Cambodian FM emphasizes need to enhance ASEAN connectivity
Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn has emphasized the need to enhance ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) connectivity, saying that a well-connected region is crucial to building an inclusive, sustainable and resilient ASEAN Community, according to a press statement released late on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501162873/cambodian-fm-emphasizes-need-to-enhance-asean-connectivity/
Youths lobby for tax on extraction
The NGO Youth Resource Development Programme (YRDP) has launched a campaign to promote and lobby for the establishment of an “extractive industries fund”, with more than 100 youths from various universities participating. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/youths-lobby-tax-extraction
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
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-
Solar to remain fastest growing power source
At an annual growth rate of 14.34 percent, the fastest growth in electricity generation in the Kingdom will be in the solar sector in the coming years, a latest study by the Economic Research Institute for Asean and East Asia has revealed. ...
Sreekanth Ravindran
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501419929/solar-to-remain-fastest-growing-power-source/
Territorial guardians: PM announces policy using citizens to prevent border land encroachments
Following false claims that territory is being ceded as part of the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Area (CLV-DTA) cooperation, Prime Minister Hun Manet announced a significant new border land policy aimed at utilising citizens to protect Cambodia’s land and prevent encroachment, thereby safeguarding territorial integrity. ...
Chinese firms set to invest in car assembly, fertiliser plants
Two Chinese companies plan to invest in a car assembly plant and an organic fertiliser processing plant in Cambodia, following a visit by a delegation of 20 company representatives from Shandong province last week. The delegation was led by Shandong provincial vice-governor Wang Shujian, who met ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chinese-firms-set-invest-car-assembly-fertiliser-plants
Women political roles more ‘symbolic’ than substantive, report says
While it is true that Cambodia has some women in politics and positions of leadership, a new report says they often lack true power. According to the study, issued by USAID in December, women’s positions in leadership are more symbolic than substantive, and their political influence ...
Ten Soksreinith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/women-political-roles-more-symbolic-than-substantive-report-says/2643062.html
Embassy seeks further inroads into Thailand’s retail market
Cambodia is seeking to display more of its products in supermarkets across Thailand to reduce the trade deficit with its neighbour. Cambodian Ambassador to Thailand Ouk Sorphorn asked Thailand’s Siam Piwat Company Limited to distribute Cambodian goods in its Iconsiam and Siam Paragon retail outlets. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/embassy-seeks-further-inroads-thailands-retail-market
New GDP prediction is not optimistic
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has predicted that the real economic growth of Cambodia will reach 2.3 percent this year and will be around 5.7 percent in 2021, according to the newly released report on ADB’s flagship annual economic publication titled, Asian Development Outlook 2020. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50709859/new-gdp-prediction-is-not-optimistic/
Pricing talks on wind energy project underway
State-run Electricité du Cambodge (EDC) and Singapore-based The Blue Circle are in preliminary talks on the price of wind generated power, as senior officials place high hopes for having the renewable energy factor into the nation’s energy mix soon. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50832275/pricing-talks-on-wind-energy-project-underway/
Hunt for suspects continues after Preah Sihanouk sea restored
Stung Hav district authorities in Preah Sihanouk province have removed soil that was dumped into the sea along the coast to create new land in an area without authorisation and are working to determine the identity of the responsible parties. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hunt-suspects-continues-after-preah-sihanouk-sea-restored
Red Zone residents gather en masse for Covid test
Residents in designated red zones in the capital are flocking to get their samples taken for Covid-19 testing, after the Phnom Penh Municipal Hall issued a directive mandating that each and every single one of them does so or face legal action. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/red-zone-residents-gather-en-masse-covid-test
Mekong-U.S. Partnership Senior Meeting held to discuss Covid-19 response
The first annual Mekong-U.S. Partnership Senior Meeting was held on June 29. The meeting’s main focus was the progress of a secure, prosperous, and open Mekong sub-region, among other things. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50885537/mekong-u-s-partnership-senior-meeting-held-to-discuss-covid-19-response/
Handle Covid waste properly, or else: Phnom Penh official
Phnom Penh Covid-19 patients under home-based treatment and those who care for them could face legal consequences if they fail to properly dispose of waste to prevent the novel coronavirus from spreading, in a manner outlined in a recent municipal hall instruction. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/handle-covid-waste-properly-or-else-phnom-penh-official
Puthea: NEC welcomes observers for Cambodia’s free, fair elections
The National Election Committee (NEC) is in the process of updating and verifying the 2021 voter registration list in preparation for the 5th mandate commune council elections scheduled for June 5, 2022. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/puthea-nec-welcomes-observers-cambodias-free-fair-elections
Business council enlisted in US investor push
Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak expressed optimism that more US companies would discover Cambodia, and set up base in or expand operations in the Kingdom, as trade between the two countries logged more than $5.5 billion in January-August, up by 28.5 per cent year-on-year. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/business-council-enlisted-us-investor-push
South Korea trade dips 10.6% to $792M
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and South Korea in the first 10 months of 2021 was worth $791.59 million, down by 10.6 per cent from $885.32 million in the same period in 2020, as the prolonged Covid-19 community transmission continues to take its toll. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/south-korea-trade-dips-106-792m
South Korea trade nearly $870M in Jan-Nov
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and South Korea reached $869.735 million in the first 11 months of 2021, an 8.805 per cent surge from $799.354 million in the same period last year, according to data from the Korea International Trade Association (Kita) posted at the weekend. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/south-korea-trade-nearly-870m-jan-nov