Kingdom forecasts $5Bn in government revenue
The Cambodian government expects to earn tax and customs income of at least $5 billion by the end of 2021. This would bring revenue expectations in line with the $5.28 billion collected as registered in 2020. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50906434/kingdom-forecasts-5bn-in-government-revenue/
Asean Foreign Ministers discuss human rights
Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhonn said that the understanding and respect for human rights must be comprehensive, including no double standards and respect the national sovereignty of each country in accordance with the principle of non-interference in internal affairs. ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50907965/asean-foreign-ministers-discuss-human-rights/
Requests for loans drop 34% in Apr-Jun
Applications for loans in the financial sector continued to drop in the second quarter of this year over concerns regarding the coronavirus outbreak and economic repercussions of the ensuing health crisis, according to a new report. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/requests-loans-drop-34-apr-jun
Ministry orders LSD vaccines
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has ordered two batches of vaccines from South Africa to fight the lumpy skin disease (LSD) that is infecting cattle in Cambodia. officials in some provinces have already been vaccinating animals to reduce illness and deaths. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-orders-lsd-vaccines
PPAP: Port business remains afloat
The locally-listed Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) on August 9 posted a recovery in business performance over the first seven months of this year as the Kingdom leverages its relatively brisk coronavirus vaccine rollout to ease out of the Covid stranglehold. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ppap-port-business-remains-afloat
Two fishermen in hot water after breaking fishing ban
Kratie provincial authorities have referred two suspects to court for illegally fishing the Mekong River during the fishing ban, which was implemented on June 1 and is in force until the end of September, seizing more than 50,000 sqm of fishing nets. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/two-fishermen-hot-water-after-breaking-fishing-ban
Health ministry set for Covid campaign
The Ministry of Health will launch another national campaign dubbed ‘Join Hands to Prevent the Spread of Covid-19’ on August 16, according to spokeswoman Or Vandine. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/health-ministry-set-covid-campaign
2021-23 plan for economic recovery on way: minister
Cambodia is getting ready to launch a 2021-2023 plan to lift the economy out of the Covid-19 rut and chart a course for sustainable and inclusive growth, according to Minister of Economy and Finance Aun Pornmoniroth. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/2021-23-plan-economic-recovery-way-minister
Fish farming communities established in five provinces
The establishment and management of fish farming communities in 25 locations across five provinces has been strengthened with nearly four million breeder fish released into natural reservoirs, according to Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/fish-farming-communities-established-five-provinces
Fast payments in tourism to get leg-up
The Ministry of Tourism plans to spearhead a bigger push for digital technologies, particularly in rapid-payment systems, and harness next-level innovations to guide the ailing tourism sector out of its Covid nightmare and chart a prosperous post-pandemic path. ...
Thou Vireak
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/fast-payments-tourism-get-leg
Fast payments in tourism to get leg-up
The Ministry of Tourism plans to spearhead a bigger push for digital technologies, particularly in rapid-payment systems, and harness next-level innovations to guide the ailing tourism sector out of its Covid nightmare and chart a prosperous post-pandemic path. ...
Thou Vireak
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/fast-payments-tourism-get-leg
Samrin addresses ASEAN assembly
National Assembly (NA) president Heng Samrin on August 23 addressed the Annual Meeting of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA), urging the regional legislature to build digital capacity and raise awareness of cyber security to strengthen regional security management. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/samrin-addresses-asean-assembly
Japan gives $72M for water supply expansion, socio-economic development
The Japanese government will extend loan and grant totaling $72.72 million for an ongoing water supply expansion project and the implementation of socio-economic development programmes in Cambodia, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-gives-72m-water-supply-expansion-socio-economic-development
Prime Minister touts Win-Win Policy on World Peace Day
Cambodia celebrated World Peace Day yesterday by remembering the 23 years of peace in the country since 1998 when the last Khmer Rouge soldiers defected to the government, ushering in a new era of peace and stability that continues today. ...
Yin Soeum
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50939211/prime-minister-touts-win-win-policy-on-world-peace-day/
Quarantine rules easing across the board may lure vaccinated tourists back and encourage Cambodians to travel
The possible easing of quarantine for incoming travellers into Cambodia from the current 14 days to seven, if implemented, may see the slow but steady restart of the tourism and hospitality sectors which are all but down in the dumps. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50937678/quarantine-rules-easing-across-the-board-may-lure-vaccinated-tourists-back-and-encourage-cambodians-to-travel/
Apply for licence by Nov 30, e-commerce players told
The Ministry of Commerce has ordered all foreign enterprises, sole proprietorships, legal entities and branches of foreign companies that engage in the Cambodian e-commerce market to apply for the proper licences or permits by November 30, or face fines, closure, or other legal consequences. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/apply-licence-nov-30-e-commerce-players-told
Makro stocks K Kong mussels
Koh Kong blue mussels are now available at Makro Supermarket in western Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district, after a deal was struck with local communities in an effort to boost incomes and support the conservation of mangroves, according to a senior Ministry of Environment official. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/makro-stocks-k-kong-mussels
Pan Pacific plans two hotels in 2023
As Cambodia and the rest of the world move to revive tourism, Pan Pacific Hotels Group (PPHG), a member of Singapore-listed UOL Group Ltd, plans to open two developments in the Kingdom over October-December 2023, in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pan-pacific-plans-two-hotels-2023
Villagers: Take action against Koh Kong land grab
More than 200 residents of Chroy Svay community’s Saray Khang Cheung village in Koh Kong province’s Sre Ambel district urged authorities and the provincial Department of Environment to take action against people who have encroached on the community’s flooded forest land. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-take-action-against-koh-kong-land-grab
Damaged, displacement but no deaths from floods
Since the beginning of this month, heavy rains have damaged many buildings, basic infrastructure and agricultural crops in the provinces of Banteay Meanchey, Battambang, Pailin, Preah Vihear, Oddar Meanchey, Pursat and Kampong Chhnang, according to the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM). ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/damaged-displacement-no-deaths-floods
