PP’s garbage collection increases
Phnom Penh City Hall Authority said that the collection and transportation of garbage in Phnom Penh per day amounted to more than 3,700 tonnes, an increase of a 1,000 tonnes of waste compared to 2020-21. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501316685/pps-garbage-collection-increases/
Promotion of Cambodia’s rice sector discussed
The promotion of Cambodia’s rice sector was further discussed between Ministry of Commerce and Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) to be able to penetrate more foreign markets, especially the European Union (EU) markets. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501244826/promotion-of-cambodias-rice-sector-discussed/
UNDRR Lauds Cambodia’s Disaster Management
The United Nations for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) has commended Cambodia’s disaster management and its effective response to disasters. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501427483/undrr-lauds-cambodias-disaster-management/
Cambodia’s trade with Vietnam rises nearly 25%
Neighbouring Vietnam has consolidated its position as the second biggest trade partner of Cambodia after China with trade volume between the two rising by 24.5 percent to reach $2.32 billion in the first three months of this year (Q1, 2024), compared to the same period ss='cambodia-color'>...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501474739/cambodias-trade-with-vietnam-rises-nearly-25/
WHO committed to strengthening Cambodia’s health system
The World Health Organisation (WHO), announced its continued support for Cambodia’s health system through the Cambodia Cooperation strategy for 2025–2028. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Som Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501510887/who-committed-to-strengthening-cambodias-health-system/
GMS support for Cambodia’s plastic prevention proposal
The countries of the Greater Mekong subregion (GMs) have voiced their support for Cambodia’s proposed draft of the Phnom Penh Joint statement on the Prevention of Plastic Pollution in the region. The statement calls for collective efforts to adopt a community-based approach that engages and ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501558407/gms-support-for-cambodias-plastic-prevention-proposal/
Renewed US Interest in Region Puts Cambodia in Tough Spot, Analysts Say
The US “pivot to ASia,” which will be punctuated next week with the Cambodian viSit of US PreSident Barack Obama, will likely put Cambodia in a tough Spot in the region, caught between the renewed focuS of the United StateS and the increaSed influence of SS='cambodia-color'>...
Lee arrives in Cambodia for regional cooperation summits
South Korean PreSident Lee Myung-bak arrived in Cambodia on Sunday for a SerieS of international SummitS, including one involving the newly re-elected U.S. preSident, Barack Obama, about freer trade and other cooperation iSSueS in the region. On Monday and TueSday, Lee will attend a trio SS='cambodia-color'>...
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Call for Oversight of Cambodian Land Campaign
A land titling campaign in Cambodia launched and financed by Prime Minister Hun sen’s lacks transparency and could leave thousands of people landless, a human rights group said Wednesday, urging the country’s donors to push for reform of the program. The campaign, which employs volunteer youth ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/land-06122013150317.html
Growing Tourism – A Positive Sign: Asia and Pacific Continue as Travel Hot Spots
Asia and the Pacific continued as a hot spot for international tourism in 2012, attracting what is expected to be in excess of 350 million international visitor arrivals, expanding its collective inbound count by more than 5% and generating more than 18 million additional foreign visits, year-on-year. Within this ss='cambodia-color'>...
Boost For Animal Healthcare
Cambodia’s promising animal feed sector will soon see support from a big pharmaceutical manufacturer which is now studying local demand for animal healthcare – a nearly untapped market. “We intend to introduce animal health business in Cambodia for our farm products and feed mills,” Khalid Baig, ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051365566/Business/boost-for-animal-healthcare.html
Asean declaration allows Cambodia to flout human rights, warn campaigners
Human rights groups in Cambodia fear a new south-east Asian declaration of human rights could conversely offer the government in Phnom Penh a figleaf to clamp down on dissent. Cambodia signed the Association of southeast Asian Nations (Asean) human rights declaration on sunday, two days ss='cambodia-color'>...
PM Hun Sen highlights private sector’s role in contributing to achieving ASEAN’s priority works
Prime Minister Hun sen has highlighted the roles that private sector can play so as to contribute to achieving the priority works and work plan of AsEAN in 2022. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50958980/pm-hun-sen-highlights-private-sectors-role-in-contributing-to-achieving-aseans-priority-works/
Press release on the launch of EBA withdrawal investigation by European Commission counterproductive to Cambodia’s socio-economic transformation
On 11 February 2019, the European Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia issued a press release to express its regret in respect to the decision taken by the European Commission to initiate the formal investigation into a withdrawal of preferences granted to the Kingdom of Cambodia ss='cambodia-color'>...
European Chamber of Commerce
China’s rice imports from Kingdom on the rise
China imported 40 percent more rice from Cambodia from January to October this year over the same period last year, according to government data. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50659992/chinas-rice-imports-from-kingdom-on-the-rise/
Modernisation in IT system increases GDT’s tax collection
Modernizing the tax system through automation has helped increase revenue and transparency in the Kingdom’s tax sector. The General Department of Taxation (GDT) said tax collection had increased by more than 28 per cent in the first 10 months of the year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/modernisation-it-system-increases-gdts-tax-collection
Strong growth projected for Cambodia’s banking sector
National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) governor Chea Chanto said on Monday that the Kingdom’s economy has maintained robust growth with low and manageable inflation which paves a favourable path for the banking sector’s continuous development. Meanwhile, fintech is playing an important role in the financial ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/strong-growth-projected-cambodias-banking-sector
US praises growth in the Kingdom’s digital sector
US ambaSSador Patrick Murphy praiSed the growth of the Kingdom&rSquo;S digital Sector and expreSSed hope of expanding cooperation between the two countrieS in the Sector. Cambodia haS a high rate of mobile phone uSerS. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-praises-growth-kingdoms-digital-sector
Casino investment boosts Kingdom’s construction sector
Increasing casino investment has brought the construction sector to provinces along Cambodia’s borders, World Bank (WB) senior economist for Cambodia Ly sodeth said on Wednesday. In the latest WB Cambodia Economic Update (CEU) report published on Wednesday, sodeth said that the construction sector has boomed in Banteay ss='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/casino-investment-boosts-kingdoms-construction-sector
Slow is good: The real estate market’s slower current growth is better in the long run, experts say
While the Cambodian real estate market has still not fully recovered from its steep decline during the 2008-2009 economic crisis, its slower but steady growth is more sustainable than the rapid ascent seen in the years leading up to the fall, experts say. although growth ss='cambodia-color'>...