PM orders authorities to execute well the fourth round of cash relief programme
Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, once again ordered local authorities and all stakeholders to carry out the fourth round of cash relief programme in a proper, precise, transparent, accountable and fair manner.
Phen Rattanak/AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50796833/pm-orders-authorities-to-execute-well-the-fourth-round-of-cash-relief-programme/
Over 100 Cambodians reportedly infected in Thailand
The Thai Ministry of Public Health’s Department of Disease Control (DDC) has reported on its website that as of yesterday evening, a total 108 Cambodians in Thailand have tested positive for COVID-19.
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50801244/over-100-cambodians-reportedly-infected-in-thailand/
Tax cuts and exemptions extended
Tax cuts and exemptions will be extended to help companies and unemployed workers better weather the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, according a statement issued last week by the government.
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50797743/tax-cuts-and-exemptions-extended-2/
Container shortage, rising shipping costs takes bite out of mango exports
A global shortage of containers and rising shipping rates during the Covid-19 outbreak has driven up production costs for the Kingdom’s mangoes and eroded their competitiveness on the international market, according to two leading producers-cum-exporters.
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/container-shortage-rising-shipping-costs-takes-bite-out-mango-exports
Progress lifts hopes for EAEU FTA
Prospects of a formal initiation of free trade agreement (FTA) talks with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) have improved as early talks witness an increasingly positive sentiment, according to Ministry of Commerce spokesman Seang Thay.
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/progress-lifts-hopes-eaeu-fta
Economic forecast for 2021 projects 3.5 percent GDP growth
The Kingdom is forecast to register gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 3.5 percent, a sharp reversal of 2020’s contraction of 3.1 percent, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has said in its macroeconomic situation report.
Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50825871/economic-forecast-for-2021-projects-3-5-percent-gdp-growth/
Dara Sakor International Airport ‘to open mid-2021’
A senior official at the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA) said the construction of Dara Sakor International Airport in Koh Kong province is on schedule and plans are for flight operations to begin in mid-2021.
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50820010/dara-sakor-international-airport-to-open-mid-2021/
Covid treatment facilities expand
The government has bought a private hospital in Phnom Penh to specifically treat Covid-19 patients as public hospitals are running out of bed space to accommodate the daily influx of increasing numbers of new patients.
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/covid-treatment-facilities-expand
Bird’s nest exports to China still far off
The Kingdom’s remains bogged down in efforts to officially export edible bird’s nest to China, according to a senior official at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on April 1.
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/birds-nest-exports-china-still-far
Cambodia ‘among lowest in the world for tech startups’
Cambodia ranked number 176 in the world in an index measuring the best places in the world to launch a tech startup, according to the first Draper Innovation Index (DII).
Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50832303/cambodia-among-lowest-in-the-world-for-tech-startups/
Civil service reforms forge on
The Ministry of Interior and Transparency International Cambodia (TI Cambodia) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to extend the provisions of the framework for the School of Governance (SoG) phase II (2021-2025).
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/civil-service-reforms-forge
School meal programme continues
The government and development partners are working to expand a school meal programme to help increase enrolment, attendance and graduation rates while improving children’s access to nutrition to better facilitate their education.
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/school-meal-programme-continues
Horticulture project gets Phase III
The third phase of the Cambodia Horticulture Advancing Income and Nutrition (CHAIN-III) project was officially launched on January 22 in a bid to ramp up production and shore up sustainable horticultural trade to improve the livelihoods of Cambodians in remote rural areas.
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/horticulture-project-gets-phase-iii
Storefront solution goes live
Kuala Lumpur-based Apigate Sdn Bhd has successfully rolled out its Storefront solution with Cambodia’s leading mobile telecommunications operator Smart Axiata Co Ltd, Apigate said in a press release on January 27.
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/storefront-solution-goes-live
Five environmental activists to face court
The winner of the 2016 Goldman Environmental Prize Ouch Leng and four other forestry activists were sent to Kratie Provincial Court yesterday after being accused of putting signs up in a protected area.
Buth Sela
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50811472/five-environmental-activists-to-face-court/
Path to high value-added aquaculture sector studied
A study has been undertaken to look at the upgrading of fishery businesses in Battambang and Kampong Chhnang provinces. Those upgrades could then be replicated in other provinces in the country.
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50811787/path-to-high-value-added-aquaculture-sector-studied/
Helping SMEs to stand on their own two feet
Following the successful completion of two rounds of assistance packages to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and startups during the COVID-19 pandemic, Khmer Enterprise will implement a third this year.
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50810982/helping-smes-to-stand-on-their-own-two-feet/
Consumer credit performance improving
Consumer credit performance is showing consistent improvement as both loan balances and the number of loan accounts issued are undergoing sustained positive growth, according to a report from the Credit Bureau Cambodia (CBC).
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50809008/consumer-credit-performance-improving/
Asean and Geneva demining organisations sign MoU
The ASEAN Regional Mine Action Center (ARMAC) in Phnom Penh has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) to assist national mine action authorities in the Asean region.
Rhea Mae Soco
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50808375/asean-and-geneva-demining-organisations-sign-mou/
