FAO, Cambodia sign $19.5M grant for pandemic preparedness
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries signed the “Cambodia Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response Project”, supported by the Pandemic Fund with a $19.5 million grant. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fao-cambodia-sign-19-5m-grant-for-pandemic-preparedness
Cambodia’s int’l trade reaches over $31bn, up 15% in first 7 months
Cambodia’s foreign trade volume hit $31.18 billion in the first seven months of 2024, up 15% from $27.1 billion over the same period last year, according to an official report released on Saturday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501539306/cambodias-intl-trade-reaches-over-31bn-up-15-in-first-7-months/
Official urges women’s economic empowerment to combat human trafficking
A senior official at the Ministry of Women’s Affairs has urged for human trafficking prevention by promoting women’s economic empowerment and identifying the needs and opportunities for women working in the informal economy. ...
Hun Sen asks Japan to keep supporting demining training
The Cambodian Senate has requested the Government of Japan, through the Ministry of Defence of Japan, to continue support for training Ukrainian deminers in Cambodia and to assist countries affected by landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO). ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501535791/hun-sen-asks-japan-to-keep-supporting-demining-training/
Cambodian rice exports find new markets in 9 countries
The President of the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) Chan Sokheang, stated that this year, Cambodia’s rice exports will expand into new markets, including several islands and nine additional countries, with most buyers purchasing fragrant rice. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501553650/cambodian-rice-exports-find-new-markets-in-9-countries/
Health Ministry reports dengue control success
The Ministry of Health reported a successful mission on the control of dengue fever nationwide, highlighting the remarkable decrease in infection rates for the first nine months of 2024 compared to the same period last year. ...
Nop Sreymao
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501556744/health-ministry-reports-dengue-control-success/
Cambodia’s public debt stands at $11.27 billion
Cambodia’s public debt stood at $11.27 billion by the end of the second quarter of this year, according to a report of the Cambodia Public Debt Statistical Bulletin released by the Ministry of Economy and Finance on Monday. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501560381/cambodias-public-debt-stands-at-11-27-billion/
DATs next big boost to Cambodia’s agri sector
The Cambodian agricultural sector has the potential to undergo a digital agricultural revolution in the coming years, driven by the widespread adoption of digital agriculture technologies (DATs), says a recently released World Bank report. ...
James Whitehead
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501570209/dats-next-big-boost-to-cambodias-agri-sector/
Pursat Governor urges farmers to limit dry season rice cultivation
Pursat Provincial Governor Khoy Rida has urged farmers to refrain from planting dry season rice more than twice, citing potential irrigation water shortages, particularly in areas distant from water sources. ...
Government issues roadmap to improve local admin management
The Government, through the Ministry of Interior, has published the Strategic Plan for the Promotion of Territorial Administration, Security, Public Order and Social Security 2024-2028 to support the implementation of the Pentagonal Strategy-Phase 1 to achieve the set goals, objectives and vision. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501451097/government-issues-roadmap-to-improve-local-admin-management/
Cambodia-Vietnam trade reaches nearly $6 billion
The exchange of goods between Cambodia and Vietnam in the first three quarters of 2024 reached over $5.8 billion, a 20% increase compared to the same period in 2023, with Cambodia’s trade deficit amounting to over $360 million. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-vietnam-trade-reaches-nearly-6-billion
Two More Die in Flooding, Aid Response Slow in Phnom Penh
Two more people died in Kompong Cham province on Monday as a result of flooding that has claimed at least 30 victims since heavy rains spawned by tropical storms over the past two weeks caused the Mekong to break its banks and inundate thousands of ...
Ben Sokhean and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/two-more-die-in-flooding-aid-response-slow-in-phnom-penh-44002/
Cambodia economy remains robust in 2013 amidst challenging global economic atmosphere: WB
Cambodia’s GDP growth was projected to reach 7 percent in equivalent to 15.65 billion U.S. dollars in 2013 despite a challenging global economic environment, the World Bank said Monday. Overall macroeconomic outlook remains positive, having sustained agricultural growth, continued strong performance of the tourism sector, a ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-10/07/c_132776793.htm
For poor, eating dead poultry is a calculated risk
In late January, five of the 10 chickens owned by Leng Lal, a subsistence rice farmer in Kratie province, suddenly died. Although Mr. Lal, 40, said he knew the dead birds might be dangerous and he should burn and bury the carcasses, he instructed his 8-year-old ...
Sek Odom and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/for-poor-eating-dead-poultry-is-a-calculated-risk-52076/
Wild lobster stocks replenished
Seven million young lobsters had been released into Cambodia’s rivers and Tonle Sap Lake this year in an effort to build the nation’s fish and shellfish stocks, officials said yesterday. Nao Thouk, general director of the Fisheries Administration at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said, about ...
Oral community to block entrance to forestland to protect from military clearance
Villagers in the Oral district of Kampong Speu province are digging in to protect what they claim as their community forest land, despite increasing pressure from the military to leave the site. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://cambojanews.com/oral-community-to-block-entrance-to-forestland-to-protect-from-military-clearance/
PM Hun Manet aborts coal power plant project in Botum Sakor district
The new government has abandoned plans to build a $1.5 billion 700-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power project in Botum Sakor district, Koh Kong province, deciding instead to develop a liquefied natural gas (LNG) power plant. ...
Pok Ponlue and Hel Komsan
https://cambojanews.com/pm-hun-manet-aborts-coal-power-plant-project-in-botum-sakor-district/
Overloaded vehicles at issue
Overloaded vehicles are contributing to a more rapid than anticipated deterioration of Cambodia’s road network, experts said yesterday. “The cost of overloading causes problems to everyone involved, but it is easy to control damage if we have good system in place. This is the only ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011070550177/Business/overloaded-vehicles-at-issue.html
Boeng Kak Project Breaks Ground Amid Continued Protests
CPP Senator Lao Meng Khin was joined by his wife as they broke ground on the controversial project taking place at Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak Lake. They unveiled the architectural renderings of the towers to be built on what used to be the site of ...