GDT rakes in $2.3B of tax revenue over first 10 months
Although the Covid-19 outbreak has had a prolonged impact on the economy from late 2019 to 2021, it has had little effect on tax revenue, reflecting the effectiveness of tax governance and transparency efforts, according to General Department of Taxation (GDT) chief Kong Vibol. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gdt-rakes-23b-tax-revenue-over-first-10-months
Over 35,000 kids still in care
A staggering 35,000 Cambodian children and young people continue to be housed in a range of residential care facilities, with many of them flying under the government’s radar, according to a new report released by the Ministry of Social Affairs yesterday. ...
Touch Sokha and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/over-35000-kids-still-care
Soft tax approach sends mixed signals
The Tax Department has announced a one-month extension to its traditional March 31 deadline for companies to submit Their annual corporate tax filings – an unprecedented last-minute move that some legal experts argue could be sending The wrong message to taxpayers. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/soft-tax-approach-sends-mixed-signals
Cambodia’s export to Canada under free tariffs and free quotas reaches $954.82 million
Pan Sorasak, Minister of Commerce, met with Dr. Sarah Taylor, Ambassador of Canada to the Kingdom of Cambodia to enhance cooperation between the two countries and promote some priority areas. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501025343/cambodias-export-to-canada-under-free-tariffs-and-free-quotas-reaches-954-82-million/
Kingdom licenses first round of new factories
Forty new factories received permission to operate in Cambodia during the first three months of this year, while 54 factories have applied for licenses and 21 are currently undergoing renewal procedures, according to a report released yesterday by the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-licenses-first-round-new-factories
Major tycoons added to concessions watchlist
Fourteen companies have been added to a Ministry of Environment watchlist for purportedly failing to live up to their investment promises. the companies include firms owned by some of the country’s wealthiest and most politically connected land barons, such as Mong Reththy and Sok Kong. ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/major-tycoons-added-concessions-watchlist
GDT says revenues up 15% in January
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) collected about 956.76 billion riel ($239.19 million) in tax revenue in January, up 14.74 per cent compared to The same period last year. This is a positive step towards its target of collecting more than $2.885 billion by year’s end, ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gdt-says-revenues-15-january
Interior minister pledges merit-based ministry
Interior Minister Sar Kheng told an audience of university graduates on Tuesday that recent efforts to clean up the education system would extend to his ministry to combat claims that the civil service is plagued by nepotism. ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/interior-minister-pledges-merit-based-ministry-68123/
Tea Banh son gets Siem Reap post
Defence Minister Tea Banh’s son has been appointed a deputy governor of Siem Reap province by Prime Minister Hun Sen. Major General Tea Seiha said he had not been told about the appointment officially so could not give a date for when he would take up ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39696/tea-banh-son-gets-siem-reap-post/
Bird flu detected in Prey Veng
A moratorium on the movement of chickens, dead or alive, has been put into effect in a commune of Prey Veng’s Ba Phnom district after a chicken sample tested positive for A1H5N1 bird flu, the provincial Department of Agriculture, Forests and Fisheries said today. ...
Kuoch Masy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bird-flu-detected-prey-veng
Cambodia, Indonesia sign MOU to boost tourism, connect direct flights between the two countries
During the ASEAN Tourism Forum 2022 in Sihanoukville, Thong Khon, Minister of Tourism of Cambodia and Sandiaga Salahudin Uno, Minister of Tourism and Innovation of Indonesia inked a memorandum of understanding on tourism cooperation, especially to promote direct flight connections between the two countries. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501009619/cambodia-indonesia-sign-mou-to-boost-tourism-connect-direct-flights-between-the-two-countries/
MAFF sets four agricultural policies to improve the farming sector
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) has set out four agricultural policies to boost The economy of farmers and improve The agricultural sector in Cambodia. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501326409/maff-sets-four-agricultural-policies-to-improve-the-farming-sector/
IMF chief pledges continued support to Cambodian reforms
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde pledged Monday to continue providing technical assistance to Cambodia for financial and fiscal reforms. Speaking during a meeting with Cambodian Economy and Finance Minister Aun Porn Moniroth, Lagarde hailed Cambodia for sound macroeconomic management and fruitful cooperation ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-12/02/c_132935757.htm
Police urged to stop covering up crimes
Cambodia’s National Police spokesman, speaking in a recent video, has urged police to stop hiding crimes from the public, lest they encounter unspecified “problems”.In the undated video, which surfaced on Facebook on Saturday, national police spokesman Kirth Chantharith can be seen speaking at a podium ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-urged-stop-covering-crimes
Prison department dismisses rights violations report
The General Department of Prisons has dismissed a report made by rights group Licadho which claimed There are violations of basic human rights in The Kingdom’s prisons. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50664743/prison-department-dismisses-rights-violations-report/
Cambodia reports 1 pct rise in criminal cases in 2013
Cambodia’s Ministry of Interior on Tuesday reported 2,716 cases of criminal offences in 2013, up 1 percent from the 2,743 cases recorded a year earlier. In a report released during its annual conference, the ministry said felonies dropped by 6 percent on year to 790 cases ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-02/19/c_133125431.htm
Tariffs anew for exports to US as GSP lapses
Cambodian importers and buyers of the Kingdom’s travel goods to the US are now required to pay import duties as the latter’s Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) preferential tariff system expired on December 31 and is awaiting renewal by Congress. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tariffs-anew-exports-us-gsp-lapses
Tougher action needed against criminal foreigners, official says
A senior Interior Ministry official has urged police to take tough action against Chinese nationals committing crimes in the Kingdom. Speaking during a meeting with police officials yesterday, General Sok Phal, a secretary of state at the Ministry of Interior, said that immigration police had ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50533289/tougher-action-needed-against-criminal-foreigners-official-says/
GDP: Prison conditions improve in 2021
A senior Ministry of Interior official said condition in prison cells across the nation have improved while the management of detainees is safer and more secure. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gdp-prison-conditions-improve-2021
Exports of footwear and travel goods buoyed by tariff privileges
Cambodia’s footwear and travel goods exports dramatically increased in the first nine months of this year, thanks to tariff privileges they received from the US under its Generalised System of Preferences (GSP). ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/exports-footwear-and-travel-goods-buoyed-tariff-privileges