‘Free-trade agreements the future’
Having a free-trade agreement (FTA) with more trade partners would help mitigate the Kingdom’s loss from the European Union’s partial withdrawal of the Everything- but-Arms (EBA) trade status in the future because the country has already completed one with China. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50748810/free-trade-agreements-the-future/
Industry 4.0: How Cambodia can build for the future
A conference was held at the UN Development Programme (UNDP) head office in Phnom Penh as well as over video conference to discuss a new report conducted by the UN and the institute for Manufacturing Educational Consultancy Services (IfM ECS) within the University of Cambridge). ...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50754083/industry-4-0-how-cambodia-can-build-for-the-future/
Power infrastructure company lists locally
PESTECH (Cambodia) Plc, a subsidiary of Malaysia-based power infrastructure specialist PESTECH international Bhd, yesterday officially listed on the local bourse, becoming the 13th listed company in the Cambodia Securities and Exchange (CSX). ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50754609/power-infrastructure-company-lists-locally/
Tax collection ‘strong’
The government’s tax collection remains strong even during the COVID-19 pandemic, reaching more than $2.25 billion in the first nine months of this year, according to a report by the General Department of Taxation (GDT). ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50772989/tax-collection-strong/
Sweden contributes to tree conservation activities as part of COVID-19 response
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) announced yesterday that Sweden will contribute about $500,000 to its joint conservation efforts with the Environment Ministry in Pursat and Siem Reap provinces to support tree planting activities, the establishment of plant nurseries and a “cash-for-work” initiative. ...
Civil society forced to take Human Rights Day celebrations online
Civil society groups and human rights non-governmental organizations knew in 2019 that it would be the last time international Human Rights Days would be a holiday, after the government did away with five national holidays to increase annual work days. ...
Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/civil-society-forced-to-take-human-rights-day-celebrations-online/
CDC approves Royal Group’s 700MW coal-fired power plant
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) on December 8 approved Botum Sakor Energy Co Ltd’s (BSE’s) more-than-$1 billion 700MW coal-fired power station in Koh Kong province’s southwestern Botum Sakor district. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cdc-approves-royal-groups-700mw-coal-fired-power-plant
Ministries issue prakas allowing disabled to test for driver’s licences
The government, through three relevant ministries, issued an inter-ministerial prakas allowing disabled people to have the right to legally get a driver’s licence, with the overall goal of promoting the rights of disabled people to drive vehicles in Cambodia. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministries-issue-prakas-allowing-disabled-test-drivers-licences
NEC allows NGO to audit 2020 voter list
The National Election Committee (NEC) has decided to allow the Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (COMFREL) to continue auditing the 2020 voter list to help improve its quality and accuracy. The results of this process will be posted on December 31. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/nec-allows-ngo-audit-2020-voter-list
Forest crime report released
The National Committee for the Prevention and Crackdown on Natural Resource Crimes, in collaboration with environment and Forestry Administration officials, cracked down on 3,312 forest crimes and arrested 228 offenders from December 2019 to November this year. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/forest-crime-report-released
Cambodia to chair 2022 Asean Capital Markets Forum
Cambodia will chair the 2022 Asean Capital Markets Forum (ACMF), according to Sok Dara, Deputy Director-General Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC). This year Vietnam was tapped to chair the forum with Brunei slated for that role in 2021. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50792343/cambodia-to-chair-2022-asean-capital-markets-forum/
WCS helps conserve Kampong Thom birds
The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology has urged the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) to expedite their work in support of a joint project to develop the Kampong Thom province Stung Chinit Irrigation system and conserve local endangered species. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/wcs-helps-conserve-kampong-thom-birds
Task force promulgates eco, health awareness
The ministries of Environment and interior have jointly established a new working group to review and integrate sanitation and environmental measures into the so-called Safe Village/Commune policy. The government hopes to inspire residents to address hygiene and solid waste management in communities nationwide. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/task-force-promulgates-eco-health-awareness
GDT’s tax collection unfazed by Covid
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) rode out the challenges presented by the Covid-19 pandemic and the downturn in the regional and global economies to reach nearly 95 per cent of its annual revenue collection target as of December 16. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gdts-tax-collection-unfazed-covid
Apsara Authority publishes Angkor journal Preah Nokor
The Apsara National Authority (ANA) has released a journal entitled Preah Nokor – a compilation of research carried out in the Angkor Park area and is intended to be a storehouse of knowledge that Cambodians studying Angkor can draw on. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/apsara-authority-publishes-angkor-journal-preah-nokor
Digital banking championed
The Association of Banks in Cambodia (ABC), the Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) and the Cambodian Association of Finance and Technology (CAFT) have issued a statement strongly encouraging their customers, the public and business owners to both settle accounts and accept payments electronically via digital platforms. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50791065/digital-banking-championed/
Rare Yellow-breasted Bunting spotted on New Year’s Day
The rare Yellow-breasted Bunting (Emberiza aureola), a bird that is said to give a lot of positive and healing properties in Buddhist tradition, was confirmed on New Year’s Day as having returned to the Kingdom after a lapse of three years. ...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50800087/rare-yellow-breasted-bunting-spotted-on-new-years-day/
Sand mining contracts cause serious concerns
The Ministry of Mines and Energy has called for bids for sand mining licences across 2,000 hectares in Koh Kong and Preah Sihanouk provinces. Sand mining is conducted mainly at open pits, beaches, inland dunes or from the dredging of ocean and river beds. ...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50801310/sand-mining-contracts-cause-serious-concerns/
Cambodia readies for EU meet on 7-year work plan
The Kingdom is set to host a consultative meeting with EU representatives and partners based in the country next month and prepare a 2021-2027 joint development cooperation plan that centres on market diversification, according to the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-readies-eu-meet-7-year-work-plan
Press release on the functions of health nutrition products
On 01 March 2021, the Ministry of Health issued a press release stated that health nutrition products have a function to only support the body and improve strength, but do not have effective in preventing or treating diseases such as cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure. ...
Ministry of Health