Siem Reap
Four companies have shown interest in constructing Cambodia’s third expressway that will connect Phnom Penh with Siem Reap. ...
Meas Molika
https://kiripost.com/stories/third-expressway-to-connect-phnom-penh-and-siem-reap
Boeng Tamok’s development outweighs preservation of lake, says land official
A Land Ministry official said development of Boeng Tamok in northern Phnom Penh was a higher priority than the water body’s preservation, adding that only a lake like the Tonle Sap was worth preserving. ...
Mech Dara
https://vodenglish.news/boeng-tamoks-development-outweighs-preservation-of-lake-says-land-official/
Cambodian rice crowned world’s best
Cambodia’s Phka Romduol rice has been crowned the best rice in the world at the prestigious World Rice Forum. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodian-rice-crowned-worlds-best
Cambodia’s manufacturing output hits $7.57 billion
Cambodia’s manufacturing output hit $7.57 billion U.S. dollars in the first half of 2022, a remarkable increase of 75 percent year on year, an industry ministry spokesperson said here on Thursday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501130948/cambodias-manufacturing-output-hits-7-57-billion/
Senior tourism official says Cambodia expects 4 million tourists this year
Chea Se, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Tourism, said that Cambodia expects about 4 million tourists in 2023. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501267838/senior-tourism-official-says-cambodia-expects-4-million-tourists-this-year/
Farmers stopped from using drying-up reservoir
Authorities in Banteay Meanchey province’s Preah Netr Preah district have stopped farmers from using a protected reservoir because it could dry out. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501242127/farmers-stopped-from-using-drying-up-reservoir/
Final cash support for Siem Reap tourism workers
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training will make the final cash support payment to 129 tourism workers in Siem Reap province whose employment contracts were suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/final-cash-support-siem-reap-tourism-workers
