Siphan: Access to Information law will oblige spokespersons to face press
The Government Spokesperson Unit recently held its annual press conference offering journalists an opportunity to query the challenges and achievements of government ministries and institutions, in line with the Access to information law. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/siphan-access-information-law-will-oblige-spokespersons-face-press
Ministry plots path to ‘Digital Cambodia’
The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications – with technical support from UNESCO – is promoting media and digital literacy in Cambodia through the project “Development of National Media, information and Digital Literacy (MIDL)”. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-plots-path-digital-cambodia
No provision for Cambodians to vote from abroad, says NEC
The National Election Committee (NEC) said yesterday it is “impossible” to allow migrant workers in neighbouring Thailand to vote for upcoming elections, citing the lack of a legal framework. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501031419/no-provision-for-cambodians-to-vote-from-abroad-says-nec/
Hun Sen approves capital gains tax deferral until 2024
The government has decided to postpone the implementation of the capital gains tax until 2024 in a bid to restore and prop up post-pandemic economic growth, according to a notice from the Ministry of Economy and Finance’s General Department of Taxation (GDT). ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/hun-sen-approves-capital-gains-tax-deferral-until-2024
Kingdom’s efforts to prevent money laundering stepped up for ‘grey list’ exit
The National Committee to Combat Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction has instructed all units acting as judicial authorities to set up standard operating procedures and cooperate with relevant institutions in their investigations. ...
Cambodia, Vietnam to boost military co-op
Prime Minister Hun Sen encouraged the Cambodian and Vietnamese militaries to continue cooperation in maintaining security and safety along the two countries’ border and to seek additional means of collaboration for this purpose. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/cambodia-vietnam-boost-military-co-op
Talks encourage increased EV use
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has held a series of discussions with electricity providers and sustainability organisations to support the development of policies that will encourage mass use of electric vehicles (EV) in Cambodia. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/talks-encourage-increased-ev-use
Sokhonn honours Chinese commitment to Mekong-Lancang cooperation
Cambodia values China’s commitment to the establishment of the Mekong-Lancang Public Health Community and its leading role in providing medicines, medical supplies and millions of Covid-19 vaccine doses to the Mekong River nations, especially Cambodia. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sokhonn-honours-chinese-commitment-mekong-lancang-cooperation
Study on Bassac River-Kep sea waterway link finished
Cambodia and China are looking into the logistics of creating a connection between the Bassac River and the sea in Kep province to provide a viable alternative for waterway passenger and freight traffic to enter the Kingdom without passing through Vietnam, according to the transport ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/study-bassac-river-kep-sea-waterway-link-finished
$15 million Kampong Speu animal feed plant launched
International animal feed joInt venture De Heus TMH Cambodia has launched a $15 million factory In Kampong Speu provInce that is able to produce 180,000 tonnes of animal feed annually, the agriculture mInistry reported on April 24. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/15-million-kampong-speu-animal-feed-plant-launched
Military set to roll out booster jab programme
A senior military official has announced the launch of a 10-day Covid-19 vaccination campaign to begin on April 20, with teams from the Ministry of National Defence administering booster shots in Phnom Penh and several neighbouring provinces. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/military-set-roll-out-booster-jab-programme
Garment workers protest factory’s move, fear shutdown
Around 300 garment workers from Canteran Apparel gathered on Veng Sreng Street in Chaom Chao commune’s Trapeang Thleung village of Phnom Penh’s Por Sen Chey district on April 19 to protest recent actions by the owner of the business. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/garment-workers-protest-factorys-move-fear-shutdown
Effective jab drive boosts Cambodia’s Q1 int’l trade
The first quarter of 2022 clocked over $13 billion in international trade, nine per cent more than last year, with exports jumping 25.7 per cent year-on-year. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/effective-jab-drive-boosts-cambodias-q1-intl-trade
Hun Sen gives factory workers 2-day break for June elections
The government will give all factory workers two days off to participate in the June 5 commune council elections. Owners of factories and manufacturing enterprises will be required to pay wages and other benefits as normal. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-gives-factory-workers-2-day-break-june-elections
Spirits raised: PM announces salary hikes after two-year freeze
After enduring the trials and tribulations caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, civil servants in the Kingdom have something to rejoice at last. Prime Minister Hun Sen announced yesterday they would all be given a pay rise after a two-year freeze due to the pandemic. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501093428/spirits-raised-pm-announces-salary-hikes-after-two-year-freeze/
CDC okays three textile-linked projects worth $19M
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) on April 29 announced that it had greenlit final registration certificates for three projects in textile-linked sectors with total capital investment of nearly $19 million that are expected to create 2,005 jobs. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cdc-okays-three-textile-linked-projects-worth-19m
Agriculture cooperation deal with Czech Republic brewing
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the Czech Republic plan to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on “Cooperation in the Agricultural Sector” soon following a May 5 meeting at the ministry’s headquarters. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/agriculture-cooperation-deal-czech-republic-brewing
Ministry marks Environment Day with park clean-up effort
The Ministry of Environment, in collaboration with the Battambang Provincial Administration, is to celebrate National and World Environment Day on May 5 to raise public awareness of environmental issues and preserve the environment for sustainable use of natural resources. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-marks-environment-day-park-clean-effort
$150 million tourism package released
The government yesterday released a financial intervention package of $150 million to revive the tourism sector by financing businesses affected by the Covid-19 pandemic in the last two years. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501077244/150-million-tourism-package-released/
FiA, WWF to step up patrolling after third dolphin found dead
The Fisheries Administration (FiA) and World Wide Fund for Nature Cambodia (WWF-Cambodia) are beefing up their efforts to protect the remaining Irrawaddy dolphins in Kratie province following the death of another dolphin last week. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fia-wwf-step-patrolling-after-third-dolphin-found-dead