CSOs, communities request EIAs
Civil society organisations (CSOs) and communities have urged the government and relevant institutions to make Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) public, but officials say they are required to follow the policies of confidentiality of private firms. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/csos-communities-request-eias
Cambodia, Thailand to boost cooperation
The Cambodian Rehabilitation and Development Board of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CRDB/CDC) and Thailand International Cooperation Agency (TICA) have pledged to further enhance cooperation on trade and investment. ...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50799647/cambodia-thailand-to-boost-cooperation/
SME fund fully subscribed
A $100 million small and medium enterprise co-financing scheme (SCFS) fund was fully subscribed by mid-October 2020, according to a senior executive of SME Bank of Cambodia. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50803513/sme-fund-fully-subscribed/
Cambodia's Covid death toll now 10
Another Covid-19 patient has died while undergoing treatment at Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital in Phnom Penh, the Ministry of Health announced in the early hours of March 28 after confirming the country’s ninth fatality from the disease. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodias-covid-death-toll-now-10
Gov’t plans non-garment industrial export expansion
The government plans to boost non-garment manufacturing exports this year on the back of strong market demand as the availability of viable Covid-19 vaccines jumpstarts a global economy hungry for recovery. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-plans-non-garment-industrial-export-expansion
12 charged for violent protest in attempted land grab case
Kandal Provincial Court yesterday charged 12 men accused of stealing around one hectare of a villager’s land in Kandal province, forging a land deed and selling it to a land broker in 2019. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50815756/12-charged-for-violent-protest-in-attempted-land-grab-case/
35 land dispute cases to be resolved by end 2022
Some 35 long-standing land dispute cases in Kratie province are expected to be resolved by end of next year, said Provincial Department of Land Management director Kao Madilen yesterday. ...
Buth Sela
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50814848/35-land-dispute-cases-to-be-resolved-by-end-2022/
January-April rice exports down 36%
Cambodia’s milled rice exports from January to April of 2021 were down 36 percent from the same period in 2020, according to a report issued by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF). ...
Sok Samnang
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50849539/january-april-rice-exports-down-36/
First commercial gold mine online
Australian miner Renaissance Minerals (Cambodia) Ltd on June 21 began the commercial operation of its $120 million Okvau Gold Project in the northeastern province of Mondulkiri, becoming the Kingdom’s first gold producer. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/first-commercial-gold-mine-online
US top Cambodian export destination Jan-June
The US market topped export destinations for Cambodian products during the first six months of 2021 as the two countries confirmed their commitment to continue strengthening bilateral cooperation, especially in the field of trade. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50897620/us-top-cambodian-export-destination-jan-june/
Kampong Chhnang large irrigation project finished
The construction of the Lum Hach irrigation and drainage system in Kampong Chhnang province’s Boribor, Teui Phos and Rolea Ba’ier districts has been completed and can provide water to 3,289ha of land. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-chhnang-large-irrigation-project-finished
Cambodians divided on climate
Cambodians are divided on the cause of climate change but 84 per cent of people believe climate change is happening, a report released by the National Council for Sustainable Development (NCSD) revealed. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodians-divided-climate
Agricultural exports up 46 percent in first nine months
Some 3,894,485 tonnes of agricultural products, besides milled rice and paddy rice, have been exported to foreign markets during the first nine months of this year, despite the global COVID-19 crisis. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50945748/agricultural-exports-up-46-percent-in-first-nine-months/
Vietnam-funded bridge and road project launched in Cambodia
A bridge and road project, the construction of which was funded with donations from Vietnamese expats and businesses in Cambodia, was launched in Troey Koh, Kampot city, the capital of Kampot province, on September 26. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50942304/vietnam-funded-bridge-and-road-project-launched-in-cambodia/
$130 million investment project on Rabbit Island begins construction
$130 million investment project on 144 hectares of land in Koh Tonsay by Try Pheap Koh Tonsay Resort Co., Ltd. held a blessing ceremony to start building operation on the morning of September 27, 2021. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.postkhmer.com/business/2021-09-28-1056-224317.html
E-commerce, digital shift power MSMEs: minister
E-commerce and the ongoing digital transformation have been boosting the productivity and competitiveness of small and micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSME) in Cambodia, Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak said last week. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/e-commerce-digital-shift-power-msmes-minister
Independent human rights committee to be formed
The National Human Rights Committee of Cambodia (NHRC) draft law is currently being prepared by the Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) to be sent to the Council of Ministers for approval before the National Assembly vote on it. ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50891879/independent-human-rights-committee-to-be-formed/
Ministry plans mobile jabs
Senior Ministry of Health officials have urged provincial administrations to dispatch mobile vaccination teams to remote households and the homes of those with difficulties travelling in order to administer Covid-19 jabs to them. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-plans-mobile-jabs
Swollen rivers threaten flooding threat
Flash floods are still washing over roads and inundating homes in three districts of Banteay Meanchey province, while in Preah Vihear province the water level of the Stung Sen River continues to climb towards emergency levels. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/swollen-rivers-threaten-flooding-threat
Crayfish market boom, prospects boil down to wide adoption
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon is pushing for more investment in the domestic farming of Australian red-claw crayfish, to raise supply to the local market and potentially export down the line. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/crayfish-market-boom-prospects-boil-down-wide-adoption-sakhon