Sihanoukville selected to transform into smart city
Sihanoukville has been selected as one city of three spots regionwide to take part in the Smart Cities Innovation Lab initiative to transform into a smart city, with a call for startups to implement new solutions. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-sihanoukville-selected-to-transform-into-smart-city
B Meanchey officials told to ensure stability
Ke Kim Yan, chairman of the National Authority for Combating Drugs (NACD), instructed all forces in Banteay Meanchey province to maintain national defence, and ensure peace, political stability and a good relationship with neighbouring Thailand. ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/b-meanchey-officials-told-ensure-stability
PM: Covid measures suspended
Prime Minister Hun Sen has announced that all Covid-19 preventive measures, including mask wearing and rapid tests at various establishments, are now officially lifted following zero new cases of transmission in recent days, including the Khmer New Year. ...
Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-covid-measures-suspended
Protest erupts in troubled Preah Sihanouk commune
Some 40 villagers blocked a national road in Preah Sihanouk this week, lighting smoking fires and wielding sticks in front of authorities in a land dispute in an area that has seen prior violence and conflicting claims among military and powerful individuals. ...
Mech Dara
https://vodenglish.news/protest-erupts-in-troubled-preah-sihanouk-commune/
Phnom Penh proposed for RCEP Secretariat
Officials have suggested that the 14 partner signatories to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) establish a trade secretariat in Phnom Penh. The agreement, which aims to boost economic development, came into force at the beginning Of 2022. ...
Rann Reuy
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/phnom-penh-proposed-rcep-secretariat
Germany pledges renewed support for mine clearance
German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier reiterated German preparedness to help Cambodia combat climate change and embrace renewable energy. The largest European economy will continue to support mine clearance operations in Cambodia and conservation of Cambodia’s ancient temples. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/germany-pledges-renewed-support-mine-clearance
Siem Reap airport to close after new one opens
After the new Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI) opens in October, the existing complex serving the northwestern province will be “completely closed”, according to State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA) spokesman Sin Chansereyvutha. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/siem-reap-airport-close-after-new-one-opens
Officials suspect arson by hunters in sanctuary fire
Environment officials and authorities in Preah Vihear province are investigating a wildfire in the Phnom Tnaot-Phnom Pok Wildlife Sanctuary that damaged more than 4,000ha of forest in recent days, said officials on March 6. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/officials-suspect-arson-hunters-sanctuary-fire
Key road job with longest bridge ‘in 2024’
A groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a 58km road and bridges crossing the Tonle Sap River connecting Kampong Chhnang to Kampong Thom provinces will be held in 2024, with several relevant ministries assuring that the project would have no serious impact on the environment. ...
Sem Pisey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/key-road-job-longest-bridge-2024
Cambodia’s international trade declined by 14.5 pct in Q1 to $11.25 billion
Cambodia recorded $11.25 billion in its international trade during the first quarter (Q1) of 2023, down 14.5 percent from $13.16 billion over the same period last year, said an official report released Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501271464/cambodias-international-trade-declined-by-14-5-pct-in-q1-to-11-25-billion/
Cambodia to benefit from China’s commitment to free trade and sharing its large domestic market with the world
China’s broader push for its pathway to modernization has fueled expectations that the nation will bring more opportunities and create a dynamic of growth that will deliver wide-ranging benefits for the world, according to business leaders and analysts. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501213673/cambodia-to-benefit-from-chinas-commitment-to-free-trade-and-sharing-its-large-domestic-market-with-the-world/
Thai fugitive linked to casino fire received Cambodian citizenship, shares business ties with Tycoon Ly Yong Phat
Fugitive Thai politician Vatana Asavahame, linked to management of the Poipet casino devastated by a deadly fire last week, received Cambodian citizenship in a 2008 royal decree, according to documents viewed by CamboJA. ...
Jack Brook and Sovann Sreypich
https://cambojanews.com/thai-fugitive-linked-to-casino-fire-received-cambodian-citizenship-shares-business-ties-with-tycoon-ly-yong-phat/
S Treng issues 30,000 titles in five years
In the past five years, systematic land registration in Stung Treng province – within the framework of the Land Administration Sub-Sector Programme – has been achieved in 35 villages, with more than 30,000 titles distributed to people across the province. ...
Sem Pisey
https://www.postkhmer.com/national/2023-04-24-1751-249334.html
Cambodia, Vietnam facilitate cooperation between border provinces
Vietnamese and Cambodian ministries, agencies and localities will coordinate in building and perfecting legal frameworks and cooperation mechanisms to facilitate collaboration between border provinces, as agreed at a conference in the south western province of Tay Ninh on April 25. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501279595/cambodia-vietnam-facilitate-cooperation-between-border-provinces/
Entertainment workers gain NSSF
People employed in the entertainment and tourism sectors of the informal economy will be registered with the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), so they can access health care through the Kingdom’s health equity fund, the government announced. ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/entertainment-workers-gain-nssf
IBIS organic rice project expanding
Keo Socheat, executive director of the Sansom Mlup Prey Organisation (SMP), said that more than 2,000 farming households are now planting organic paddy rice through the IBIS project. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ibis-organic-rice-project-expanding
Agri minister’s proposal aims to draw fisherman into aquaculture sector
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Dith Tina on January 19 met with French Development Agency (AFD) country director for Cambodia Sandrine Boucher to pitch a potential new project that could turn ordinary fishermen into bona-fide aquaculture traders. ...
PM pushes for TB eradication
Cambodia needs to step up efforts to control tuberculosis (TB), Prime Minister Hun Sen said. Although the number of deaths from TB has dropped, he said the morbidity and mortality are still high and many people still do not have easy access to treatment services. ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-pushes-tb-eradication
Cambodia to export renewable electricity to Singapore
The conglomerate Cambodia’s Royal Group of Companies will export renewable energy to Singapore after the group signed an agreement with Keppel Energy Pte Ltd on Wednesday, which will enable the latter to purchase electricity from the Kingdom. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501256436/cambodia-to-export-renewable-electricity-to-singapore/