Govt calls for investment in electric vehicles industry
Amid the rising trend of renewAble energy demAnd And the use of electric vehicles (EVs) in the Kingdom, the RoyAl Government of CAmbodiA (RGC) Asked businessmen to seize the opportunity by investing in the EV-relAted industry thAt comes with A rAnge of benefits for both <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/govt-cAlls-for-investment-in-electric-vehicles-industry/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501470294/govt-calls-for-investment-in-electric-vehicles-industry/
PPAP revenue rise to $8m, all round growth in Q1’24
Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) posted A 7.1 percent yeAr-on-yeAr revenue hike At $8.1 million for the first quArter ended MArch 31, 2024 from $7.5 million, with contAiner throughput climbing 20.4 percent to 93,153 TEUs (twenty-foot equivAlent units). <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ppAp-revenue-rise-to-8m-All-round-growth-in-q124/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/ppap-revenue-rise-to-8m-all-round-growth-in-q124
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 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/announcement-on-incentive-mechanisms-for-voluntary-business-registration-in-the-information-and-broadcasting-sector/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Ministry of Commerce
Visa launches SMB Online Toolkit to enable tourism merchants to maximise benefits of contactless payments
Visa, a world leader in digital payments, is introducing resources to help Cambodian merchants and tiny and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) take full advantage of Visa’s digital payment solutions to optimize the customer shopping experience and increase sales, particularly in the tourism sector. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/visa-launches-smb-online-toolkit-to-enable-tourism-merchants-to-maximise-benefits-of-contactless-payments/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501486613/visa-launches-smb-online-toolkit-to-enable-tourism-merchants-to-maximise-benefits-of-contactless-payments/
Announcement on the start of Financial Transparency Corridor (FTC) Initiative between Cambodia and Singapore
On 18 June 2024, the National Bank of Cambodia issued a joint media release on the start of Financial Transparency Corridor (FTC) Initiative between Cambodia and Singapore on their official social media site.according to the press, the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and the Monetary <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/announcement-the-start-of-financial-transparency-corridor-ftc-initiative-between-cambodia-and-singapore/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
National Bank of Cambodia
Environment Ministry asks Kraol indigenous people to apologize for burning down building
Two weeks after the Kraol indigenous community set fire to an Environment Ministry station in Kratie, the ministry invited local authorities and indigenous people to a meeting on Wednesday and requested that the indigenous community apologize. Only one indigenous person invited attended. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/environment-ministry-asks-kraol-indigenous-people-to-apologize-for-burning-down-building/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Seoung Nimol and Hel Komsan
https://cambojanews.com/environment-ministry-asks-kraol-indigenous-people-to-apologize-for-burning-down-building/
Institut Pasteur du Cambodge: COVID-19 related activities update on 25 February 2020
On 25 February 2020, the Institute Pasteur du Cambodge (IPC) has announced on the update of COVID-19 related activities. Utilizing BLS-3-level biosafety and biosecurity capacity in conjunction with multiple diagnostic tests according to the WHO interim guidance, IPC has implemented, validated, and ensured diagnostic capacity <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/institut-pasteur-du-cambodge-covid-19-related-activities-update-on-25-february-2020/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Institut Pasteur du Cambodge
Open Development Cambodia updates an existing dataset on “State land reclassification”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “State land reclassification” adding 6 new map features in Koh Kong, Preah Sihanouk, and Phnom Penh. This dataset contains information regarding the establishment of land as state public properties and the reclassification to state private properties <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-updates-an-existing-dataset-on-state-land-reclassification-8/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Open Development Cambodia updates an existing dataset on “State land reclassification”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updates an existing dataset on “State land reclassification” by adding eight new map layers on land reclassification in Phnom Penh and Preah Sihanouk province. This dataset contains information regarding the establishment of land as state public properties and the reclassification to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-updates-an-existing-dataset-on-state-land-reclassification-3/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Open Development Cambodia updates an existing dataset on “State land reclassification”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updates an existing dataset on “State land reclassification” by adding two new map features in Kampong Chhnang and Koh Kong. This dataset contains information regarding the establishment of land as state public properties and the reclassification to state private properties in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-updates-an-existing-dataset-on-state-land-reclassification-7/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “State land reclassification”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “State land reclassification” adding 3 new map features in Koh Kong and Preah Sihnouk province. This dataset contains information regarding the establishment of land as state public properties and the reclassification to state private properties of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-odc-updated-an-existing-dataset-on-state-land-reclassification-5/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
SDG 3 Good health and well-being
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Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG 3) seeks to “ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages”.1 The goal encompasses a wide range of mortality rates, infection numbers for many diseases, tobacco use, suicide rates, road deaths, and access to essential health services <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/sdg-3-good-health-and-well-being/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Training of the Trainers (TOT) on Digital Skills and Computer Science
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) together with the ICT4D Cambodia Network are the local partners in Cambodia to implement the aSEaN Digital Innovation Program, which is supported by the aSEaN Foundation and the Microsoft. We are delighted to be organizing the Training of the Trainers (TOT) <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/training-of-the-trainers-tot-on-digital-skills-and-computer-science/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Open Development Cambodia
B Kak Firm Seeks Bauxite in Mondolkiri
Bauxite reserves in Mondolkiri province abandoned by australian mining form BHP Billiton in 2009 are now being explored by China’s Mongolia Erdos Hongjun Holding Group, the same firm that is behind the controversial development of Boeng Kak lake in Phnom Penh. Kong Pisith, director of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/b-kak-firm-seeks-bauxite-in-mondolkiri/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Foreign Ministry Tells NGOs to 'Readjust' Their Actions
The Foreign AffAirs Ministry met with to non-governmentAl groups yesterdAy And Accused them of inciting fAmilies to oppose the rehAbilitAtion of the CAmbodiAn rAil system, ordering the NGOs to “reAdjust” their workForeign AffAirs spokesmAn Koy Kuong sAid his ministry invited Bridges Across Borders CAmbodiA And <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/foreign-ministry-tells-ngos-to-reAdjust-their-Actions/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Dredging ends, effects linger
Ruling party Senator Ly Yong Phat has kept a promise to stop his company’s dredging operations on Koh Kong province’s Tatai river, relieved business owners and residents living along the waterway said yesterday. But provincial officials confirmed that as the senator’s dredging boats moved on to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/dredging-ends-effects-linger/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011102052249/National-news/dredging-ends-effects-linger.html
Fund raising: Kingdom may borrow more in 2012
Cambodia could borrow US$1.1 billion from other countries in 2012, 75 per cent more than this year, to help repair infrastructure damaged in flooding and support efforts to increase rice exports to one million tonnes by 2015, a senior official said yesterday. Cheam Yeap, chairman of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fund-raising-kingdom-may-borrow-more-in-2012/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Workers Protest at Factory Linked to Manhattan SEZ
More than 3,000 factory workers protested yesterday at the Manhattan Quing Dao Textiles Corp in Kompong Cham Province’s Kompong Siem District to demand that the factory owner abide by an arbitration Council Ruling issued in late 2010, a union representative said yesterday. The factory web site <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/workers-protest-at-factory-linked-to-manhattan-sez/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Kingdom inflation rises on oil prices
Inflation in Cambodia rose 5.8 per cent year-on-year in January, according to figures from the National Institute of Statistics. Rising fuel costs had spurred the inflation, which was felt largely in the price of food, officials said. Data showed food and non-alcoholic beverage prices in January increased <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-inflation-rises-on-oil-prices/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>