Japan aids Kingdom with grant aid and loans totalling $72 million
The Japanese government has decided to extend a loan and grant aid projects to the Kingdom totalling about $72 million to contribute to socio-economic development, including $1.8 million for the landmine action sector. ...
2nd phase of business registration system up
The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) on September 1 deployed Phase II of its online business registration platform, known as the “Single Portal”. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/2nd-phase-business-registration-system
Government and partners support quality education throughout the country’s COVID-19 recovery
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MoEYS) was joined by its Capacity Development Partnership Fund (CDPF III) partners to celebrate school reopening in Kampong Chhnang to witness the use of the new Home Learning Packages which are being distributed to all 760,180 Cambodian children in ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50965883/government-and-partners-support-quality-education-throughout-the-countrys-covid-19-recovery/
Banteay Meanchey 20-year land dispute ends with lot draw
More than 1,000 families have drawn lots for land plots at Boeung 75 in Tuol Pongro commune’s O’Ampil village of Banteay Meanchey province’s Malai district after a long-running dispute was resolved. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/banteay-meanchey-20-year-land-dispute-ends-lot-draw
Cambodia offers cash handouts worth $46 million to 360,000 families affected by inflation, floods
Cambodia on Saturday began to provide cash handouts to almost 360,000 households with about 1.3 million people affected by inflationary pressures and recent floods, a senior official said. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501200349/cambodia-offers-cash-handouts-worth-46-million-to-360000-families-affected-by-inflation-floods/
Nearly 2 million tourists travel during Pchum Ben holiday
Some 1.89 million tourists travelled to various tourism sites across the country during the three-day holiday of Pchum Ben Festival, up 52.2 percent compared to the same period last year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501378210/nearly-2-million-tourists-travel-during-pchum-ben-holiday/
Cambodia’s export to Japan reached almost $2B last year
Cambodia exported $1,939 million worth of products to Japan last year, a year-on-year increase of 10.5 percent, the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) report said on Monday. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501233908/cambodias-export-to-japan-reached-almost-2b-last-year/
Warnings issued as dengue fever cases this year triple
Leang Rithea, director of the Ministry of Health’s National Dengue Control Programme (NDCP), said that from January 1 to February 7, more than 400 cases of dengue fever were recorded in Cambodia. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/warnings-issued-dengue-fever-cases-year-triple
CDC okays $103.3M in new projects
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) on April 17 announced that it approved five new investment projects with a cumulative capital commitment of $103.3 million, which are expected to generate a total of 1,168 jobs. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cdc-okays-1033m-new-projects
Cambodia’s electronic payment amount among highest in world
The amount of payments made via electronic system in Cambodia reached nearly 1,000 percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2022, said a senior official of National Bank of Cambodia (NBC). ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501319532/cambodias-electronic-payment-amount-among-highest-in-world/
Disadvantaged youth to benefit from government’s initiative
The government has announced a new project to provide free technical and vocational training to about 1.5 million poor students a year. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501224581/disadvantaged-youth-to-benefit-from-governments-initiative/
Premium seaplane slated for take-off late-2023 to early-2024
Cambodia’s first premium seaplane service is slated to start operations in late-2023 to early-2024, initially connecting Phnom Penh with locations within a 1.5-hour flying time. ...
Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-premium-seaplane-slated-for-take-off-late-2023-to-early-2024
Cambodia and Japan sign nearly $10 million grant aid
An exchange of notes concerning the provision of Japan’s grant aid at the amount of JPY 1,338,000,000 or approximately $9.7 million was signed here yesterday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501382696/cambodia-and-japan-sign-nearly-10-million-grant-aid/
Health Ministry aims to reduce blindness to 0.35% of populace by 2030
The Ministry of Health announced an updated roadmap for the management of blindness and its prevention. The plan aims to reduce blindness among the populace to 0.35% from the present rate of 1.2% by 2030. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501404753/health-ministry-aims-to-reduce-blindness-to-0-35-of-populace-by-2030/
Electrical exports bolster economy in 2023, up 50%
Cambodia exported over $3.1 billion in electrical machinery, equipment and related products to the international market in 2023, an increase of more than 50% compared to 2022. The export value of these products constituted nearly 14% of the country’s total exports, as per data from ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/electrical-exports-bolster-economy-in-2023-up-50-
Migrant workers in Thailand face obstacles returning home for Khmer New Year
Cambodians working in Thailand said they face challenges returning home for Khmer New Year, despite the Thai government waiving re-entry fees from April 1 to May 15. ...
Kuch Sikol
https://kiripost.com/stories/migrant-workers-in-thailand-face-obstacles-returning-home-for-khmer-new-year
National strategic plan to fight human trafficking launched
The government has launched a strategic plan to combat all forms of human trafficking over the next five years. The goal is to gradually reduce and ultimately eliminate human trafficking. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501534039/national-strategic-plan-to-fight-human-trafficking-launched/
Funan Techo Canal breaks ground with hopes of economic success; affected people promised compensation
Cambodia witnessed the groundbreaking of the $1.7 billion Funan Techo Canal in Kandal province aimed at boosting the economy via water transportation, with Prime Minister Hun Manet pledging to resolve public concerns over any loss of territory sovereignty. ...
Khuon Narim, Seoung Nimol, and Tang Porgech
https://cambojanews.com/funan-techo-canal-breaks-ground-with-hopes-of-economic-success-affected-people-promised-compensation/
Funan Techo Canal to boost trade, bring in investments
Cambodia Monday celebrated the commencement of the highly anticipated Funan Techo Canal project, a massive infrastructure initiative that will play an important role in transforming the country’s economic landscape. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501535770/funan-techo-canal-to-boost-trade-bring-in-investments/
PM: Cambodia prioritizes human capital development, aiming to transform Cambodia into a high-income country by 2050
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet has stated that the Royal Government of the 7th legislature prioritizes human capital development, aiming to transform Cambodia into a high-income country by 2050. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501536300/pm-cambodia-prioritizes-human-capital-development-aiming-to-transform-cambodia-into-a-high-income-country-by-2050/