Garment exports fall, factories hit by virus
Exports in garment sector dropped more than 5 percent to around $3.78 billion in the first half of the year, according to a spokesman of the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training. ...
Sok Chan
http://khmertimeskh.com/50743103/garment-exports-fall-factories-hit-by-virus/
Nearly 13,000 suspended workers to receive cash allowance payments
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has so far provided 30 cash handouts to workers in the garment and tourism sectors, with this week’s number totalling to almost 13,000 workers. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nearly-13000-suspended-workers-receive-cash-allowance-payments
20K jobs await returning migrants
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has announced that it will provide 20,000 jobs in the domestic market to migrant workers who have returned from Thailand. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/20k-jobs-await-returning-migrants
Digital businesses urged to register at telecoms ministry
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Chea Vandeth on February 24 encouraged budding digital entrepreneurs to register for licenses and receive technical support, training and “encouragement” from the ministry. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/digital-businesses-urged-register-telecoms-ministry
UNICEF pledges continued support for Cambodia
UNICEF reiterated that it will continue to support the immunisation programme in Cambodia through planning, cold chain and vaccine management, demand generation, technical know-how and training, and communications campaigns. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50901238/unicef-pledges-continued-support-for-cambodia/
SERC joins forces with World Bank, ADB on financial sector
The Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC) is joining forces with international multilateral development banks to scale up sustainable finance in the Kingdom’s securities market, and to coordinate training and capacity building initiatives, according to SERC director-general Sou Socheat. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/serc-joins-forces-world-bank-adb-financial-sector
Sixty per cent of all women run business, says minister
Minister of Labour and Vocational Training Ith Samheng claimed that more than 60 per cent of women in Cambodia are business owners or entrepreneurs, a rate he said is three times higher than the US. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sixty-cent-all-women-run-business-says-minister
US buys 30% of 2021 textile exports
A whopping 30 per cent of Cambodian exports of textile-related products in 2021 went to the US, outstripping many major buyers, despite the global battle against Covid-19, according to the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training on March 7. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/us-buys-30-2021-textile-exports
Five ex-NagaWorld staffers take severance
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training announced that five more of the nearly 400 former NagaWorld employees who were laid off had willingly accepted severance pay. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/five-ex-nagaworld-staffers-take-severance
Ukrainian government asks Cambodia for demining support
The Ukrainian government has asked the Cambodian government to provide technical support and training personnel to conduct safe demining operations and to recover unexploded ordnance (UXO). ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501360710/ukrainian-government-asks-cambodia-for-demining-support/
Japanese assistance sought to modernise meteorology sector
The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology has requested the Government of Japan to provide financial support, technical assistance and employee training in order to modernise and strengthen the meteorology sector in Cambodia. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501355333/japanese-assistance-sought-to-modernise-meteorology-sector/
Budding indigenous filmmakers find common ground in Phnom Penh
Kin Lean is living in a Phnom Penh house with five other budding filmmakers. The housemates are experiencing life in the capital together while also being trained in documentary filmmaking. ...
Daniel Zak
https://vodenglish.news/budding-indigenous-filmmakers-find-common-ground-in-phnom-penh/
Cambodia looks to Australia for cybercrime help
Cambodia asked Australia to provide more support for the training of the Kingdom’s police officers in the fight against cybercrime, which is on the rise across Asia. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-looks-australia-cybercrime-help
Ministry of Labour requires factories to allow disabled workers to leave at least 15 minutes early
The Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training required workers with disabilities to leave at least 15 minutes before their work hours to make it easier for them to leave work and protect the well-being of those workers. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501304067/ministry-of-labour-requires-factories-to-allow-disabled-workers-to-leave-at-least-15-minutes-early/
Open Development Cambodia published Health facilities in Cambodia (2010) dataset
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new online resource detailing on Health facilities in Cambodia (2010) in both Khmer and English. Together with the website’s map explorer tool, we provide the details information on health facilities such as health posts, health centers, referral hospitals ...
Open Development Cambodia updates an existing dataset on “Mining concessions in Cambodia (1995-2022)”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updates an existing dataset on “Mining concessions in Cambodia (1995-2022)”. The data was collected from various sources such as government documents, news, company profiles, NGO reports and other publications in pdf and shapefile formats. Geographic data is encoded in the WGS ...
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on "Special Economic Zone”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “Special economic zone in Cambodia” adding 01 new map features in Banteay Meanchey from Sub-decree no. 235 on the establishment of LL Poipet Special Economic Zone. This dataset describes the information of special economic zone (SEZ) ...
AN Oudom
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Data Research and GIS OfficerOudom is a Data Research and GIS Officer. His primary responsibilities include reviewing public domain documents for Data collection and archiving. He is also responsible for updating and creating maps and information graphics based on publicly available Data.Oudom holds an engineer’s ...
Tourism figures continue to climb
Foreign tourist arrivals in the Kingdom increased by more than 15 per cent between January and October compared to the same period in 2010, Ministry of Tourism data showed. Officials attributed the arrival of 2.3 million foriegn visitors during the first 10 months of the year ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011120653165/Business/tourism-figures-continue-to-climb.html
Cambodia, Japan bilateral trade reaches $1B in first half
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Japan reached more than $1 billion in the first half of this year, up 16 per cent year-on-year, according to data from the Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro). Cambodia’s exports to Japan in the first half of this year grew ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-japan-bilateral-trade-reaches-1b-first-half