Development bank delivers $245mn to agri-sector producers, exporters, SMEs
A senior executive of the state-owned Agriculture Rural Development Bank (ARDB) said the financial institution has released $245 million to rice millers and exporters, the livestock sector and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the agriculture sector. ...
Power grid upgrades expand service, improve reliability
State-run electricity utility Electricite du Cambodge (EDC) has inaugurated a new substation and 230kV high-voltage transmission line in Tbong Khmum province as part of the government’s efforts to promote electrical-grid stability for the public and industries. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/power-grid-upgrades-expand-service-improve-reliability
Activist hit with $10K defamation fine
Environmental activist Kroeung Tola plans to appeal the Mondulkiri Provincial Court decision ordering him to pay 40 million riel ($10,000) in compensation to O’Raing district governor Siek Mony and four million riel to the state for public defamation. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/activist-hit-10k-defamation-fine
Unemployment rate in Cambodia, the lowest in ASEAN
All 10 ASEAN member states have faced a sudden increase in unemployment in 2020 compared to the year previously as a consequence of the global pandemic, but Cambodia has the lowest unemployment rate in the bloc. ,,, ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50832758/unemployment-rate-in-cambodia-the-lowest-in-asean/
Sokhonn, Blinken to co-chair summit
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will co-chair the second Mekong-US Partnership Ministerial Meeting, which will be held on August 3 via video conference. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/sokhonn-blinken-co-chair-summit
Central bank sets up economic finance database with the ADB
Cambodia’s central bank is teaming-up with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on an online database to monitor the financial state of the Kingdom. The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and the ADB’s Macroeconomic Surveillance Database System (MSDS) will be tested online. ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50901341/central-bank-sets-up-economic-finance-database-with-the-adb/
Minister: No fees for Covid rapid tests throughout Kingdom
The Ministry of Health has instructed municipal and provincial referral hospitals and other state health facilities not to charge any fees to citizens who come to take Covid-19 antigen rapid tests. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-no-fees-covid-rapid-tests-throughout-kingdom
Cambodian PM awarded with the Order of Friendship from Russian President Putin
Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, has been honoured with the Order of Friendship from President of Russia Vladimir Putin, according to Russian Embassy stated in its press release on the web-site. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50901837/cambodian-pm-awarded-with-the-order-of-friendship-from-russian-president-putin/
MRC Secretariat CEO urges deeper engagement during Friends of the Mekong Ministerial meeting
The Friends of the Mekong should play a more critical role in realising the objectives of the Basin Development Strategy for the Mekong River Basin 2021-2030, a transformative blueprint for improving the state of the basin over the next decade, the Mekong River Commission (MRC)’s ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50914250/mrc-secretariat-ceo-urges-deeper-engagement-during-friends-of-the-mekong-ministerial-meeting/
Cambodia and Australia agree to further improve construction safety with new guidelines
The continued strong relationship between Australia and Cambodia improved further yesterday, as Australian Ambassador Pablo Kang and Land Management Ministry secretary of state Chhann Saphan signed a Subsidiary Arrangement to formalise cooperation on enhancing construction safety in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50936736/cambodia-and-australia-agree-to-further-improve-construction-safety-with-new-guidelines/
Cambodia’s Health Ministry – no directive from WHO on usage of mix and match Covid-19 vaccines
Dr Or Vandine, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Health and spokesperson said that the World Health Organization has not yet confirmed nor advice the usage mixing and administering two different types of Covid-19 vaccines. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50894093/cambodias-health-ministry-no-directive-from-who-on-usage-of-mix-and-match-covid-19-vaccines/
Nat’l Police chief shakes up land dispute working group
National police chief Neth Savoeun has changed the composition of the working group for land dispute investigation and prevention of illegal encroachment of state land nationwide, including the appointment of deputy National Police chief Dy Vichea as chairman of the group. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/natl-police-chief-shakes-land-dispute-working-group
PM eyes Myanmar peace troika
Prime Minister Hun Sen has suggested that ASEAN member states establish a tripartite committee or diplomatic troika consisting of representatives from Cambodia, Brunei and Indonesia that would be tasked with mediating a ceasefire in Myanmar. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/pm-eyes-myanmar-peace-troika
Gov’t allocates $100M to prop up SMEs
The Ministry of Economy and Finance on February 14 allocated $100 million to two state-owned banks to provide additional support to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME), and the agriculture and agro-industry sectors. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-allocates-100m-prop-smes
Minister: Cambodia makes good progress in education reform
Minister of Education, Youth and Sport Hang Chuon Naron stated that during the past five years of education reform, the ministry has established two models: New Generation Schools (NGS) and the introduction of an effective school-based management system. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-cambodia-makes-good-progress-education-reform
Cambodia’s parliament elects woman as president for 1st time in history
Khuon Sudary was elected on Tuesday as the president of Cambodia’s National Assembly for a new five-year term, becoming the first woman to hold this top post, according to the state-run National Television of Cambodia (TVK). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501347712/cambodias-parliament-elects-woman-as-president-for-1st-time-in-history/
Double taxation agreement with UAE ‘nearly complete’
Cambodia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are expected to sign a Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) soon seeing that negotiations on the content are 96 per cent complete, the General Department of Taxation (GDT) stated. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/double-taxation-agreement-uae-nearly-complete
Cambodia’s industry is expected to grow by 9.2 percent in 2023
The Cambodian industry is expected to grow by 9.2 per cent in 2023 with support from improved external demand that help boost garment and non-garment manufacturing, while the garment sector is expected to grow by 8.1 per cent in that year due to demand in ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501100710/cambodias-industry-is-expected-to-grow-by-9-2-percent-in-2023/
PM bids final farewell to Japan’s Abe; meets EU, VN presidents
Prime Minister Hun Sen on September 27 arrived for the state funeral of the slain former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo, where he also met European Council chief Charles Michel and Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc to discuss issues of common concerns. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-bids-final-farewell-japans-abe-meets-eu-vn-presidents