Forestry chief moved over incentive money
A Ratanakkiri Forestry Administration official was transferred after his subordinates accused him of the irregular distribution of what was supposed to be more than 300 million riel in employee incentives to subordinates. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/forestry-chief-moved-over-incentive-money
Unions propose $12.35 minimum wage increase
Unions’ workers will propose a new minimum wage for 2021 of $203.35 per month in the next National Council on Minimum Wage’s (NCMW) meeting. ...
Huon DIna
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50761572/unions-propose-12-35-minimum-wage-increase/
Cambodia logs a new COVID-19 case, bringing tally to 286
In two consecutive days, Cambodia registered another new imported case of COVID-19 on a Polish man today, raising the tally of infections to 286. ...
Khann Chanvirak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50775390/cambodia-logs-a-new-covid-19-case-bringing-tally-to-286/
NCDM: flash flood death toll stands at 39
The National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) has reported that the ongoing flash floods have so far killed 39 people, of them 22 in Banteay Meanchey province. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50776124/ncdm-flash-flood-death-toll-stands-at-39/
Kingdom receives $97M investment for inter-provincial irrigation project
Minister of Economy and Finance Aun Pornmoniroth said the government welcomed investments worth €80 million ($97 million) from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for the Irrigated Agriculture Improvement Project (IAIP) in Cambodia. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-receives-97m-investment-inter-provincial-irrigation-project
Senate president calls for Korean investment
Cambodian Senate president Say Chhum called for increased South Korean investment and tourism in the Kingdom as bilateral ties between the two countries have gradually strengthened. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/senate-president-calls-korean-investment
Ministry revamps self-assessment tax regime classifications
The Ministry of Economy and Finance has issued a prakas (directive) for the classification of taxpayers doing business in the Kingdom currently under the existing self-assessment regime. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50804495/ministry-revamps-self-assessment-tax-regime-classifications/
Forestry crimes on the rise
The Ministry of Environment on December 28 issued a report detailing crackdowns on illegal activities in protected natural areas and biodiversity conservation corridors. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/forestry-crimes-rise
Gov’t calls on public to help with wildlife, forestry conservation
Minister of Environment Say Sam Al urged the public to prevent land disputes and contribute to forest and wildlife conservation in the Phnom Tnout-Phnom Pok Wildlife Sanctuary. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-calls-public-help-wildlife-forestry-conservation
Three large bombs found by civilians since Sunday
Cambodia Mine Action Centre (CMAC) demining officers yesterday removed and deactivated three bombs weighing more than 230 kilogrammes each in Phnom Penh, Kandal and Tbong Khmum provinces. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50823336/three-large-bombs-found-by-civilians-since-sunday/
Japan funds project to end violence against children amid C-19
The Government of Japan has provided more than $3 million to UNICEF Cambodia to launch a new project aimed at ending violence against children in the Kingdom. ...
Rhea Mae Soco
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50828171/japan-funds-project-to-end-violence-against-children-amid-c-19/
Ministry calls on the stop of ill-willed advocacy under the name of environmental protection
The Ministry of Environment has reiterated the government’s solid commitment in natural resource conservation, and called on the stop of any ill-willed campaign under the name of “environmental protection”. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50827084/ministry-calls-on-the-stop-of-ill-willed-advocacy-under-the-name-of-environmental-protection/
Japan donates nearly $1 million for Cambodia’s vaccination roll-out
The Japanese government has donated nearly $1 million to Cambodia through UNICEF to support the Cambodian government in its COVID-19 vaccination efforts. ...
Rhea Mae Soco
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50833185/japan-donates-nearly-1-million-for-cambodias-vaccination-roll-out/
Pandemic offers challenges and opportunities to air ambulance industry
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic presents both challenges and opportunities to medical consultancies and air ambulance businesses in Cambodia and other parts of Southeast Asia. ...
Jose Rodriguez T. Senase
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50807535/pandemic-offers-challenges-and-opportunities-to-air-ambulance-industry/
Kampot tourism sees increase from 2019
Domestic tourism in Kampot province increased last year compared to 2019, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the director of the provincial council said yesterday. ...
Buth Sela
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50808342/kampot-tourism-sees-increase-from-2019/
Cambodian Sarus Crane’s number declining
By the morning of Jan. 18, 2021, a total of 59 sarus crane arrived Anlung Pring Protected Landscape in Kampong Trach, Kampot, according to BirdLife International Cambodia Programme. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50804806/cambodian-sarus-cranes-number-declining/
Japan provides more support for Cambodia’s education and agriculture sectors
The Government of Japan has agreed to provide $754,321 to support the areas of education and agriculture in Cambodia, under the framework, The Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO Projects. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50813783/japan-provides-more-support-for-cambodias-education-and-agriculture-sectors/
Unseasonable rainfall melts salt production hopes
This year’s salt market will not be as strong as it was last year, with yields and prices expected to drop, according to salt producers in Kampot province. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/unseasonable-rainfall-melts-salt-production-hopes
More trade centres planned for China
The Ministry of Commerce is working to establish more trade centres in China with the aim of promoting Cambodian products and boosting Khmer exports to China. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50835069/more-trade-centers-planned-for-china/
Four arrested for illegal rosewood
Police in Pursat province’s Veal Veng district arrested four men yesterday, accused of transporting nearly 400 kilogrammes of rosewood from a protected forest area without permission. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50835694/four-arrested-for-illegal-rosewood/
