Announcement on incentive mechanisms for voluntary business registration in the information and broadcasting sector
On 3 May 2024, Ministry of Commerce has decided to offer incentives for businesses registering voluntarily in the information and broadcasting sector. These incentives include a three-year exemption from public service duties for registered businesses and fine exemptions for businesses that have been operated but ...
Ministry of Commerce
Graduate convicted for bomb threat; sentence cut
The Siem Reap Provincial Court last week convicted Tao Savoeun, 26, of threatening to kill Interior Minister Sar Kheng at a graduation ceremony but will only require him to serve one month of his 15-month prison sentence, meaning he should be released within days.Mr. Savoeun, ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/graduate-convicted-for-bomb-threat-sentence-cut-98225/
Program aims for safer workplaces for women
A new program launched yesterday has its sights set on ending the endemic problem of sexual harassment against women in the workplace. A ceremony at the Hotel Cambodiana marked the start of Safe Workplaces, Safer Communities, a project run by CARE Cambodia. The three-year program, which will ...
Sean Teehan and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/program-aims-safer-workplaces-women
Ministry of Culture participates in the ASEAN-Korea Music Festival Committee Meeting
Kong Sothearith, Deputy Director General of the ASEAN Department of the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, and So Sranos, Music Teacher of the Royal University of Fine Arts and Member of the National Representative Committee, attended the 2023 ASEAN-Korea Music Festival Committee Meeting from ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/1337461/ministry-of-culture-participates-in-the-asean-korea-music-festival-committee-meeting/
Cambodia in need of qualified librarians, says official
Mao Kolap, vice-president of Cambodian Librarian Associations, said yesterday that Cambodia requires more qualified librarians to match the standards of advanced libraries in other Asean countries. According to a report by the Cambodian Library Association, there are only three graduated librarians, while there are 400 ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501194185/cambodia-in-need-of-qualified-librarians-says-official/
Press statement: The credibility of the Human Rights Watch has long been tarnished, states the Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson
On 14 September 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press statement namely, The credibility of the Human Rights Watch has long been tarnished, states the Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson on their official website. According to the press, the Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson has ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
ODC team participated in the Regional Conference on Mekong-Japan Cooperation: Progress and Challenges since 2015
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Organised by the Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace, the conference on the topic of regional cooperation in the Mekong region took place at the Raffles Hotel Le Royal in Phnom Penh on the 23rd of March. In his welcoming remarks, H.E. Ambassador Pou Sothirak, ...
Japan provides grant assistance for raising awareness of environment issues, promoting remedial study and developing quality university for physical education through ICT
On 27 February 2023, the Embassy of Japan in the Kingdom of Cambodia issued a press release on the Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO projects. The Government of Japan will provide US$843,946 in total for three recipient organizations to carry out the following projects:Nature Center ...
Embassy of Japan in the Kingdom of Cambodia
Prasac seeks commercial bank status
PRASAC, Cambodia’s largest microfinance institution by outstanding loans, planned to become a licensed commercial bank in the Kingdom, company officials said yesterday. The news comes despite calls from insiders and experts – most recently the International Monetary Fund and World Bank – for the National ...
Investment needed to reach rice goal: experts
More investment is needed as well as additional assistance for farmers if the government wants to meet its export goal of 1 million tons of rice a year by 2015, according to experts at a recent rice sector meeting in Phnom Penh. Participants said rice millers would need substantial access ...
Buying property by installment on the increase
The market for Khmer home-buyers purchasing property by installments is booming, according to experts. Keuk Narin, vice president of Asia Real Estate Cambodia, said the concept of buying homes by installments in Cambodia is very attractive to those whom want to buy a house. Almost all housing projects that offer installment purchases see good business, ...
Thailand, Cambodia mull joint business, trade body
Thailand and Cambodian signed an agreement for the formation of a joint business council to promote bilateral trade and investment. The memorandum of understanding was officially endorsed on Tuesday evening by Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen on the sidelines of ...
http://www.pattayamail.com/news/thailand-cambodia-mull-joint-business-trade-body-23289
Land activist to be released
Outspoken land activist Kuch Veng will regain his freedom in 15 days after the Pursat provincial court yesterday handed down a guilty verdict with a one-year sentence, then suspended nearly three quarters of that term. Veng has been in prison since May 19 on charges of ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-activist-be-released
Rainsy says CNRP doesn’t recognize newly-formed government
The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) leader Sam Rainsy on Wednesday said that the CNRP doesn’t recognize the newly-formed government of Prime Minister Hun Sen. Speaking at a news conference, he urged all international communities and countries of the Paris Peace Agreement to condemn “this ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=NDAyMDdiZDljZDY#sthash.hG32ZEwp.dpuf
China provides mine clearance training to Cambodian soldiers
A team of 12 Chinese military experts on Thursday started offering a six-week mine clearance course to 52 Cambodian peacekeeping force. The training is being held at the Institute for Peacekeeping Forces, Mine and Explosive Remnants of War Clearance. According to the Cambodian Mine Action Authority, ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/131205/china-provides-mine-clearance-training-cambodian-soldiers
Kratie land dispute goes on
Hundreds of families from Kratie province’s Snuol district who were promised new plots of land after a Vietnamese rubber firm evicted them last month have complained that provincial officials are allowing hundreds of interlopers to stake a claim instead. The 405 families were evicted from the ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kratie-land-dispute-goes
Prey Speu tales conflict
Following last week’s street sweep, children as young as 7 years old were kept in Phnom Penh’s notorious Prey Speu social affairs centre, eyewitnesses, staff and those targeted by the initiative have told the Post, directly contradicting government denials offered earlier this week. Standing at the centre’s ...
Alice Cuddy and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prey-speu-tales-conflict
FDI survey may lead to new property regulations
Cambodia’s property sector continues to grow, offering both opportunities and challenges for both foreign and local investors. Meanwhile, ahead of the ASEAN Integration, a wider access to transparent information about the FDI fuelling the sector could lead to the adoption of stronger regulatory principles and ...
Kali Kotoski and Sum Manet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/fdi-survey-may-lead-new-property-regulations
Japanese to donate medical equipment
The Japanese government will provide $18 million worth of medical equipment and supplies to the Ministry of Health to help the Kingdom fight Covid-19. It will also offer nearly $23 million in financial grants to support education and health in Cambodia, according to an announcement from ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japanese-donate-medical-equipment
Smile Shop catering to lockdown demand for groceries
In response to increased demand during lockdown, Smile Shop, a local e-shop, is offering new users a $10 discount on their first purchase for orders of $25 or more. They ensure deliveries are made between two and 12 hours post ordering in Phnom Penh. ...
Brian Badzmierowski
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50842449/smile-shop-catering-to-lockdown-demand-for-groceries/