Vietnam logging numbers being ‘verified’: official
Vietnamese customs data showing that Cambodia exported at least $121 million of woodthis year are currently being investigated by government officials, according to Environment Ministry Undersecretary of State Eang Sophalleth. ...
Jack Davies and Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vietnam-logging-numbers-being-verified-official
Road accidents down sharply since January
Traffic accidents declined by 552 cases in the first six months of the year, Minister of Interior Sar Kheng posted on Facebook on Wednesday. Deaths also decreased by 172 and injuries 778 compared to the same period last year. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/road-accidents-down-sharply-january
Cambodia FM to have talks with Russian counterpart
Prak Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation will participate in the Special ASEAN-Russia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on COVID-19 via video-conference to be held on the 17th of June at 2:00 in the afternoon. ...
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50734117/cambodia-fm-to-have-talks-with-russian-counterpart/
New project to advance Kingdom’s mine-free goal
The Mine Advisory Group on Monday inked an agreement with the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority to facilitate the operation of a two-year project on information management development in mine-clearance action. The assistance aims to support the Kingdom in making headway towards its ...
Som Kanika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50737291/new-project-to-advance-kingdoms-mine-free-goal/
Mine and UXO explosions kill two as this year’s mine-related casualties decline
Two men were killed on Sunday in separate cases of landmine and unexploded ordnance explosion in the provinces of Kandal and Battambang. Colonel Duong Teng, Kandal province’s Ponhea Leu district police chief, said 51-year-old scrap metal buyer Y Sarin was killed Sunday afternoon after a ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50739447/mine-and-uxo-explosions-kill-two-as-this-years-mine-related-casualties-decline/
Road impacts addressed
Addressing the economic and environmental impacts from two major road projects, the Ministry of Public Works and Transport on Tuesday said issues related to the renovations of National Road 2 are 98.5 per cent resolved while for National Road 22, it is 100 per cent ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/road-impacts-addressed
Australia keen on investing in renewable energy in Cambodia
Australia is interested in investing in renewable energy in Cambodia such as hydropower and solar power. The interest was highlighted here yesterday by newly appointed Australian Ambassador to Cambodia, Pablo Chiho Kang, during a meeting with Oknha Kith Meng, president of the Cambodia Chamber of ...
Nika/AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50741056/australia-keen-on-investing-in-renewable-energy-in-cambodia/
UN says Cambodian rice farming faces challenges
The UN’s Global Reporting Initiative shows the Cambodia rice sector has faced significant sustainability challenges of decreasing returns for small-scale producers, inadequate uptake of responsible farming practices and smallholder engagement models amid calls for increasing organic production. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50777272/un-says-cambodian-rice-farming-faces-challenges/
White sugar production hits 102,000 tonnes a year
The Kingdom is now capable of domestically producing up to 102,000 tonnes of white sugar per year from sugarcane grown at plantations in its southwestern provinces (Kampong Speu, Koh Kong), according to statistics released by Phnom Penh Sugar Co Ltd (PPSC) last week. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50789216/white-sugar-production-hits-102000-tonnes-a-year/
Digitally adapting to economic challenges
As many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) struggle to stay afloat because of current economic challenges, many entrepreneurs in the kingdom are adapting and taking advantage of opening businesses online and using social media and its technology as a business tool. ...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50784394/digitally-adapting-to-economic-challenges/
Action plan to bolster CLMV economic growth approved
Cooperation in trade and investment, human resources, and post-pandemic economic recovery will be the focus of a 2021-2022 joint plan of action freshly adopted by Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) at the 12th CLMV Economic Ministers Meeting. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50758411/action-plan-to-bolster-clmv-economic-growth-approved/
National Assembly approves 1,000 MW coal-fired plant projects
National Assembly this morning approved coal-fired power projects with a production capacity of nearly 1,000MW. The approval was made in an extraordinary parliamentary session chaired by Samdech Akka Moha Ponhea Chakrei Heng Samrin, President of NA, with 108 lawmakers in attendance. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/706085/national-assembly-approves-1000-mw-coal-fired-plant-projects/
ADF set to expand protected zone in Kulen national park
The Archaeology and Development Foundation (ADF) with the support of the Ministry of Environment and UNDP is expanding an existing forest protection area in Phnom Kulen National Park to 800ha. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/adf-set-expand-protected-zone-kulen-national-park
Ministries issue prakas allowing disabled to test for driver’s licences
The government, through three relevant ministries, issued an inter-ministerial prakas allowing disabled people to have the right to legally get a driver’s licence, with the overall goal of promoting the rights of disabled people to drive vehicles in Cambodia. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministries-issue-prakas-allowing-disabled-test-drivers-licences
Bilateral trade with Britain reaches $813M
Bilateral trade volume between Cambodia and the UK reached $813.22 million in the first 11 months of this year, falling 17.61 per cent from the $987.09 million logged in the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Commerce. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/bilateral-trade-britain-reaches-813m
Digital banking championed
The Association of Banks in Cambodia (ABC), the Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) and the Cambodian Association of Finance and Technology (CAFT) have issued a statement strongly encouraging their customers, the public and business owners to both settle accounts and accept payments electronically via digital platforms. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50791065/digital-banking-championed/
Rare Yellow-breasted Bunting spotted on New Year’s Day
The rare Yellow-breasted Bunting (Emberiza aureola), a bird that is said to give a lot of positive and healing properties in Buddhist tradition, was confirmed on New Year’s Day as having returned to the Kingdom after a lapse of three years. ...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50800087/rare-yellow-breasted-bunting-spotted-on-new-years-day/
Provinces tighten travel restrictions
Authorities in some provinces have restricted entry at their borders by setting up checkpoints and requiring travellers suspected of any exposure to persons or places linked to the February 20 community outbreak of Covid-19 to quarantine for 14 days. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/provinces-tighten-travel-restrictions
ARDB seeks $30M more for SME loans
Agriculture and Rural Development Bank of Cambodia (ARDB) expects to receive an additional $30 million from the government for special-purpose loans to keep the Kingdom’s smaller businesses afloat amid the ongoing economic duress of Covid-19, according to the state-owned bank’s director-general Kao Thach. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ardb-seeks-30m-more-sme-loans