NA to vote on new ministers
The National Assembly (NA) on Monday will put a vote of confidence in appointing and reshuffling five ministers and appointing five senior ministers, said NA spokesman Leng Peng Long in a press release issued by the General Secretariat of the National Assembly on Friday. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/na-vote-new-ministers
Border opening on table
Cambodia and Thailand are in talks to open more border gates to import and export agricultural products after the two countries largely closed their borders amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Held on Tuesday on the Thai side of the border, the Cambodian delegation was led by ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/border-opening-table
Cambodia pushes hard on free-trade agreements
Cambodia’s government is pushing for free-trade agreement (FTA) talks with potential partners while seeking Russian’s help for a Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) free trade agreement. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50723292/cambodia-pushes-hard-on-free-trade-agreements/
Cambodia ‘easy’ on EU-Vietnam trade deal
Cambodia will not show concern over the impact of the ratification of the European Union (EU)-Vietnam Free-Trade Agreement (EVFTA) which is expected to enter into force on Aug 1, according to senior government officials. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50732206/cambodia-easy-on-eu-vietnam-trade-deal/
Government’s KNUP purge rolls on
The government has started stripping members of the Khmer National United Party of their state positions, as part of what KNUP officials have said is an effort to pressure them to abandon their leader, Nhek Bun Chhay, a former top military commander, and join the ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/governments-knup-purge-rolls
Open Development Cambodia publishes a new page on "Agreement"
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new page on “Agreements”, a sub-category page of “Laws, policies and agreements”. This agreement page is loaded with the legal documents of contracts, memorandum of understanding, and licenses between the Royal Government of Cambodia, and domestic and overseas ...
Environment Ministry releases report on natural resource crimes
The Ministry of Environment released an 18th month report stating 747 wildlife have been rescued and 206 wild animals were found dead in the Cardamom Mountains. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50744401/environment-ministry-releases-report-on-natural-resource-crimes/
High oil tax ‘a burden’ on development
The high-rate of special tax of 10-25 percent on oil for production is one of the burdens facing the advancement of manufacturing industries in Cambodia that have a target to increase added-value by using machinery in the production chain, according to the Japanese Business Association ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50764153/high-oil-tax-a-burden-on-development/
Automotive firms hit on imports, exports
COVID-19 has affected the Kingdom’s automotive industry severely, with trade dropping nearly 40 percent compared with the previous year. According to the latest import and export statistics for the first nine months of this year, the volume of automobiles and motorcycles exported dropped by 34.1 ...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50795854/automotive-firms-hit-on-imports-exports/
MoE on the lookout for biodiverse ecotourism spots
The Ministry of Environment and Tour Guides Association are working together to identify potential ecotourism spots in protected areas. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50804348/moe-on-the-lookout-for-biodiverse-ecotourism-spots/
GDT firm on March 31 tax deadline
General Department of Taxation (GDT) director-general Kong Vibol refused to budge on a March 31 deadline to file tax on income (ToI) for fiscal year 2020 despite the economic pressure on the business community caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gdt-firm-march-31-tax-deadline
Mondulkiri airport project still on track
An $80 million domestic airport project in Mondulkiri province is shaping up to be a main driver for ecotourism development in the Kingdom’s northeast corridor. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mondulkiri-airport-project-still-track
Ministry ‘bullish’ on prospects of recovery
The Kingdom’s real economic growth is expected to recover by 4 percent in 2021 following a contraction of 3.1 percent in 2020, according to a report from the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF). ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50807772/ministry-bullish-on-prospects-of-recovery/
App for property tax on the way but no increases, says government
Cambodia is undergoing property tax reform but says it is administrative with a focus on improving the registration and valuation of properties while strengthening enforcement and compliance. ...
Cambodia emphasises opportunity for ASEAN-India cooperation on COVID-19 vaccine development
Prak Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia, has laid stress on the opportunity for ASEAN-India cooperation on vaccine development against the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50909770/cambodia-emphasises-opportunity-for-asean-india-cooperation-on-covid-19-vaccine-development/
Cambodians divided on climate
Cambodians are divided on the cause of climate change but 84 per cent of people believe climate change is happening, a report released by the National Council for Sustainable Development (NCSD) revealed. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodians-divided-climate
$14 million spent on social assistance
National Social Security Fund (NSSF) announced yesterday that the NSSF has spent more than $14 million to provide healthcare and allowances to members of the fund for the first six months of this year. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50914853/14-million-spent-on-social-assistance/
Dangkor district getting tough on waste littering
Heang Nhor, deputy head of Dangkor district’s Office of Public Works, Transport, Sanitation, Environment and Public Order, said the district hall had stopped 12 trailers in the first six months of the year and another four in July. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dangkor-district-getting-tough-waste-littering
On the right track to generating carbon credits
The 43 new sites identified by the Ministry of Environment and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Greening Prey Lang for the supply of carbon credits will bring positive environmental, community and biodiversity impacts to Cambodia besides having no deforestation and degradation of protected ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50920930/on-the-right-track-to-generating-carbon-credits/
Domestic trips jump 29% on-week
Rising Covid-19 vaccination rates and generally high adherence to preventative measures and health-protective behaviour, as encouraged by the tourism and health ministries, have led to a steady recovery in domestic tourism. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/domestic-trips-jump-29-week