Kingdom’s free trade pact talks with South Korea concluded
Cambodia and South Korea have concluded their free trade agreement (FTA) negotiationS and are now cloSer to the Signing of a final pact later thiS year. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50810013/kingdoms-free-trade-pact-talks-with-south-korea-concluded/
Visa: Cambodia’s 2021 transaction trends
A desire for increased security and an acute awareness of current health guidelines has generated an uptick in the use of non-cash payments, according to Us multinational financial services corp Visa, as measured in its latest Consumer Payments Attitudes survey. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50810543/visa-cambodias-2021-transaction-trends/
WorldBridge’s SME cluster zone delayed
Construction of WorldBridge Industrial Developments Co Ltd’s $30 million WorldBridge i4.0 sME Cluster zone will be delayed by one or two months due to the recent lockdown in Phnom Penh and Kandal province’s Takmao town, chairman sear Rithy told The Post. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/worldbridges-sme-cluster-zone-delayed
Bold innovation roadmap outlines the Kingdom’s tech progress
Cambodia is undertaking a bold five-pronged approach to foster digitalisation in its aim to reach upper-middle-income country status by 2030 and high-income designation by 2050, the government’s science, Technology and Innovation (sTI) Roadmap 2030 reveals. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50919479/bold-innovation-roadmap-outlines-the-kingdoms-tech-progress/
Capital’s south an ‘improving foundation to build on’: CBRE
Interest in “southern Phnom Penh” has gained substantial traction over the past five years since plans for Hun sen Boulevard were unveiled, triggering a frenzy of real estate speculation, CBRE Cambodia reported on August 12. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/capitals-south-improving-foundation-build-cbre
Cambodia’s Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 rises to more than 7800 cases
Cambodia’s Delta Variant infection of sARs-CoV-2 virus has increased exponentially to 7,852 as of Monday, 27 september. ss='cambodia-color'>...
C-19 situation almost as good as Singapore’s
The overall Covid-19 situation in Cambodia, irrespective of the incomplete official figures announced by the Ministry of Health which does not include provincial figures, is certainly improving and with the vaccination campaign given added impetus by the Prime Minister, the country could achieve similar status ss='cambodia-color'>...
Yim Sreylin
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50926111/c-19-situation-almost-as-good-as-singapores/
Kep prepped as Kingdom’s first province free of mines
The government plans to declare Kep the first mine-free province by year’s end as clearance work has accelerated again after a pandemic-related period of slower progress. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kep-prepped-kingdoms-first-province-free-mines
More grim details about Sihanoukville’s The China Project
More disturbing information has emerged following yesterday’s article about conditions in Preah sihanouk province’s The China Project, as revealed exclusively by Khmer Times yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50923172/more-grim-details-about-sihanoukvilles-the-china-project/
Environment ministry’s Neth Pheaktra on purposeful PR
For many years now, Ministry of Environment secretary of state and spokesman Neth Pheaktra has been leading tour groups composed of journalists on visits to Cambodia’s natural protected areas, which are often otherwise legally off-limits to anyone but forest rangers and the communities living there. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/environment-ministrys-neth-pheaktra-purposeful-pr
ADB, UNIDO to hold Virtual Discussion on Boosting Cambodia’s 4IR Transformation
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) will organise a virtual discussion on the status of Cambodia’s fourth industrial revolution (4IR) and pathways for the country’s transformation to this new industrial model by 2030. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50983915/adb-unido-to-hold-virtual-discussion-on-boosting-cambodias-4ir-transformation/
Bassac River’s Prek Talong Bridge project begins 2022
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport is meeting with engineers from the shanghai Construction Group Co Ltd (sCG) to discuss the technical specifications and requirements for the construction of the Prek Talong Bridge connecting Chak Angre Krom and Prek Pra over the Bassac River ss='cambodia-color'>...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bassac-rivers-prek-talong-bridge-project-begins-2022
Next week’s ATF likely to prop ASEAN tourist spots open: Khon
Minister of Tourism Thong Khon is optimistic that next week’s AsEAN Tourism Forum 2022 (ATF 2022) will be a major catalyst for the broader reopening of tourist attractions in the bloc, and put Cambodia on the map as a safe regional travel destination. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/next-weeks-atf-likely-prop-asean-tourist-spots-open-khon
Plans for Preah Sihanouk’s Techo Westerdam Park gain traction
The government is making headway on plans to create the Techo Westerdam Park in Preah sihanouk province, as a new attraction for national and international tourists who may be looking for some time away from the beaches and islands, a decision issued by the National ss='cambodia-color'>...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/plans-preah-sihanouks-techo-westerdam-park-gain-traction
69 mobile payment services spearhead Cambodia’s mobile payment transactions to $113.67 billion
The number of mobile payment users in Cambodia saw an increase by 42 percent to 13.6 million in 2021, according to the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), explaining that COVID-19 situation has encouraged more people to use electronic payments. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501047230/69-mobile-payment-services-spearhead-cambodias-mobile-payment-transactions-to-113-67-billion/
Garment workers protest factory’s move, fear shutdown
Around 300 garment workers from Canteran Apparel gathered on Veng sreng street in Chaom Chao commune’s Trapeang Thleung village of Phnom Penh’s Por sen Chey district on April 19 to protest recent actions by the owner of the business. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/garment-workers-protest-factorys-move-fear-shutdown
Think Tank 2022 Forum: Success of local election testimony to progress of Cambodia’s democracy
The success of the 5th Mandate Commune/sangkat Council Election is another testimony to the progress of Cambodia’s democracy and the election outcomes truly reflect the will of the Cambodian people. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501090142/think-tank-2022-forum-success-of-local-election-testimony-to-progress-of-cambodias-democracy/
PM’s call brings back focus on energy efficiency
The need to fast-track Cambodia’s National Energy Efficiency Policy assumed greater importance as Prime Minister Hun sen recently reiterated the call to adopt energy-saving measures amidst mounting losses for the Electricite du Cambodge (EDC). ss='cambodia-color'>...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501209876/pms-call-brings-back-focus-on-energy-efficiency/
Cambodia’s export to Japan jumps 11.4%
Cambodia exported $1.81 billion worth of products to Japan in the first 11 months of last year, a year-on-year increase of 11.4 percent, according to the data from the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501216672/cambodias-export-to-japan-jumps-11-4/
Cambodia’s export surges 18% to $20 billion
Cambodia exported $20,457 million worth of goods in the January-November period of this year, an increase of almost 18.1 percent compared to the same period in 2021, according to a report from the General Department of Customs and Excise report yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501201379/cambodias-export-surges-18-to-20-billion/