Duty-free exports to US jump
Cambodia exported goods worth $6.06 billion to the US market in the first 11 months of last year, up 22.2 per cent from the same period in 2019, while total bilateral trade volume reached $6.37 billion, according to data released by the US Bureau of ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/duty-free-exports-us-jump
Inclusion guide to aid 1.7M poor
The much-anticipated Inclusive Business Enabling Environment for Cambodia (IbeeC) strategy will be adopted soon to meet the needs of 1.7 million poor and low-income Cambodians by 2023, a wide-ranging virtual meeting conducted by the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation heard on March 18. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/inclusion-guide-aid-17m-poor
Local rice producers sell at discount
A number of Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) member companies have reduced retail prices of milled rice by 10,000-20,000 riel ($2.50-5) per 50kg sack to participate in government efforts to improve people’s livelihoods during the ongoing two-week coronavirus lockdown in Phnom Penh and adjacent Takhmao town ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/local-rice-producers-sell-discount
Agrifirm bags MoU for Siem Reap produce
Agro-industrial firm LY LY Food Industry Co Ltd on January 22 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Siem Reap-based wholesaler Food and Agriculture Market (FAM) to supply it with fruits and vegetables. The signing ceremony was presided over by Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/agrifirm-bags-mou-siem-reap-produce
SHE launches new tools for women-led businesses
SHE Investments, a social enterprise supporting women entrepreneurs, has announced the official launch of its Digital Resource Centre (DRC) and Kotra Riel app. The event was held to celebrate both the concurrent launches and the achievements of women in the work world and their importance ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50814158/she-launches-new-tools-for-women-led-businesses/
Koh Kong residents protest encroachment on state land
More than 100 families living in Chroy Svay commune in Koh Kong province’s Sre Ambel district protested in front of the district hall to demand that authorities keep 63ha of lowland forest as state property and take legal action against forest encroachers. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-residents-protest-encroachment-state-land
Phnom Penh authority imposes new regulation on businesses
The Phnom Penh authority has instructed business owners to provide information on employees who request leave under suspicion of COVID-19 infection. These businesses include restaurants, hotels, and companies. This was the latest move made by the authorities to contain the spread of the pandemic in ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50866941/phnom-penh-authority-imposes-new-regulation-on-businesses/
Quarantine still a must for all arrivals, in next Covid chapter
Since early May, an average of five to 10 Cambodian people have died from Covid-19 a day with many others testing positive amid the ongoing community outbreak. At the same time, however, hundreds of patients also recovered a day. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-post-depth/quarantine-still-must-all-arrivals-next-covid-chapter
Deputy PM to sign $3.3 mn grant aid deal with Japan
Japan is granting more than $3.3 million to Cambodia for this year’s Human Resource Development Scholarship. The Exchange of Notes and related documents on the extension of the grant aid will take place today with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhonn and ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50901340/deputy-pm-to-sign-3-3-mn-grant-aid-deal-with-japan/
Cambodia ranks fourth for friendliness towards foreign residents
With an endless sea of genuine and contagious smiles and an abundance of hospitality and generosity that warms the heart and soothes the soul, Cambodia ranked fourth among countries and territories with the friendliest attitudes towards foreign residents, according to a survey conducted by Expat ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-ranks-fourth-friendliness-towards-foreign-residents
Building climate-resilient health systems in Cambodia
The impacts of climate change in Cambodia are increasingly posing risks to people’s health, while straining the country’s health system. Since 2019, the country has been piloting a project to help increase the resilience and capacity of its health systems to respond to these climate-sensitive ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50898868/building-climate-resilient-health-systems-in-cambodia/
C-19 situation almost as good as Singapore’s
The overall Covid-19 situation in Cambodia, irrespective of the incomplete official figures announced by the Ministry of Health which does not include provincial figures, is certainly improving and with the vaccination campaign given added impetus by the Prime Minister, the country could achieve similar status ...
Yim Sreylin
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50926111/c-19-situation-almost-as-good-as-singapores/
Official: Protect rare pitcher plants
A senior environment official called on holidaymakers to Cambodia’s pristine tropical forest tourist destinations to avoid plucking, collecting or breaking vulnerable plant species – especially the exotic carnivorous pitcher plants of the Nepenthes genus – to conserve the beauty and scenic value of nature, and ...
Ry Sochan
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/official-protect-rare-pitcher-plants
Cambodia’s Hydro Power Lower Sesan 2 Dam attaches great importance to staff development
Cambodia’s Hydro Power Lower Sesan 2 Dam attaches great importance to staff development. The Lower Sesan 2 Hydro Power dam in Cambodia’s Stung Treng Province, was jointly funded and constructed by China Huaneng Group, Royal Group, Cambodia and Electricity of Vietnam (EVN). It is managed ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50936737/cambodias-hydro-power-lower-sesan-2-dam-attaches-great-importance-to-staff-development/
Sea forum focuses on sustainability
The Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA) kicked off its two-day 7th East Asian Sea (EAS) Congress on December 1 with Cambodia hosting the event in the coastal province of Preah Sihanouk. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sea-forum-focuses-sustainability
Cambodia-Thailand trade tops $7.97 billion last year
The bilateral trade between Cambodia and Thailand was valued at $7.97 billion last year, a 10.26 percent increase compared to a year before. Figures from Thailand’s Commerce Ministry showed that Cambodia exported $894 million worth of goods to Thailand, a year-on-year decrease of 22.10 percent. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501012634/cambodia-thailand-trade-tops-7-97-billion-last-year/
Economy may expand 5.6% in 2022: minister
Minister of Economy and Finance Aun Pornmoniroth has pegged Cambodia’s economic growth at 5.6 per cent for 2022, reflecting national progress towards herd immunity against Covid-19, underpinned by vaccination rates that rank among the best globally and that have motivated the government to allow the ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/economy-may-expand-56-2022-minister
Instruction on continuing to prevent the COVID-19 transmission especially the Omicron variant
On 08 February 2022, the Ministry of Health has released an instruction on continuing to prevent the COVID-19 transmission especially the Omicron variant on their official Facebook site. The instruction is made following the concerning surge in daily Omicron positive cases in the kingdom. The Royal ...
Ministry of Health
Tonle Sap Lake forest replanting underway
More than 60,000ha of flooded forest land in Zone 3 in the six provinces around the Tonle Sap Lake has been reclaimed from nearly 15,000 families and returned to the state. officials have since reforested the area with different kinds of trees, bamboos and palm ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tonle-sap-lake-forest-replanting-underway
Over 300 converge for fifth annual crane festival
More than 300 people took part in the fifth annual Crane Festival in Anlung Pring Protected Landscape in southeastern Kampot province on May 19, to build public support for the conservation of the “venerable” sarus crane and in observation of World Migratory Bird Day five ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/over-300-converge-fifth-annual-crane-festival