Conservation draft laws go under review by ministry’s working group
Minister of Justice Koeut Rith has set up a working group to review and advise on the penalty provisions of the draft laws on fisheries, forestry and protected natural areas before submitting them to the Council of Ministers for approval. ...
GCF $43m aid Gfor six-year project
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a $43 million project to enhance the adaptive capacity of smallholder farmers, local communities and other value chain actors of the Northern Tonle Sap Basin to cope with the increasing threats of climate change in the Kingdom. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501255714/gcf-43m-aid-for-six-year-project/
Saing Koma connects rice millers with rural agriculture cooperatives
Yang Saing Koma, secretary of state at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, announced that the ministry has successfully negotiated the signing of rice supply contracts between rice mills and agricultural cooperatives in three provinces. ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/saing-koma-connects-rice-millers-rural-agriculture-cooperatives
B Meanchey credits vast irrigation system with farming success
Banteay Meanchey provincial governor Um Reatrey said agriculture is the life blood of the border province, were 85 per cent of the province’s 800,000 strong population are involved in cultivating crops. The province harvests between 900,000 and one million tonnes of rice a year. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/b-meanchey-credits-vast-irrigation-system-farming-success
Gender no barrier among ministry’s sanctuary rangers
The Kingdom’s park rangers play a vital role in protecting the precious natural resources of Cambodia’s protected areas. They sometimes spend weeks on patrol deep in the most remote parts of the country, monitoring wildlife and keeping an eye out for the perpetrator of forest ...
Keo Bosaba
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gender-no-barrier-among-ministrys-sanctuary-rangers
Cambodian PM to make official visit to China on Thursday
At the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia Hun Sen will pay an official visit to China from Feb. 9 to 11, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning announced on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501234083/cambodian-pm-to-make-official-visit-to-china-on-thursday/
Deep-water port construction to increase PAS capacity
The government has been increasing the capacity of listed Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS) through the construction of a deep-water port to allow all types of cargo ships to dock without having to transit at other ports and reduce shipping costs and shipping time. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501281966/deep-water-port-construction-to-increase-pas-capacity/
RCEP will help Cambodia graduate from its least developed country (LDC) status by 2028
Cambodia’s trade with the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) member countries reached $28.4 billion in the first 11 months of 2022, a year-on-year increase of 7 percent, the Ministry of Commerce’s latest report showed on Tuesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501214449/rcep-will-help-cambodia-graduate-from-its-least-developed-country-ldc-status-by-2028/
Kirirom National Park, Bati district land granted to elites
Relatives of infamous Pheapimex CEO Choeung Sopheap received forest land in the center of Kirirom National Park, while a minister, tycoons and an apparent relative of first lady Bun Rany all received state land, according to official documents published in late December. ...
Keat Soriththeavy
https://vodenglish.news/kirirom-national-park-bati-district-land-granted-to-elites/
Thais reassure Cambodia’s migrant workers can stay
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced that Thailand has responded to Cambodia’s concerns about suggestions that the Move Forward Party of Thailand would repatriate Cambodian and Laos migrant workers from Thailand. The Thai party confirmed that none of their policies involved the repatriation of workers from ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thais-reassure-cambodias-migrant-workers-can-stay
China’s BRI flagship project in Cambodia injects momentum to growth, improving livelihoods
The Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ), a flagship project in Cambodia under China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), has not only injected impetus into the kingdom’s economic growth, but also importantly contributed to improving livelihoods of tens of thousands of locals. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501295175/chinas-bri-flagship-project-in-cambodia-injects-momentum-to-growth-improving-livelihoods/
NGO launches Tonle Sap River clean-up awareness campaign
The EU-sponsored “Let’s Clean Up the Tonle Sap” campaign was officially announced this month to raise awareness of the importance of sanitation and waste management among the fishing communities of the eastern Tonle Sap Lake, while improving their economic situation. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngo-launches-tonle-sap-river-clean-awareness-campaign
NEC voter lists protest period ongoing with 53 total complaints
The period for lodging official complaints with the National Election Committee (NEC) following the posting of the 2022 voter list and list of removed names is underway with a total of 53 complaints received to date through commune councils nationwide, according to NEC spokesman Som ...
Yuth Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-voter-lists-protest-period-ongoing-53-total-complaints
AFD pledges $435m for Cambodian development projects
AFD has pledged to pump its largest amount of funding to date into Cambodia in the form of $435 million to fund a raft of projects, with priority given to water and sanitation, agriculture, energy and vocational training sectors. ...
Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/afd-pledges-435m-for-cambodian-development-projects
Cambodia supports Timor-Leste WTO membership bid
Cambodia and Timor-Leste have co-signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), following the conclusion of bilateral talks on a pledge to open markets for trade of goods and services. ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-supports-timor-leste-wto-membership-bid
Kampot-Kep Salt’s GI listing to be marked with Apr event
The Ministry of Commerce has tentatively set April 26 for the “launch” of “Kampot-Kep Salt” as a geographical indication (GI) product, in a formal recognition of its inclusion in the Cambodian registry and the accompanying protections. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kampot-kep-salts-gi-listing-be-marked-apr-event
CPP holds annual summit with Vietnam’s ruling party
Prime Minister Hun Sen, in his capacity as president of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), had a meeting with Nguyen Phu Trong, the leader of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), in Hanoi over the weekend to discuss the situations for each party. ...
Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cpp-holds-annual-summit-vietnams-ruling-party
Govt forms taskforce to expedite PP-SR Expressway project
The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has formed an inter-ministerial taskforce or commission to expedite the implementation of the Phnom Penh-Siem Reap Expressway (PP-SR Expressway) project proposed by the Chinese infrastructure construction firm China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), said a senior official of the ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/1323751/govt-forms-taskforce-to-expedite-pp-sr-expressway-project/
Prime Minister assures civil servants their jobs are safe
Officials and leaders Of the armed forces with positions in the previous mandate such as the secretary Of state, the undersecretary Of state, the advisor to the government, provincial governors and all deputy governors will not face a shake-up in a new government, Prime Minister ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/1333812/prime-minister-assures-civil-servants-their-jobs-are-safe/
Vietnam, Cambodia pledge to maintain coordination in search for martyrs’ remains
The Vietnamese and Cambodian governments on October 24 agreed to maintain their close coordination and increase efficiency of bilateral cooperation in the search for, gathering and repatriation of remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in Cambodia during the wartime. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501381544/vietnam-cambodia-pledge-to-maintain-coordination-in-search-for-martyrs-remains/