More than 400 people protest at Botum Sakor District Hall demanding speedy settlement of land issues
More than 400 people representing 557 families from three communities in Prelan commune, Botum Sakor district, Koh Kong province gathered at the district hall this Thursday morning to urged authorities to expedite the settlement of land disputes, claiming that Ly Yong Phat’s company had grabbed ...
GDT’s tax collection target for 2023 up by $750M
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) has been given a stiff tax collection target of $3.5 billion for next year, $750 million more than the current year’s budget target, said Kong Vibol, Minister attached to the Prime Minister and Delegate of the Royal Government in ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501175487/gdts-tax-collection-target-for-2023-up-by-750m/
Cambodia, South Korea trade up 14 percent
The bilateral trade between Cambodia and South Korea reached $818 million in the first nine months of this year, up 13.8 percent compared with the same period last year, according to a report of the Korea international Trade Association (KITA) issued this week. ...
Chea Vanyuth
http://khmertimeskh.com/501175675/cambodia-south-korea-trade-up-14-percent/
From loggers to farmers, Mondulkiri’s communities turned away from forests
Since an irrigation system was set up in his remote Mondulkiri village four years ago, Morn Samean saw his farming yields increase, reinforcing his impression that he made the right choice when he let go of his former activity, logging. ...
Teng Yalirozy
https://cambodianess.com/article/from-loggers-to-farmers-mondulkiris-communities-turned-away-from-forests
No Water Festival for Phnom Penh, say Council of Ministers
Phnom Penh will not see boat racing during the occasion of Water Festival Celebration this year, although the traditional event can still be organised in provinces across the country, according to a decision made during the Council of Ministers meeting on September 9. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no-water-festival-phnom-penh-say-council-ministers
Cambodian Foreign Minister chairs Informal ASEAN Foreign Minister’s Meeting
Deputy Prime Minister Prak Sokhonn, Minister of Foreign Affairs and international Cooperation chaired the annual informal ASEAN Foreign Minister’s Meeting (IAMM), held in New York City, USA on Sept. 22, on the sidelines of the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). ...
Khmer Times Staff
http://khmertimeskh.com/501157040/cambodian-foreign-minister-chairs-informal-asean-foreign-ministers-meeting/
Lumphat sanctuary to generate carbon credit by 2024
Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary – home to a variety of endangered animals and birds – is expected to generate carbon credits in 130,000 hectares of the sanctuary by 2024 and reduce carbon emission by at least 115,000 tonnes per year. ...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501190983/lumphat-sanctuary-to-generate-carbon-credit-by-2024/
Pushing for safety: Ministry issues guidelines on students’ travel to school
In the wake of the recent boat capsize tragedy which claimed the lives of 11 students, the Education MInistry is pushIng for measures to enhance safety, IncludIng an end to the use of modes of transport which pose a risk to passengers. ...
Cambodia’s export to RCEP member countries up 6%
Cambodia exported a total of $4,703 million worth of goods to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) member countries in the first nine months of this year, an increase of six percent when compared with the same period last year. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501179416/cambodias-export-to-rcep-member-countries-up-6/
Plan to add 6 mine-free provinces by 2023: Thuch
Almost $6 million will be used on mine clearing across six provinces in the first phase of the Samdech Techo Project for Mine Action (STP-MA), according to the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA). ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/plan-add-6-mine-free-provinces-2023-thuch
Lt Gen Hun Manet meets former Thai PM as he winds up visit
As Lieutenant General Hun Manet, the Royal Cambodian Army (RCA) Commander and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Force (RCAF), concluded his official visit to Thailand on Tuesday, the Armed Forces of both nations vowed joint efforts to strengthen efforts to maintain peace, security ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501155411/lt-gen-hun-manet-meets-former-thai-pm-as-he-winds-up-visit/
Prek Tnaot families face eviction for river ‘restoration’ linked to elite company
Nearly 100 families living near Takhmao city are facing eviction as authorities pledge to restore the heavily-polluted river running next to their homes in a project linked to a real estate company with connections to the prime minister’s family. ...
Ngay Nai and Fiona Kelliher
https://vodenglish.news/prek-tnaut-families-face-eviction-for-river-restoration-linked-to-elite-company/
ASEAN FMs talk Myanmar
ASEAN’s foreign ministers renewed calls for intensified engagement with all conflicting parties in Myanmar, as the crisis has dragged on just over two years since the military took power from the former civilian administration led by Aung San Suu Kyi. ...
Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/asean-fms-talk-myanmar
VOD to stay shut for ‘serious insults’ to gov’t, Hun Sen says
Prime Minister Hun Sen has reaffirmed his position that online news outlet VOD, which published in both Khmer and English and also produced radio programmes, will never be reopened. ...
Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vod-stay-shut-serious-insults-govt-hun-sen-says
UN-backed climate fund okays $43M plan for Tonle Sap farmers
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a $43 million project in Cambodia to enhance the adaptive capacity of smallholder farmers, local communities and other value chain actors of the Northern Tonle Sap Basin to the increasing threats associated with climate change. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/un-backed-climate-fund-okays-43m-plan-tonle-sap-farmers
GCF $43m aid Gfor six-year project
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a $43 million project to enhance the adaptive capacity of smallholder farmers, local communities and other value chain actors of the Northern Tonle Sap Basin to cope with the increasing threats of climate change in the Kingdom. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501255714/gcf-43m-aid-for-six-year-project/
Saing Koma connects rice millers with rural agriculture cooperatives
Yang Saing Koma, secretary of state at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, announced that the ministry has successfully negotiated the signing of rice supply contracts between rice mills and agricultural cooperatives in three provinces. ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/saing-koma-connects-rice-millers-rural-agriculture-cooperatives
B Meanchey credits vast irrigation system with farming success
Banteay Meanchey provincial governor Um Reatrey said agriculture is the life blood of the border province, were 85 per cent of the province’s 800,000 strong population are involved in cultivating crops. The province harvests between 900,000 and one million tonnes of rice a year. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/b-meanchey-credits-vast-irrigation-system-farming-success
NGO campaign urges mothers, fathers to be nurturing to children
Several NGOs, in collaboration with the government, held “My Good Husband, My Smart Children” event last week to promote nurturing care from both male and female caregivers for children from before birth until age 5, to help them thrive and reach their full potential. ...
Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngo-campaign-urges-mothers-fathers-be-nurturing-children
Guidelines issued to stabilize construction and retail sector
Due to the slower global economic recovery and conflicts between Russia and Ukraine, the government has issued guidelines aimed at maintaining the stability of the construction and real estate sector, considered a priority sector to support overall economic growth in Cambodia. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-guidelines-issued-to-stabilize-construction-and-retail-sector