Illegal fishing crackdown showing strong progress
Over the past two years, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries detained 31 offenders and confiscated more than 1,400 electrofishing implements in the six provinces bordering Tonle Sap Lake. ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illegal-fishing-crackdown-showing-strong-progress
ASEAN digital economy set to double to $2 trillion by 2030
Prime Minister Hun Manet said that the ASEAN digital economy is capable of doubling its current value of around $1 trillion to reach a market cap of $2 trillion by 2030. ...
James Whitehead
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501455000/asean-digital-economy-set-to-double-to-2-trillion-by-2030/
PPAP’s net profit, revenue decline in 2023
Net profit for Phnom Penh Autonomous Port’s (PPAP) financial year ended December 31, 2023 (FY’23) sank 36.2 percent to $9.1 million from $14.3 million a year ago. ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/ppaps-net-profit-revenue-decline-in-2023
NBC injected $139 million to stabilise riel in 2023
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) sold $139.1 million through auction last year to stabilise the riel exchange rate and to rebound the economy, according to the central bank’s report released on Monday. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501431035/nbc-injected-139-million-to-stabilise-riel-in-2023/
Cambodia exports rubber worth $490.6 million in 2023
Cambodia exported 368,048 tonnes of dry rubber in 2023, a slight decrease of 1.3 percent from 372,903 tonnes in a year earlier, said a report from the General Directorate of Rubber on Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501425159/cambodia-exports-rubber-worth-490-6-million-in-2023/
Cambodia’s tourism earns $3.04 billion revenue in 2023
Cambodia’s tourism earned gross revenue of $3.04 billion in 2023, up 115 percent from $1.41 billion in a year earlier, according to a Ministry of Tourisms report released on February 12, 2024. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501439009/cambodias-tourism-earns-3-04-billion-revenue-in-2023/
Additional thursday classes to improve student learning
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport has instructed primary schools to implement additional Thursday classes to further improve student learning, particularly to support those who are falling behind. ...
Nang Veasna
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501578309/additional-thursday-classes-to-improve-student-learning/
Cambodia’s GDP per capita expected to jump 40% in 2025 to $2,924
The office of the council of ministers said Cambodia’s GDP per capita in 2025 is expected to rise to $2,924—a rise of over 40 percent over the projected 2024 figures. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501584140/cambodias-gdp-per-capita-expected-to-jump-40-in-2025-to-2924/
Private education to freeze tuition fees after PM’s request
In response to a recent request from Prime Minister Hun Manet, private education institutions across Cambodia have agreed not to raise tuition fees for the 2024-2025 academic year. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501584952/private-education-to-freeze-tuition-fees-after-pms-request/
USAID chief announces more aid for Cambodia
Samantha Power, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), announced on Wednesday another $38 million to support the Cambodian people through a range of new expanded US activities. ...
Nop Sreymao
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501579910/usaid-chief-announces-more-aid-for-cambodia/
Representatives from diverse businesses in Siem Reap attended ODC’s training on business and digital literacy
On 11 June 2024, Open Development Cambodia Organization (ODC) conducted a full-day training session in Siem Reap city, Siem Reap province, for the project “Strengthening Informal Economies and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Cambodia through Open Data and Digital Literacy,” funded by the Center ...
Electricity infrastructure
Rural energy cooperative in Cambodia. Photo by Nomade Moderne, taken on 23 March 2006. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0The electricity distributed in Cambodia is partly generated within the country and partly imported. For many years, local generation was on a relatively small scale, and was ...
Workshop on ODC website and information on access to public services with local authority, NCDD and NGOs
On 31 October 2017, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has organized a workshop on “ODC Website and Information on Access to Public Services” at Tonle Bassac II Restaurant, Phnom Penh, funded by Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions (SPIDER), under a project theme of “Public Awareness of and ...
CNRP Plans Practice Demonstrations Ahead of Real Protest
The CNRP has scheduled two practice demonstrations for next week in order to ensure that nationwide rallies planned for September 7 are held peacefully, the party said in a statement on Friday. The announcement came a day after 100 party members and provincial activists for ...
Khy Sovuthy and Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-plans-practice-demonstrations-ahead-of-real-protest-41528/
Signing of a protocol for the provision of a service plan for the development of Sihanoukville into a multi-purpose special economic zone between the Ministry of Economy and Finance and Urban Planning and Design Institute of Shenzhen (UPDIS)
On 18 October 2021, the Ministry of Economy and Finance issued a press release on the signing of a protocol for the provision of a service plan for the development of Sihanoukville into a multi-purpose special economic zone between the Ministry of Economy and Finance ...
Ministry of Economy and Finance
Distribution of COVID-19 vaccination card of the Ministry of National Defense to local people in Khan Dangkor, Phnom Penh
On 20 October 2021, Dangkor District Hall issued a notification on the distribution of COVID-19 vaccination card of the Ministry of National Defense to local people in Khan Dangkor, Phnom Penh. Citizens who have already received the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine and received an ...
Dangkor District Hall
Vaccination against COVID-19 to the elderly, pregnant women and breastfeeding women who have been cured of the disease including COVID-19 and those with chronic illness
On 19 October 2021, the Ministry of Health issued a notification on vaccination against COVID-19 to the elderly, pregnant women and breastfeeding women who have been cured of the disease including COVID-19 and those with chronic illness. The ministry calls on all citizens to volunteer ...
Ministry of Health
Official announcement ceremony for the implementation of the Siem Reap Tourism Development Master Plan 2021-2035
On 20 October 2021, the Ministry of Tourism issued a press release on the official announcement ceremony for the implementation of the Siem Reap Tourism Development Master Plan 2021-2035. Siem Reap Tourism Master Plan 2021-2035 was officially launched under the high presidency of His Excellency ...
Ministry of Tourism
Hun Sen speaks out about Phnom Penh houses confiscated by construction company
A group of over 1,000 families in Phnom Penh effectively advocated for the Prime Minister to speak out after they say the construction company Borey Piphup Thmey violated their contracts and seized their homes. ...
Den Seymar
https://cambojanews.com/hun-sen-speaks-out-about-phnom-penh-houses-confiscated-by-construction-company/
Cambodian kidney transplant victims stranded in India plead for PM Hun Manet’s intervention
Eighteen kidney transplant patients, who are stranded in India after being cheated by Phnom Penh-based Metro RLV Polyclinic, which allegedly absconded with $1 million paid by them, are pleading with Prime Minister Hun Manet to intervene in their case. ...
Khuon Narim and Runn Sreydeth
https://cambojanews.com/cambodian-kidney-transplant-victims-stranded-in-india-plead-for-pm-hun-manets-intervention/