GDT hopes to collect over 107% projected tax revenue for 2023
Tax revenue in 2023 is expected to achieve 107.5 per cent of the 2023 Law on Financial Management, though the projection is lower than the collection achievement last year. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gdt-hopes-collect-over-107-projected-tax-revenue-2023
Ministry calls on people to use water sparingly as the rainy season ends sooner than last year
Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology calls on people to use water sparingly, especially people living in remote rural areas far from sources o water because this year’s rainy season ends sooner than last year. ...
Torn Vibol
https://tinyurl.com/24pamwzy
WOAH lauds Cambodia’s vet training programme
The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) and the International Veterinary Medical Association have selected Cambodia as a model country for the training of veterinarians to strengthen the veterinary system in a number of partner countries. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501374543/woah-lauds-cambodias-vet-training-programme/
Cambodian and Malaysian leaders look for more cooperation
The leaders of Cambodia and Malaysia shared their expectation for a deeper cooperation during their bilateral talks on the side-lines of the 43rd ASEAN Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia yesterday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501355605/cambodian-and-malaysian-leaders-look-for-more-cooperation/
Cambodia produces over 8.28 tonnes of gold so far
Cambodia has produced more than 8.28 tonnes of dore bars with 90 percent pure gold solution since commercial mining started in June 2021, a senior official said on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501366552/cambodia-produces-over-8-28-tonnes-of-gold-so-far/
Cambodia’s first semester rubber exports amount to $215 million
Cambodia exported 135,137 tonnes of rubber in the first half of 2022, a 3 percent increase compared to the same period last year, earning $215 million as revenue, up 2.9 percent. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501113188/cambodias-first-semester-rubber-exports-amount-to-215-million/
Pollution and climate change upsurge the risk of ‘climate penalty’
A rise in the frequency, intensity and duration of heatwaves will not only increase wildfires this century but also worsen air quality – harming human health and ecosystems, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) launched on Wednesday, the International Day ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501148059/pollution-and-climate-change-upsurge-the-risk-of-climate-penalty/
Guatemala and Cambodia to foster culture and trade cooperation
The Republic of Guatemala is committed to further promote the cooperation on culture and trade with Cambodia. The commitment was made by Carlos Humberto Jiménez Licona, newly-appointed Ambassador of the Republic of Guatemala to Cambodia, while paying a courtesy call on Cambodian Acting Head of ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501150469/guatemala-and-cambodia-to-foster-culture-and-trade-cooperation/
Inflation to peak this year before showing signs of decline
The International Monetary fund has predicted inflation in Cambodia will peak this year due to global pressures, weakened export orders, and a slowing real estate market, before falling from 2023 onwards. ...
Prak Chan Thul
https://kiripost.com/stories/inflation-to-peak-this-year-before-showing-signs-of-decline
Baby dolphin dies from electric shock, initial autopsy finds
Officials are working to determine the exact cause of death of an Irrawaddy baby dolphin that was found dead at the Anlong Kampi conservation area in Sambok commune of Kratie province’s Chitr Borei district. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/baby-dolphin-dies-electric-shock-initial-autopsy-finds
Investment framework key for SME sector's Covid-19 recovery
Khmer Enterprise must continue implementing co-investment frameworks and priority sectors for investment to grow the country’s SME sector in the wake of the pandemic, according to the Entrepreneurship Development Fund. ...
Bun Tharum
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-edf-khmer-enterprise-for-startup-sme
Pandemic hampers Cambodia’s poverty reduction progress: World Bank
A report released by the World Bank shows that the poverty rate in Cambodia has dropped by almost half between 2009 and 2019, but with the Covid-19 pandemic, the poverty rate has been rising. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501192638/pandemic-hampers-cambodias-poverty-reduction-progress-world-bank/
Cambodian Senate leader pledges support for cooperation between friendship associations
President of the Cambodian Senate Samdech Say Chhum met with President of the Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Association Nguyen Thi Thanh in Hanoi on October 25 as part of the former’s official visit to Vietnam. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501175169/cambodian-senate-leader-pledges-support-for-cooperation-between-friendship-associations/
Minister reaffirms government’s commitment to promote press freedom
Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith said the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) is always committed to improving the respect of press freedom and freedom of expression as enshrined in the Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501176536/minister-reaffirms-governments-commitment-to-promote-press-freedom/
Draft 2023 financial law responds to post-pandemic economy
The draft Law on Financial Management 2023 is under review with the Council of Ministers and has been drawn up in response to the Cambodian economy recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-draft-2023-financial-law-post-pandemic-economy
Deal signed to stimulate rice exports to Mongolia
A rice mill has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Mongolian business council that aims to see Cambodia export rice to the landlocked country in the near future. ...
Prak Chan Thul
https://kiripost.com/stories/deal-signed-to-stimulate-rice-exports-to-mongolia
Cambodia’s urban population to reach 7.92M by 2030
Cambodia’s urban population will rise to 7.92 million by 2030, accounting for 44 percent of the total population from 6.13 million or 39.5 percent in 2019, said Pen Sophal, secretary of state at the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning, and Construction, recently. ...
Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501133955/cambodias-urban-population-to-reach-7-92m-by-2030/
Mondulkiri indigenous request authorities to stop encroachment of forest land at Phnom Prech wildlife sanctuary
Representatives of indigenous communities in Mondulkiri province request the Ministry of Environment and relevant institutions to investigate and prevent illegal forest land expansion at “Phnom Prech Wildlife Sanctuary” from an unidentified group and punish them according to the law. ...
$164M five-star hotel greenlit for Sihanoukville
The government has approved Maritime City Co Ltd’s proposal to build and operate a $164.4 million development in Preah Sihanouk province comprising a 582-room five-star hotel, a commercial centre and entertainment facilities. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/164m-five-star-hotel-greenlit-sihanoukville
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
