Justice and Soul Opens 1st Cosmetology School in Cambodia
The Justice and Soul Foundation has opened its first cosmetology school in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The Kate Korpi Salon has been built to teach sustainable cosmetology skills to survivors of the sex trafficking industry. What started as an idea discussed over a cup of coffee five ...
Stacey Soble
http://www.salontoday.com/news/salon-business/Justice-and-Soul-Opens-1st-Cosmetology-School-in-Cambodia-270327121.html
Biz guided to end corruption
Cambodia’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) held its first consultation meeting with the private sector on Friday over a proposed new anti-corruption guidebook, encouraging firms to police themselves in the absence of any official regulation. According to Om Yentieng, head of the ACU, the new Guide on Anti ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/biz-guided-end-corruption
World Bank in spotlight
As the World Bank considers supplying fresh loans to Cambodia, a new study uses the country as exhibit A for how the financier effectively sponsors corporate land grabs at the expense of the rural poor it purportedly helps. Three years ago, the bank’s own inspectors found ...
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/world-bank-spotlight
Visa ‘loophole’ no friend to maids: NGOs
Cambodia’s embassy in Kuala Lumpur has played a key role in pressuring domestic workers to stay in the country despite fears for their welfare, rights groups have said. While a moratorium was placed on sending domestic workers to Malaysia in 2011 amid mounting concerns over abuses, ...
Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/visa-%E2%80%98loophole%E2%80%99-no-friend-maids-ngos
Swiss agency provides $1 million to promote tourism in Cambodia
The Tourism Development Planning Department announced yesterday that Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, through the Enterprise Development Program of United Nation (UNIDO), has provided approximately $1 million for the implementation of Agri-food production and tourism Programmes in Cambodia. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50961979/swiss-agency-provides-1-million-to-promote-tourism-in-cambodia/
U.S. Embassy in Cambodia launches $25 million Inclusive Primary Education Activity (IPEA) programme
A new $25 million U.S. government-funded education program that will improve the reading and learning experience for Cambodian primary schoolchildren was launched in Phnom Penh yesterday at an event jointly presided over by Dr. Hang Chuon Naron, Minister of Education, Youth and Sports; U.S. Ambassador ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501046575/u-s-embassy-in-cambodia-launches-25-million-inclusive-primary-education-activity-ipea-programme/
Cambodia sets ambitious targets to boost cashew processing and exports
Cambodia is trying to establish itself as a leading cashew-producing and exporting country through its National Policy on Cashew 2022–2027. The government aims to boost cashew output, develop processing facilities, diversify export markets, and simplify trade facilitation programs. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501342976/cambodia-sets-ambitious-targets-to-boost-cashew-processing-and-exports/
Gov’t to borrow $140 million from ADB
The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) yesterday entered into an agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to borrow $140 million on concessional terms to implement two programs that are consistent with Pentagonal Strategy-Phase I, said the press releases issued by both parties. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501366902/govt-to-borrow-140-million-from-adb/
Gov’t launches public finance management reform strategies
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday announced the launch of the government’s implementation of vision and strategies of its public finance management reform programs for the fourth phase to enhance financial achievements after the previous three phases had focused on budget, financial accountability and finance-policy connectivity. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501258793/govt-launches-public-finance-management-reform-strategies/
Cambodia elected to UNAIDS board
The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) convened a meeting in New York to allow Cambodia to join the Program Coordinating Board (PCB) of UNAIDS for the Asia-Pacific Region for the 2023-2025 term, according to the National AIDS Authority (NAA) ...
Kim Yutharo
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-elected-unaids-board
SERC, CSX launch online trading account opening
Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC) and Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) signed an agreement yesterday introducing the API (Application programming interface) linkage for registering investor ID online and opening trading accounts online. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501381930/serc-csx-launch-online-trading-account-opening/
Australia helps strengthen laboratory capacity for infectious diseases in Cambodia
Australia has supported the IndoPacLab program across Cambodia, Laos, and Papua New Guinea (PNG) to strengthen laboratory capacity for HIV, TB, malaria, and COVID-19 testing, said the Australian Embassy in Cambodia in a news release Friday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501390503/australia-helps-strengthen-laboratory-capacity-for-infectious-diseases-in-cambodia/
14 projects worth $213M approved in Sihanoukville
Another 14 projects worth $213 million received approval in Cambodia’s coastal city Sihanoukville recently which included 10 projects for reviving the construction of stalled buildings under the ‘Special Investment Promotion Program’ for the city, launched by Prime Minister Hun Manet earlier in January. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501481583/14-projects-worth-213m-approved-in-sihanoukville/
Rise in timber exports to Vietnam
The value of logs and sawn wood exported from Cambodia to Vietnam last year increased by about $31.5 million compared to 2016, customs data has shown. The Vietnamese data, obtained by Khmer Times yesterday, said about 163,071 cubic metres of Cambodian logs were imported to the ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50107116/rise-timber-exports-vietnam/
Cambodia's rice export up 84 pct in 2013
Cambodia had exported some 379, 000 tonnes of milled rice last year, up 84 percent from 205,700 tonnes recorded in 2012, government data showed Saturday. Some 84 companies have exported rice to 66 countries and regions around the world, the data said, adding that France, Poland, ...
Asean - China Centre News Staff
http://www.asean-china-center.org/english/2014-01/06/c_133021753.htm
Ministry moves to implement draft policy for cashew nut production
The Ministry of Commerce has formed a working group to draft a strategic policy on cashew nut development in Cambodia. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50695612/ministry-moves-to-implement-draft-policy-for-cashew-nut-production
Japan boosts Industrial Revolution 4.0 in Cambodia
Japan is helping to foster Cambodia’s information technology toward the emerging industrial revolution 4.0. ...
Lim Nary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50696523/japan-boosts-industrial-revolution-4-0-in-cambodia
Loan repayment suspension of garment workers get the nod
Garment workers whose jobs suspended due to raw material shortages are now allowed to delay their loan repayments to the commercial banks and microfinance institutions (MFIs). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50700950/loan-repayment-suspension-of-garment-workers-get-the-nod
Gov’t calls for new mining exploration bids
The Mine and Energy Ministry has called on local and foreign companies to bid for mining exploration licences. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50705869/govt-calls-for-new-mining-exploration-bids/
His Majesty the King calls for continued tree planting and forest preservation
His Majesty Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia, this morning called on all stakeholders to continue paying high attention to replanting trees and preserving the forests. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501520047/his-majesty-the-king-calls-for-continued-tree-planting-and-forest-preservation/