Canada firms exploring Andong Bor copper-gold licence
Toronto-listed Angkor Resources Corp last week announced that it has begun exploring and developing the 100sq km Andong Bor copper-gold porphyry licence, which straddles the districts of Banteay Ampil and Chong Kal in Oddar Meanchey province’s southwest as well as Phnom Srok in northeastern Banteay ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/canada-firms-exploring-andong-bor-copper-gold-licence
Kantha Bopha treats over 70,000 kids in Apr
Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospitals provided examination, treatment and operations to more than 70,000 sick children during the month of April, according to its latest report. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kantha-bopha-treats-over-70000-kids-apr
Sihanoukville port’s earnings fall 2.75%
According to a report issued by Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, it earned more than 85,117 million riels, equivalent to roughly $65 million, in the first nine months of 2022, marking a 2.75 percent decrease from the same period in 2021. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/sihanoukville-ports-earnings-fall-275
World Vision Cambodia aid over 4.5M vulnerable people
World Vision Cambodia (WVC) has extended a helping hand to more than 4.5 million vulnerable individuals, with a major focus on the country’s youth. In light of these achievements, the organisation has announced a strategic five-year plan to ensure sustainable wellbeing for an additional five ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/world-vision-cambodia-aid-over-45m-vulnerable-people
RCEP, FTAs to put region, Cambodia in better position to recover from pandemic impacts
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade pact and bilateral free trade agreements will put the region and Cambodia in a better position to recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, a Cambodian scholar said on Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501292617/rcep-ftas-to-put-region-cambodia-in-better-position-to-recover-from-pandemic-impacts/
Seven million vehicles on Cambodia’s roads
The number of motorcycles on Cambodia’s roads has increased to six million, with one million cars also in the country, Transport Minister Sun Chanthol said, adding that many accidents have been caused by motorcyclists. ...
Chhorn Raksmey
https://kiripost.com/stories/seven-million-vehicles-on-cambodias-roads
French trade minister plans Cambodia trip
French foreign trade minister Olivier Becht’s plans to visit the Kingdom from January 24-25 have been welcomed as a major step in improving economic cooperation between the two nations, including by a senior commerce official and a leader of the local business community. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/french-trade-minister-plans-cambodia-trip
Capital-Poipet express rail project making headway
The preliminary results of a feasibility study to upgrade the Phnom Penh-Poipet railway into Cambodia’s first express railway indicate that the project would cost more than $4 billion and would take around four years to complete. ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/capital-poipet-express-rail-project-making-headway
Manet calls for boost to healthcare services
Hun Manet, a future prime ministerial candidate for the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), said that strengthening the capacity of the healthcare system is necessary, but that the public also have a duty to prevent disease. ...
Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/manet-calls-boost-healthcare-services
ADB urges green investment ramp up
Although a multitude of risks grey Cambodia’s outlook this year, gross domestic product (GDP) growth is forecast a tad higher at 5.5 percent from an estimated 5.2 percent in 2022, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) earlier this month. ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-adb-urges-green-investment-ramp-up
Third dolphin calf born in four months spotted in Stung Treng
The Fisheries Administration and World Wildlife Fund Cambodia (WWF) recorded a third dolphin calf born in the four months from January to April, with the conservation NGO saying that this year’s number of dolphin deaths has dropped by 50 per cent. ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/third-dolphin-calf-born-four-months-spotted-stung-treng
CPBANK, ADB partner on small business loan project
Cambodia Post Bank Plc (CPBank) has partnered with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on a $10 million loan initiative to provide to the Kingdom’s micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSME) to support their recovery after years of Covid-related disruptions, according to ADB. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cpbank-adb-partner-small-business-loan-project
Transport ministry rules that all cargo carriers must register with Port EDI system
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has decided that all cargo ships unloading or picking up goods in Cambodia must register through the Port Electronic Data Interchange (Port EDI) system, an electronic data exchange system which manages large-scale inbound and outbound cargo traffic at ...
Red Cross sounds alarm over online child safety
Officials from the Battambang branch Of the Cambodian Red Cross (CRC) call on parents, guardians and teachers to pay closer attention to protecting children from online sexual exploitation. ...
Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/red-cross-sounds-alarm-over-online-child-safety
Phnom Penh buses set to ‘streamline’ travel to polls
Khuong Sreng, the governor of Phnom Penh, announced that the municipal administration has organised approximately 350 city buses to assist in travel for the July 23 national elections. ...
Bor Pich Zelin
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/phnom-penh-buses-set-streamline-travel-polls
Korean philanthropists build houses for the impoverished
South Korean philanthropists have constructed over 260 houses for residents in the Banteay Srei district of Siem Reap province. Working through the Cambofriend organisation, their efforts aimed to enhance local livelihoods while strengthening the friendship between the two nations. ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/korean-philanthropists-build-houses-impoverished
China pledges to lure investors to Sihanoukville
The Chinese government has given the green light to attract investors to Preah Sihanouk province, prompting hopes that fresh life will be breathed into many of Sihanoukville’s abandoned buildings. ...
Yatt Malai
https://kiripost.com/stories/china-pledges-to-lure-investors-to-sihanoukville
First Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia border friendship exchange to be held this month
The first Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia border friendship exchange is slated for mid-December in the tri-border area that comprises Ngoc Hoi district in Vietnam’s Central Highland province of Kon Tum, Laos’ Attapeu province, and Cambodia’s Ratanakiri province as well as in Kon Tum city. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501400751/first-vietnam-laos-cambodia-border-friendship-exchange-to-be-held-this-month/
Manet will be first leader to meet with Macron in 2024
Prime Minister Hun Manet will meet with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris and attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland in the third week of January, marking his first visit to Europe since taking office. ...
Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/manet-will-be-first-leader-to-meet-with-macron-in-2024-
Street Vendors Day calls for support
The Independent Democratic Informal Economy Association abbreviated (IDEA) and OXFAM in Cambodia on November 15 celebrated the 11th International Street Vendors Day, with the aim of promoting labour rights and calling for social protection for street vendors. ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/street-vendors-day-calls-for-support