OCIC: Koh Norea project filling to complete by Dec
Southeastern Phnom Penh’s colossal 125ha Koh Norea satellite city project is pressing ahead, with river filling on track to be completed by the end of this year, according to Touch Samnang, deputy director-general of developer Overseas Cambodian Investment Corp Ltd (OCIC). ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ocic-koh-norea-project-filling-complete-dec
RGC and WFP launch new network to drive better nutrition
The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) and the World Food Programme (WFP) launched here yesterday the SUN Business Network Cambodia (SBN Cambodia) which brings together some of the most forward-thinking private businesses in the food sector to accelerate progress in nutrition across Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50894740/rgc-and-wfp-launch-new-network-to-drive-better-nutrition/
Programme launched to rehabilitate land in degraded forest areas
A project to rehabilitate degraded forest land through the development of integrated agriculture and agroforestry to improve the livelihoods of local residents is being implemented by the Forestry Administration’s Institute for Forest and Wildlife Research and Development (IRD). ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/programme-launched-rehabilitate-land-degraded-forest-areas
Kingdom in rubber forecast project
Cambodia has signed an agreement on a project to assess and forecast the impact of climate change and labour availability in natural rubber production chains in Southeast Asia, to promote growth and development in the regional sector, according to the General Directorate of Rubber on ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-rubber-forecast-project
Kingdom-EAEU team to push for FTA
Cambodia is reportedly keen to set up a new joint team with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) to conduct a more detailed examination of the possibility of formally launching free trade agreement (FTA) talks with the bloc soon, and add impetus to underwhelming bilateral trade ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-eaeu-team-push-fta
Kingdom commits to produce more renewable energy
Cambodia is committed to incorporating more renewable energy into a new Ministry of Mines and Energy master plan, to mitigate the carbon footprint of the Kingdom’s socio-economic development, according to minister Suy Sem on September 16. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-commits-produce-more-renewable-energy
Invest in longan processing: ministry
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has called for increased private sector investment in longan processing for export, as the Kingdom seeks to negotiate market access with phytosanitary authorities in a number of countries. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/invest-longan-processing-ministry
Driver’s licence service resumes
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has announced the resumption of service for driver’s licences in Phnom Penh after the pandemic forced its suspension for about three months. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/drivers-licence-service-resumes
Gov’t requests Covid treatment for migrants
Cambodia has requested that Thailand provide medical treatment to Cambodian migrant workers who contract Covid-19 there as large numbers of workers continue to return home from both Thailand and Vietnam, many of whom carry the disease. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-requests-covid-treatment-migrants
Customs rakes in $1.52B in 8 months
Cambodia generated $1.520 billion in customs revenue in the first eight months of this year, equivalent to 64.2 per cent of the target set by the Law on Financial Management for 2021, despite the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/customs-rakes-152b-8-months
Bunong crops destroyed by bulldozers
Mondulkiri province’s concession company is in the middle of a land dispute with more than 100 Bunong indigenous families living in O’Raing district’s Dak Dam and Sen Monorom communes, who allege it has cleared over 100 hectareas of their land with bulldozers ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50967830/bunong-crops-destroyed-by-bulldozers/
Swiss agency provides $1 million to promote tourism in Cambodia
The Tourism Development Planning Department announced yesterday that Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, through the Enterprise Development Program of United Nation (UNIDO), has provided approximately $1 million for the implementation of Agri-food production and tourism programmes in Cambodia. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50961979/swiss-agency-provides-1-million-to-promote-tourism-in-cambodia/
Agriculture sector sees promising future for solar-power equipment
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon said solar-powered agricultural equipment had the potential to help Cambodia’s farmers withstand the impacts of climate change and that it could also reduce production costs and greenhouse gas emissions for the Kingdom’s agriculture sector. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/agriculture-sector-sees-promising-future-solar-power-equipment
Singapore goods flood Cambodian shores
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Singapore totaled $4.37 billion in the first 10 months of 2021, a 51.27 per cent year-on-year surge from $2.89 billion, as reported by the Ministry of Commerce, despite Covid-related disruptions to manufacturing supply chains. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/singapore-goods-flood-cambodian-shores
Koh Kong land dispute on its way to solution
Koh Kong provincial administration will consider providing compensation in a land dispute case, and will discuss the case with Prime Minister Hun Sen, after 700 members of several local communities gathered in front of Koh Kong Provincial Hall on Wednesday. ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50977605/koh-kong-land-dispute-on-its-way-to-solution/
UK researchers say 3rd ‘booster’ dose 85% effective against Omicron – but booster take up in Cambodia remains critically low
As Cambodia records it 2nd case of the Omicron variant, a report from researchers at Imperial College London says that a 3rd ‘booster’ dose could provide around 85% protection against severe effects of the Omicron variant. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50990843/uk-researchers-say-3rd-booster-dose-85-effective-against-omicron-but-3rd-booster-take-up-in-cambodia-remains-critically-low/
Over 260K migrants return since Covid-19 outbreak
Over 260,000 Cambodian migrant workers have returned from abroad, mostly from Thailand, since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic through the end of 2021, according to the National Committee for Counter Trafficking (NCCT). ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/over-260k-migrants-return-covid-19-outbreak
Voter list posting draws 15 complaints, NEC says
As of January 9, a total of 15 complaints had been filed by citizens to their commune councils nationwide regarding their election registration either being incorrect or improperly deleted, according to the National Election Committee (NEC). ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/voter-list-posting-draws-15-complaints-nec-says
Siem Reap town’s 38-road expansion 100% finished
The 38-road expansion project in Siem Reap town is now 100 per cent complete, while the installation of accompanying infrastructure such as street lights and security cameras is now 70 per cent finished, according to Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/siem-reap-towns-38-road-expansion-100-finished
E-commerce VAT from April 1: GDT
The government will start implementing the e-commerce value-added tax (VAT) from April 1, as the General Department of Taxation (GDT) updates a variety of technology systems for taxpayers. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/e-commerce-vat-april-1-gdt