$952 million construction projects approved in five months
The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction (MLMUPC) has approved 1,679 construction projects nationwide on 2.2 million square metres at about $952 million in the first five months of this year. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501099984/952-million-construction-projects-approved-in-five-months/
Electric gear, linked exports record shocking 64% jump
Cambodia exported $1.090 billion worth of electrical machinery and equipment and related products in the first eight months of 2022, up 64.18 per cent from the $663.585 million recorded over the same time in 2021, according to Customs. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/electric-gear-linked-exports-record-shocking-64-jump
Two million tourists to visit Cambodia in 2022
As Cambodia navigates a post-pandemic world, international tourist arrivals lag with 1.5m to 2m tourists predicted for 2022. This is estimated to rise to pre-Covid levels of 7m by 2026. ...
Prak Chan Thul
https://kiripost.com/stories/two-million-tourists-to-visit-cambodia-in-2022
Cambodian students receive meals through partnership
Youth attending Salesian educational programs supported by the Don Bosco Foundation of Cambodia had access to proper nutrition in 2021 thanks to a partnership between Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, and Feed My Starving Children, a nonprofit Christian ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501146569/cambodian-students-receive-meals-through-partnership/
Cambodian exports to ASEAN markets rise 13%
The value of Cambodian trade with the nine other ASEAN countries reached $16.053 billion in 2022 – up 1.4 per cent from $15.838 million in 2021 – accounting for a 30.62 per cent share of the Kingdom’s $52.425 billion in total foreign trade for the ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodian-exports-asean-markets-rise-13
PWSA FY’22 net profit sees 16% contraction
Increase in water sales and construction service saw Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority’s (PWSA) net profits inch up to 22.1 billion riel ($5.5 million) in its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2022, from approximately 22 billion riel last year. ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-pwsa-fy22-net-profit-sees-16-contraction
Cambodia’s agriculture census 2023 to be conducted in April
The Ministry of Planning will conduct the Agriculture Census of Cambodia 2023 throughout the country from April 1 to 30. The information was shared in a meeting here on February 15 chaired by Dr Chhay Than, Senior Minister and Minister of Planning, and Chairman of ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501240797/cambodias-agriculture-census-2023-to-be-conducted-in-april/
Tax agency asks Japan to fast-track DTA talks
The Cambodian tax chief on May 29 asked Tokyo to speed up talks on a Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) between the Kingdom and Japan, as Customs (GDCE) reported that their bilateral goods trade closed 2022 just shy of $1.95 billion, achieving a nearly one-eighth surge ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tax-agency-asks-japan-fast-track-dta-talks
Calls out for vocational programme enrollments
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has urged young people to promptly register for courses at technical institutes throughout the country. The move follows the government’s official announcement of a national programme on technical and vocational training for 1.5 million young individuals from impoverished ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/calls-out-for-vocational-programme-enrollments
Empowering Communities, A Transformative Force in Cambodia’s HIV Response
December 1 is the 35th anniversary of World AIDS Day, an opportunity to reflect on Cambodia’s dramatic progress in addressing HIV/AIDS, particularly over the past decade, and recognize the work that remains to end the disease as a public health threat. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501399952/empowering-communities-a-transformative-force-in-cambodias-hiv-response/
Footwear exports dip; sector shows signs of recovery
Cambodia netted over $1.2 billion from exporting footwear, gaiters and related articles in the first 11 months of 2023, marking a nearly 23% decrease year-on-year. However, the last few months of 2023 showed signs of gradual improvement, as reported by the General Department of Customs ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/footwear-exports-dip-sector-shows-signs-of-recovery
NBC policies in line with Pentagonal Strategy
The first plenary session of the new Council of Ministers under the leadership of Prime Minister Hun Manet has approved the Pentagonal Strategy-Phase 1 on August 24, 2023, to unleash a host of economic activities to be implemented to transform Cambodia into a high-income economy ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501377575/nbc-policies-in-line-with-pentagonal-strategy/
SDG 4 Quality education
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Sustainable Development Goal 4 – Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all – focuses on education as a fundamental human right that is necessary for the achievement of all the SDGs.1 Education supports the achievement of gender equality by empowering women and is crucial to creating ...
តារាង៖ លក្ខណវិនិច្ឆ័យសម្រាប់បង្កើតមូលដ្ឋានសុខាភិបាល
ផែនការគ្របដណ្ដប់សុខាភិបាល (ផ.គ្រ.ស) គឺជាក្របខ័ណ្ឌសម្រាប់អភិវឌ្ឍបណ្តាញហេដ្ឋារចនាសម្ព័ន្ធសុខាភិបាល ដោយប្រើប្រាស់លក្ខណៈវិនិច្ឆ័យពីររួមគ្នា៖ ចំនួនប្រជាជន និងលទ្ធភាពទទួលបានសេវាសុខភាព ព្រមទាំងគិតគូរហ្មត់ចត់អំពីគុណភាពនៃការថែទាំ និងធនធានដែលមាន។ ទាញចេញពី ផែនការយុទ្ធសាស្ត្រសុខាភិបាល ២០១៦-២០២០. ...
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
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H.E. Hang Chuon Naron and Julie Chung in the inauguration of the Rice Academy, Cambodia. Photo by U.S Embassy Phnom Penh, take on 17 September 2014. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0In 1996, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) was established.135 Its organization and functioning ...
GIS training for improved natural resources management in Cambodia
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The fundamental GIS training was successfully conducted at ODC office, Phnom Penh, from 03 to 05 February 2020. A number of civil society organizations have been invited to join this three-day training. Those organizations include Build Community Voice (BCV), People Center for Development and Peace ...
Budget and public procurement
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National budget on uptrendIn the last three years, Cambodia’s national budget has seen significant growth of around US$ 1.6 billion, from US$ 3.4 billion in 2014147 to US$ 5 billion in 2017.148 This is an average annual increase of almost 14%. The increase can be ...
Overloaded vehicles at issue
Overloaded vehicles are contributing to a more rapid than anticipated deterioriation of Cambodia’s road network, experts said yesterday The ADB has funded an axle-load control programme as part of a US$1 million technical package to support government rehabilitation of about 150 kilometers of the Kingdom’s roads. ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011070550177/Business/overloaded-vehicles-at-issue.html
Hongkong Land plans to break ground in 2012
Hongkong Land, one of Asia’s largest property investment companies, plans to have excavators move in on one of its four properties in Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh district that it bought earlier this year, according to an official at the company. John Brinsden, country adviser for Jardine ...