Guidelines finalized for child workers in fisheries sector
The government on Friday finalized guidelines aimed at reducing The number of children who work in The fisheries sector and do not attend school, The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and The NGO World Vision said in a statement. World Vision said The guidelines, which it ...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/guidelines-finalized-for-child-workers-in-fisheries-sector-54260/
Building back better with access to information
UNESCO and the Ministry of Information, and the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, the Department of Media and Communication at the Royal University of Phnom Penh, and civil society organisations, are commemorating the 2021 International Day of Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) in Cambodia, on ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50942865/building-back-better-with-access-to-information/
Juvenile justice law step closer to being reality
Officials from the ministries Of interior, social affairs, and justice met with NGOs on Friday to discuss the latest draft Of a juvenile justice law that has been in the works for more than a decade and which would mean young Offenders’ rights would be ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/juvenile-justice-law-step-closer-to-being-reality-52720/
SBI, Royal to create $50m investment fund
Japanese financial group SBI Holdings Inc announced yesterday that it would launch a $50 million investment fund with The Royal Group to invest in local companies in a wide range of industries. In a statement, SBI Holdings also said that its securities company in Cambodia, SBI ...
Angkor temples ranked top of the world
The Angkor Wat temple complex in Siem Reap province is The world’s undisputed top tourist destination, according to Lonely Planet’s Ultimate Travelist 2015, an exhaustive list ranking sights and travel hotspots that was released on Monday. ...
Simon Henderson
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/angkor-temples-ranked-top-of-the-world-92000/
Shared ministry database to speed up online business registration
Interior Minister Sar Kheng has recommended the creation of a sub-decree to formally connect the interior ministry’s General Department of Identification (GDI) and the Ministry of Economy’s Cambodia Data Exchange Platform (CamDX) databases after a successful pilot of the scheme. the announcement came at a ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50745177/shared-ministry-database-to-speed-up-online-business-registration/
Three of Cambodia’s national bird, the Giant Ibis, killed in protected area
In a single deliberate poisoning event, three Giant Ibis, equivalent to 1-2 percent of the global population, have been killed – part of a disturbing global trend where conservationists are noticing increases in hunting of protected species since the spread of coronavirus began to disrupt ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50714406/three-of-cambodias-national-bird-the-giant-ibis-killed-in-protected-area/
Cambodia joins int’l system for registry of industrial designs
Cambodia will join an international convention on the registration of industrial designs next month, furthering the scope of the county’s intellectual property protections, a government official said yesterday. ...
Matthieu de Gaudemar
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-joins-intl-system-registry-industrial-designs
Decree puts riel prices into focus
The government has issued a decree that requires all businesses to put price tags on Their products and services in riel to increase transparency for consumers and boost The use of The local currency. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/decree-puts-riel-prices-focus
Passports for migrant workers can’t be issued any quicker due to high costs, Sar Kheng says
Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Monday said the Cambodian government could not afford more passport printing machines to speed up the process of documenting the hundreds of thousands of citizens working abroad, predominantly in Thailand. ...
Rice customs fees dropped
The Ministry of Economy and Finance (MoEF) will scrap customs fees for rice exporters from May 1 in an effort to reduce production costs and boost Cambodia’s competitiveness in The sector, according to a letter obtained by The Post. “[The ministry] has agreed to eliminate charges ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-customs-fees-dropped
Cambodia attracts $2.28 bln investment projects last year: gov't report
Cambodia had granted licenses to 157 domestic and foreign investment projects with a total investment of 2.28 billion U.S. dollars in 2012, according to a report of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) on Tuesday. Domestic investors topped the chart among all investors last ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-01/29/c_132136638.htm
Mekong residents voice their concerns
Residents living in the Mekong River basin are expressing concerns over water degradation in the Mekong river and its impact on farming, aquaculture and the livelihood of the millions of people who live in the region. People from Cambodia, Thailand and Viet Nam’s Cuu Long (Mekong) ...
http://vietnamnews.vn/society/242941/mekong-residents-voice-their-concerns.html
The Ministry of Land Management records more than $115 million in annual revenue
The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction collected more than 472 billion riels (approx. more than $115 million) in revenue to add to The national budget. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50998337/the-ministry-of-land-management-records-more-than-115-million-in-annual-revenue/
Thai Trade Expo Draws Thousands of Cambodian Visitors Despite Ongoing Border Row
Thousands of Cambodian people visited and bought Thai products on Thursday at a large scale exhibition although simmering border spat between the two countries remains unsolved. “Even though border dispute is still going on, trade and investment ties between Thailand and Cambodia are still good,” Amparwon ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-05/02/c_132355223.htm
Kingdom prepared for digital economy
The government plans to establish a national digital television platform and will release The 700MHz band to The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications to help it develop The 5G network. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-prepared-digital-economy
$400 million to fight COVID-19
The Finance Ministry today reported The government has accumulated approximately $400 million in savings to be used during COVID-19 emergency cases in The Kingdom. ...
Sun Mesa
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50699477/400-million-to-fight-covid-19
NBC, ministry join hands for women’s financial upliftment
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) signed a key agreement with The Ministry of Women’s Affairs on Monday in Phnom Penh for The upliftment of women in financial matters. ...
Jigmee Palden Pazo
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501496418/nbc-ministry-join-hands-for-womens-financial-upliftment/
Prosecutors Meet to Discuss Treatment of Incarcerated Minors
The judiciary has signed off on a new set of guidelines designed to regulate The work of prosecutors in many areas, including The rights of minors in The judicial system. Ouk Savuth, general director of The Court of Appeal, signed off on The guidelines on August ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prosecutors-meet-to-discuss-treatment-of-incarcerated-minors-41526/
FASMEC partners to introduce SME clusters
The Federation of Associations of Small and Medium-size Enterprise of Cambodia (FASMEC) will cooperate with The Thailand-based Mekong Institute to train master teachers in an effort to implement a small and medium enterprise (SME) cluster and export consortia in The coming years, according to officials. The two-day workshop ...