World Vision Cambodia aid over 4.5M vulnerable people
World Vision Cambodia (WVC) has extended a helping hand to more than 4.5 million vulnerable individuals, with a major focus on the country’s youth. in light of these achievements, the organisation has announced a strategic five-year plan to ensure sustainable wellbeing for an additional five ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/world-vision-cambodia-aid-over-45m-vulnerable-people
PM calls for quick establishment of commercial court
Prime Minister Hun Sen urged the Ministry of Justice to expedite the establishment of a commercial court and to operationalise it as soon as this year. This is to ensure the resolution of trade and business disputes and to improve the investment and business climate ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501314495/pm-calls-for-quick-establishment-of-commercial-court/
Over $17m from Angkor Wat ticket sales January to June
In the six months from January to June 2023, Cambodia earned $17,877,418 from the sale of tickets to Angkor, with a total of 385,769 foreign tourists. This is accordIng to the press release of Angkor Enterprise on July 6. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501320021/over-17m-from-angkor-wat-ticket-sales-january-to-june/
Royal turtles on verge of comeback: Official
Ministry of Environment spokesman Neth Pheaktra called on fishermen to help conserve the endangered royal turtle (batagur affinis). The species, also known as the Southern river terrapin, are on the verge of extinction in Cambodia, but a successful breeding programme is offering some hope. ...
Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/royal-turtles-verge-comeback-official
Seven million vehicles on Cambodia’s roads
The number of motorcycles on Cambodia’s roads has increased to six million, with one million cars also in the country, Transport Minister Sun Chanthol said, adding that many accidents have been caused by motorcyclists. ...
Chhorn Raksmey
https://kiripost.com/stories/seven-million-vehicles-on-cambodias-roads
King promulgates amended election law
King Norodom Sihamoni on July 4 issued a Royal Decree promulgating the amended election law, following its passage by the National Assembly and Senate in June and clearance by the Constitutional Council (CCC) on July 3. ...
Kim Yutharo
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/king-promulgates-amended-election-law
Banking and Financial Institutions' Code of Conduct, Lending Guidelines go into 'full implementation'
Prominent market players have affirmed that they are on board with the Banking and Financial institutions’ Code of Conduct (BFI CoC) and associated Lending Guidelines, as well as their underlying objective to drive trust and professionalism in the field, as these sets of rules go ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/banking-and-financial-institutions-code-conduct-lending-guidelines-go-full-implementation
French trade minister plans Cambodia trip
French foreign trade minister Olivier Becht’s plans to visit the Kingdom from January 24-25 have been welcomed as a major step in improving economic cooperation between the two nations, including by a senior commerce official and a leader of the local business community. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/french-trade-minister-plans-cambodia-trip
Collections of Khmer silk weaving to be on display at MGC Asian Traditional Textiles Museum
The MGC Museum of Asian Traditional Textiles is set to exhibit eleven Cambodian silk products, including four silk towels, five silk sampots, and two silk ceilings donated by the Khmer Traditional Textile institute, in mid-February 2023, the APSARA National Authority. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501224898/collections-of-khmer-silk-weaving-to-be-on-display-at-mgc-asian-traditional-textiles-museum/
Minister of Agriculture chaired a meeting to review the implementation process of ELC investment projects
The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Mr. Dith Tina, chaired a meeting to review the implementation of economic land concession investment projects at the ministry on March 16 to provide additional guidance to participate in solving economic land concessions effectively and benefit the national ...
Phnom Penh Post Staff
https://www.postkhmer.com/national/2023-03-17-0245-248103.html
CENTRAL advises migrant workers of rights
The Centre for Alliance of Labour and Human Rights (CENTRAL) is carrying out an awareness campaign among the public about the potential risks of migrating to find work in Thailand. The organisation warned that many Cambodians were continuing to use the services of brokers to ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/central-advises-migrant-workers-rights
Vietnam willing to support Cambodia, says Vietnamese Prime Minister
Cambodian Deputy PM Sokhonn was in Vietnam for an official visit between Monday and Wednesday and to co-chair the 20th Vietnam-Cambodia Joint Commission on Economic, Cultural, Scientific and Technological Cooperation held on Tuesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501261713/vietnam-willing-to-support-cambodia-says-vietnamese-prime-minister/
AFD pledges $435m for Cambodian development projects
AFD has pledged to pump its largest amount of funding to date into Cambodia in the form of $435 million to fund a raft of projects, with priority given to water and sanitation, agriculture, energy and vocational training sectors. ...
Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/afd-pledges-435m-for-cambodian-development-projects
Cellcard eyes $20M IPO after CSX’s green light
Prominent telecoms operator CAMGSM Plc, a subsidiary of locally-owned conglomerate Royal Group of Companies Ltd that trades as Cellcard, plans to raise about $20 million through an initial public offering (IPO) on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX), expected in May. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cellcard-eyes-20m-ipo-after-csxs-green-light
Cambodia’s tourism roadmap
As Cambodia prepares to host this year’s Mekong Tourism Forum (MTF) in Sihanoukville, Minister of Tourism, Thong Khon, has unveiled Cambodia’s targets for tourism, aviation expansion plans, and encouraging tourists to explore beyond the hubs of Siem Reap and Phnom Penh. ...
Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodias-tourism-roadmap
ADB urges green investment ramp up
Although a multitude of risks grey Cambodia’s outlook this year, gross domestic product (GDP) growth is forecast a tad higher at 5.5 percent from an estimated 5.2 percent in 2022, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) earlier this month. ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-adb-urges-green-investment-ramp-up
SSCA eyes 300 weekly China flights
Cambodia and China appear to be pressing ahead with plans to raise the number of direct commercial flights between them to at least 300 per week, which private sector operators envisage will underpin strong growth in tourist flows from the Asian economic powerhouse. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ssca-eyes-300-weekly-china-flights
Siem Reap hosts APAC recycling meet
Minister of Environment Say Samal urged countries in the region and across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) to work together globally to address waste, especially plastic, effectively and to initiate the transfer of advanced technology to less developed nations to jointly address the issues. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/siem-reap-hosts-apac-recycling-meet
Building a China-Cambodia community with a shared future at the start of spring
More than one million vehicles had travelled on Cambodia’s first-ever expressway connecting the capital Phnom Penh and the deep-sea port province of Preah Sihanouk in the first three months since its inauguration on October 1 last year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501237149/building-a-china-cambodia-community-with-a-shared-future-at-the-start-of-spring/
Seven tonnes of ‘e-waste’ prepped for export to foreign recycling plants
In the past four years, Ecobatt-Energy Cambodia has collected more than 7 tonnes of hazardous electronic waste, IncludIng batteries and accumulators, for export abroad. The KIngdom does not have the facilities to recycle these products. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/seven-tonnes-e-waste-prepped-export-foreign-recycling-plants