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
Kids encouraged to read ahead of National Reading Day
Minister of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) Hang Chuon Naron on Monday urged parents to bring their kids to participate in reading events, read more at home rather than playing games as the National Reading Day approaches. ...
Meas Molika
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-kids-encouraged-to-read-ahead-of-national-reading-day
Central bank poised to auction off 90B riel on July 25
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) is set to hold its 134th liquidity-provided collateralised operation (LPCO) on July 25, making 90 billion riel ($22 million) available to local financial institutions in need of liquidity, through an auction to buy US dollars. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/central-bank-poised-auction-90b-riel-july-25
Phnom Penh buses set to ‘streamline’ travel to polls
Khuong Sreng, the governor of Phnom Penh, announced that the municipal administration has organised approximately 350 city buses to assist in travel for the July 23 national elections. ...
Bor Pich Zelin
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/phnom-penh-buses-set-streamline-travel-polls
H1 vehicle imports slow down by 20% on-year to $457M
Cambodia imported a total of $456.673 million worth of “rot’yon” -class automotive motor vehicles in the first half of 2023, down 19.90 per cent year-on-year from $570.099 million, according to the Ministry of Commerce. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/h1-vehicle-imports-slow-down-20-year-457m
PM Modi holds talks with Cambodian King, discusses ways to advance partnership
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday held talks with visiting Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni, during which the two sides discussed bilateral ties and ways to advance the partnership in capacity building, tourism, culture and defence among other things. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501299570/pm-modi-holds-talks-with-cambodian-king-discusses-ways-to-advance-partnership/
Korean philanthropists build houses for the impoverished
South Korean philanthropists have constructed over 260 houses for residents in the Banteay Srei district of Siem Reap province. Working through the Cambofriend organisation, their efforts aimed to enhance local livelihoods while strengthening the friendship between the two nations. ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/korean-philanthropists-build-houses-impoverished
Investment projects promise almost 80K new job opportunities
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) notices issued in the January-May period reveal that the government agency approved 61 new private investment projects – both inside and outside of special economic zones (SEZ) – totalling $516.64 million and set to deliver an estimated ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/investment-projects-promise-almost-80k-new-job-opportunities
Ministry of Labour to provide vocational training to 1.5 million young people from poor and vulnerable families
Pursuant to the recommendation of Prime Minister Hun Sen, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training is co-developing a national policy on vocational training for 1.5 million young people in poor and vulnerable families with the Royal Government paying tuition fees and monthly stipends. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501303351/ministry-of-labour-to-provide-vocational-training-to-1-5-million-young-people-from-poor-and-vulnerable-families/
Phnom Penh job fair offers 4,500 openings
The National Employment Agency (NEA) under the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training, in collaboration with the Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia (UYFC), organised a two-day job fair and career guide, with a total of 4,500 job opportunities from 25 companies. ...
Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/phnom-penh-job-fair-offers-4500-openings
China, Vietnam, Thai markets make up 70% of Cambodia’s imports
Mainland China, Vietnam and Thailand accounted for $7.259 billion or 71.81 per cent of Cambodia’s total goods imports in the first five months of 2023, which amounted to $10.109 billion, according to the General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia (GDCE). ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/china-vietnam-thai-markets-make-70-cambodias-imports
Ecobatt, environment ministry tackle e-waste
In a joInt effort between the MInistry of Environment and Ecobatt Energy Investment International (Ecobatt), over 30 tonnes of electronic waste, IncludIng used cell batteries and electrical equipment, were collected between August 2022 and October 2023. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ecobatt-environment-ministry-tackle-e-waste