Only ‘legal’ SMEs to benefit from aid package: Ministry
The $800 million to $2 billion COVID-19 stimulus package announced by Prime Minister Hun Sen last month will only be given to those businesses that are legally registered and are formally verified, the Ministry of Economy and Finance has said. ...
Harrison White
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50708031/only-legal-smes-to-benefit-from-aid-package-ministry/
Banking made more accessible
The largest bank in Cambodia, Acleda Bank Plc, has extended its mobile banking and payments service to consumers without an existing banking relationship of any kind, according to a press release by global technology provider Fiserv. Established in 2010, Acleda Unity now reaches untapped consumer segments using ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012103059461/Business/banking-made-more-accessible.html
Hun Sen dares EU to impose sanctions
A European Parliament resolution last week calling for the possible suspension of Cambodia’s preferential trade status prompted a strong reaction from Prime Minister Hun Sen, who yesterday sternly dared the bloc to “cut it!” Speaking to garment factory workers on Koh Pich yesterday, the premier said Cambodia would ...
Ben Sokhean and Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/hun-sen-dares-eu-impose-sanctions
Vast Prince Manor fun park opens to much fanfare in Kandal
Chinese-owned Prince Culture and Development Co Ltd officially launched the $85 million Prince Manor entertainment centre in Kandal province on Wednesday. Prince Manor is located along National Road 1, 20km from the centre of Phnom Penh. It is the first major theme park project in ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/vast-prince-manor-fun-park-opens-much-fanfare-kandal
Preah Vihear court drops charges against villagers
The Preah Vihear Provincial Court has dropped all charges against eight ethnic Kuoy villagers who were in a land dispute with the Hengfu Group Sugar Industry Co Ltd since 2014. Wednesday’s decision was made by the judge who tried the case on June 10. The eight ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-vihear-court-drops-charges-against-villagers
UN talks review Covid, hunger risks
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) offices in Cambodia and countries in the Asia-Pacific region participated in a four-day virtual conference recently to respond to the “twin pandemics” of Covid-19 and hunger facing the region. Dealing with Covid-19 has led to setbacks in the fight ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/un-talks-review-covid-hunger-risks
Cambodia’s “model citizen” stands to win $10,000
The search is on for Cambodia’s model citizen – and the person selected will win $10,000. Over the next four months, Smart Axiata aims to find the person who has done the most for their country, neighbour, village or province. The initiative, entitled the Smart Good ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50794745/cambodias-model-citizen-stands-to-win-10000/
Cambodian conservationists monitoring grey-headed fish eagles
Conservationists have been monitoring the presence of Grey-headed Fish Eagles at their habitat, according to BirdLife International Cambodia Programme. “The Grey-headed Fish Eagle are suffering from habitat destruction and overfishing. In Lomphat wildlife sanctuary, our monitoring team usually recorded its presence and nesting near big ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50806073/cambodian-conservationists-monitoring-grey-headed-fish-eagles/
Seamless contactless payment experience for Unionpay cardholders at PPSHV Expressway
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited Phnom Penh Branch (ICBC PP) and UnionPay International (UPI) today announced that ICBC PP has enabled UnionPay Chip card and Contactless card payment for UnionPay Cardholders on Phnom Penh Sihanoukville (PPSHV) Expressway. UnionPay is the only payment brand ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501220892/seamless-contactless-payment-experience-for-unionpay-cardholders-at-ppshv-expressway/
It’s crowded at Kantha Bopha III
Pregnant women who sought antenatal care and delivery services at Siem Reap’s Kantha Bopha III Hospital increased by 35% in the first half of this year compared to the same period last year. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501340010/its-crowded-at-kantha-bopha-iii/
Hun Manet’s visit to China aims to deepen ties between the two countries
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday in an effort to further strengthen the close ties that his father, Hun Sen, had built with Beijing. This high-profile meeting comes just months after Hun Manet assumed the role of prime ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501361204/hun-manets-visit-to-china-aims-to-deepen-ties-between-the-two-countries/
Displaced From Angkor: Desolate Land, Uncertain Futures Await Residents
Locals who spoke with VOD said they wouldn’t defy the government order to move. But while some found consolation in official promises that displaced villagers would be given land in a rural area outside the park in Run Ta Ek commune, none had a clear ...
Andrew Haffner and Phin Rathana
https://vodenglish.news/displaced-from-angkor-desolate-land-uncertain-futures-await-residents/
Singapore replaces China as Cambodia’s top FDI source
Singapore has replaced China as the leading investing country in Cambodia in 2021, accounting for six projects, or 40 percent of Cambodia’s inward FDI, revealed the Investment Monitor’s ‘2022 Inward FDI Performance Index’, released recently. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501178069/singapore-replaces-china-as-cambodias-top-fdi-source/
NEC delegation to learn about French polls system
Prach Chan, chairman of the National Election Committee (NEC), flew to France yesterday evening with 10 senior officials to gain experience and learn about the electoral system to improve the electoral process in Cambodia. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501254423/nec-delegation-to-learn-about-french-polls-system/
In protected Prey Lang forest, communities pushed out but mining companies welcomed in
Kampong Thom’s Sandan district: Snang An village chief Sok Heng proudly displays a photo of his new home, constructed in July 2021, as his phone’s background image. But Late Cheng Mining Development, a gold mining firm with ties to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s bodyguard unit, ...
Khuon Narim and Jack Brook
https://cambojanews.com/in-protected-prey-lang-forest-communities-pushed-out-but-mining-companies-welcomed-in/
Jan-Apr exports to Singapore quadruple on-year
Cambodian goods exports to Singapore reached $223.843 million in the first four months of 2023, up 345.7 per cent year-on-year from $50.224 million and up 1,087 per cent half-on-half (compared to July-October 2022) from $18.9 million, according to provisional Customs (GDCE) data compiled in “International ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/jan-apr-exports-singapore-quadruple-year
Stung Bot checkpoint 80% done
Construction of the Stung Bot border checkpoint in Banteay Meanchey province and a service road which will connect it to National Road 5 is now 80 per cent complete. Experts in the travel sector expect that when the new checkpoint begins operating, it will stimulate ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/stung-bot-checkpoint-80-done
Milled rice exports increase 3% in 2023
In 2023, Cambodia exported more than 656,000 tons of milled rice worth $466 million, marking a three percent growth in volume and 13 percent in value compared with 2022, according to Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF). ...
Yatt Malai
https://kiripost.com/stories/milled-rice-exports-increase-3-in-2023
Cambodia may face difficulties in reducing HIV infection rates
Senior Minister Ieng Mouly, Chair of the National AIDS Authority (NAA), said during a workshop held at the Phnom Penh Hotel on Thursday with media groups on the situation in responding to HIV and AIDS in Cambodia that Cambodia may have difficulties in reducing the ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501538637/cambodia-may-face-difficulties-in-reducing-hiv-infection-rates/
Phnom Penh Governor Says Lake Families to Get Land Titles
For the first time since Phnom Penh municipality slated some 4,000 mostly poor families for forced eviction in 2007 to make way for a CPP senator’s controversial real estate project, City Hall yesterday promised them what they have always wanted most: titles to their land. ...