Masks, vaccination campaign must continue to avoid Covid surge after KNY, says Prime Minister Hun Sen
On the second day of Khmer New Year, Prime Minister Hun Sen reminded people to wear face masks and get vaccinated or a booster shot to avoid a potential surge in Covid cases during and after the New Year. ...
Foreign tourist arrivals increase by 191 percent in Q1
The number of international tourists has seen a sharp increase by 191 percent or 241,485 in the January-April period this year, a positive sign for the tourism recovery since Cambodia announced to fully reopen the country in November last year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501087385/foreign-tourist-arrivals-increase-by-191-percent-in-q1/
Flooding not keeping Banteay Meanchey farmers from producing rice
Farmers in Banteay Meanchey province have stepped up efforts to plant and sow rice, despite their rice being damaged by floods at the beginning of the rainy season. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/flooding-not-keeping-banteay-meanchey-farmers-producing-rice
Cambodia’s economy to grow 5.1% in 2022
Cambodian economy will grow at 5.1 percent this year and 6.2 percent in 2023, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance. ...
Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501077937/cambodias-economy-to-grow-5-1-in-2022/
Hun Sen invites WEF Executive Chairman to attend ASEAN Global Dialogue in Phnom Penh
Prime Minister Hun Sen has invited Prof. Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF), to attend the 2nd ASEAN Global Dialogue to be held in Phnom Penh in November this year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501081718/hun-sen-invites-wef-executive-chairman-to-attend-asean-global-dialogue-in-phnom-penh/
NEC releases new voter turnout rate for local election
The new voter turnout rate for Sunday’s Commune/Sangkat Council Election is 80.19 percent or 7,382,449 of the total 9.2 million eligible voters, according the National Election Committee (NEC). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501089435/nec-releases-new-voter-turnout-rate-for-local-election/
Cambodia’s international trade up almost 20 pct in 5 months
Cambodia’s total trade volume was valued at $22.4 billion in the first five months of 2022, up 19.7 percent from 18.7 billion dollars over the same period last year, an official report showed on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501093744/cambodias-international-trade-up-almost-20-pct-in-5-months/
Endangered dolphin found dead on Mekong River
A World Wildlife Fund (WWF) patrol on Sunday found the body of a large male dolphin floating in the Mekong River between Kratie and Stung Treng provinces. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501206041/endangered-dolphin-found-dead-on-mekong-river/
Cambodia re-emphasises clear stance over war in Ukraine
Cambodia has once against underlined its clear stance over the war in Ukraine, saying that it is based on principles of international law. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501203032/cambodia-re-emphasises-clear-stance-over-war-in-ukraine/
Expired ID cards to be okayed for 2023 National Election
The government will issue a sub-decree to extend the validity of expired ID cards to enable people to cast their ballot for the National Election on July 23. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501229685/expired-id-cards-to-be-okayed-for-2023-national-election/
Cambodian experts say Chinese FM’s SEA visit injects fresh impetus into China-ASEAN ties
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s four-day visit to three Southeast Asian countries has given new momentum to the strategic relations between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Cambodian experts said on Sunday, reported Xinhua. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501343016/cambodian-experts-say-chinese-fms-sea-visit-injects-fresh-impetus-into-china-asean-ties/
Exports through SEZs up by $1.39 billion in H1
Cambodia’s export through Special Economic Zones (SEZs), mostly non-garment manufacturing products, reported growth in the first six months of this year. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501346089/exports-through-sezs-up-by-1-39-billion-in-h1/
Cambodia support to continue, says JICA on 30th anniversary
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on the 30th anniversary of its ties with Cambodia pledged continued support for the country’s development, yesterday. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501335412/cambodia-support-to-continue-says-jica-on-30th-anniversary/
Observers praise Cambodia over free and fair elections
Experts and international observers praised Cambodia’s national elections as free, fair, transparent and nonintimidating because the people clearly understood the value of democracy. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501335902/observers-praise-cambodia-over-free-and-fair-elections/
New fishways to strengthen local fisheries
Two new fishways, whose construction finished on August 24 will connect fish with critical upstream habitats vital to their life cycle. These fishways also demonstrate that small-scale fish passes are a feasible, relatively inexpensive solution to the problem of declining fish stocks. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501142196/new-fishways-to-strengthen-local-fisheries/
Chinese doctors perform over 10,000 free cataract surgeries in Cambodia, Laos
Chinese doctors have performed a total of 10,059 surgeries at no cost to cataract patients in Cambodia and Laos, according to health authorities. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501359258/chinese-doctors-perform-over-10000-free-cataract-surgeries-in-cambodia-laos/
Korean premium beef, Hanwoo, finds a new market in Cambodia
South Korea has successfully exported its premium beef, Hanwoo, to Cambodia for the first time, marking a significant milestone in eight years of quarantine negotiations. ...
Adur Pradeep
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501351063/korean-premium-beef-hanwoo-finds-a-new-market-in-cambodia/
Prime Minister Hun Manet granted the title “Samdech”
His Majesty Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia, has granted the title “Samdech” to Prime Minister Kitti Tesaphibal Bindit Hun Manet. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501353558/prime-minister-hun-manet-granted-the-title-samdech/
Acleda Bank to expand KHQR beyond ASEAN
Acleda Bank Plc plans to expand the KHQR system to non-Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries, said a senior bank official. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501347404/acleda-bank-to-expand-khqr-beyond-asean/
Vietnamese group helps improve health care in Cambodia
Medlatec Group on October 7 opened a clinic in Cambodia with the hope of providing high-quality medical services to local people in the neighbouring country. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501373388/vietnamese-group-helps-improve-health-care-in-cambodia/