Pheaktra, Thai journos to combat ‘fake news’
Minister of Information Neth Pheaktra met with Thai ambassador Cherdkiat Atthakor and a delegation from the Journalists Association of Thailand at the ministry headquarters in Phnom Penh on October 2 to discuss strengthening information cooperation in order to combat misinformation, said a ministry press release. ...
Ry Sochan
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/pheaktra-thai-journos-combat-fake-news
Better workflow: PM asks Ministers to assign specific roles for subordinates
In a bid to boost government service efficiency, Prime Minister Hun Manet yesterday asked Ministers to assign specific roles for subordinates to streamline effective workflow within the ministries and state secretariats. ...
Siem Reap tourism firms work to boost visitors
Around 100 tourism operators, as well as provincial leaders and officials, gathered in Siem Reap recently to strategise attracting more international tourists, as the provincial airport’s mid-October opening approaches. ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/siem-reap-tourism-firms-work-boost-visitors
Malaysian FM chairs coordination virtual meeting with Ambassador in Cambodia, other nations, to deal with job scam syndicates
Malaysian Foreign minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Abdullah on Tuesday chaired a coordination meeting with government agencies to refine, frame, monitor and implement action concerning job scam syndicate cases involving Malaysian citizens abroad. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501160065/malaysian-fm-chairs-coordination-virtual-meeting-with-ambassador-in-cambodia-other-nations-to-deal-with-job-scam-syndicates/
Dong Thap cooperates with Cambodian locality to fight human trafficking
Fighting human trafficking is one of the fields of cooperation in an agreement signed between the Women’s Union of the southern province of Dong Thap and the Cambodian Women for Peace & Development Association of Prey Veng province yesterday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501158483/dong-thap-cooperates-with-cambodian-locality-to-fight-human-trafficking/
Cambodia-Korea trade zooms 16% to $920 million
The bilateral trade between Cambodia and South Korea reached $920 million in ten months of 2022, a year-on-year increase of 16.3 percent, according to a report from the Korea International Trade Association (KITA). ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501188121/cambodia-korea-trade-zooms-16-to-920-million/
Sar Kheng, Pellet discuss anti-trafficking initiative
Cambodia and France are in talks to establish a formal initiative for security cooperation with the goal of combating human trafficking as its priority amid an upsurge in the crime. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-pellet-discuss-anti-trafficking-initiative
Hun Sen releases $30 million for demining efforts
Prime Minister Hun Sen has released an additional $30 million from the government’s coffers and earmarked it for demining operations. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-releases-30-million-demining-efforts
In closing arguments, prosecution frames NagaWorld gatherings as incitement, union leaders claim lawful strike
NagaWorld union leader Chhim Sithar and eight union co-defendants requested acquittal for their lawful strike during Wednesday closing statements, while prosecutors compiled a collage of evidence to portray the labor struggle as an act of incitement. ...
New Laos-Cambodia line set to expand power trade, ties
With the launch of a new electricity transmission line by the Lao People’s Democratic Republic up to Cambodia, the energy trade, cooperation, and relations between the two Southeast Asian neighbours are set to get a power boost. ...
Prakash Jha
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501216024/new-laos-cambodia-line-set-to-expand-power-trade-ties/
Cambodia committed to stop human trafficking
Cambodia has not relented on cracking down on human or sex trafficking, illegal detention, torture, illegal online gambling and other related crimes, General Khieu Sopheak, Ministry of Interior spokesman said yesterday. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501254422/cambodia-committed-to-stop-human-trafficking/
Cambodia approves $10 mn investment projects, creating almost 3,000 jobs
Two new investment projects worth over $10 million have been approved by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). The investment projects involve establishing a garment factory and a packaging factory, creating over 2,900 jobs. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501279587/cambodia-approves-10-mn-investment-projects-creating-almost-3000-jobs/
Armoured vehicles on way to Mali
Cambodia is shipping 14 Mine Protected Vehicle (MPV) armoured vehicles to Mali to support its UN mission to the troubled African nation, with an official noting that the vehicles would mitigate the threat of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and landmines, which were sometimes employed by ...
Ry Sochan and Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/armoured-vehicles-way-mali
Volunteer doctors treat 5,000 in Kampong Speu
More than 500 representatives of Hun Many’s volunteer medical team provided free medical checkups and treatment to more than 5,000 people in Samrong Tong district’s Skuh commune in Kampong Speu on June 11. ...
Bor Pich Zelin
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/volunteer-doctors-treat-5000-kampong-speu
Tax obligations explained to car dealers
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) held a meeting to discuss the provision of tax services, promotion of tax registration and fulfilment of tax obligations with regard to vehicles, according to an announcement made by the GDT. ...
Mon Sokeo
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-tax-obligations-explained-to-car-dealers
Cambodia to receive over 20 million tourists this year
In the first five months of 2023, Cambodia received approximately 2.2 million international visitors and 10 million local tourists. This marks a significant increase from the same period last year. ...
Rov Hongseng
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-to-receive-over-20-million-tourists-this-year
ACU chalks up 21,640 Jan 2023 asset declarations
The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) announced that it received 273 state-mandated declarations of assets and liabilities on January 20, bringing the total to 21,640. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/acu-chalks-21640-jan-2023-asset-declarations
GIZ supports NSAF with office supplies donation
The National Social Assistance Fund (NSAF) received nearly 60 office supply items from the governments of Germany and Australia through the German development agency GIZ. The materials will support the NSAF’s efforts to provide effective social assistance. ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/giz-supports-nsaf-office-supplies-donation
NEC defends decision to use IT for national election processes
The National Election Committee (NEC) has defended its decision to introduce information technology for the processes of July’s National Election, claiming the system would guarantee the effectiveness and transparency of the election process. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501238756/nec-defends-decision-to-use-it-for-national-election-processes/
Vinh Xuong int’l land, waterway border gate on Vietnam-Cambodia border opens
The Vinh Xuong international land and waterway border gate, located on the borderline with Cambodia, was officially opened in Vinh Xuong commune of Tan Chau town, the Mekong Delta province of An Giang, on February 23. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501244784/vinh-xuong-intl-land-waterway-border-gate-on-vietnam-cambodia-border-opens/