$5.18B disbursed as wages by registered firms in 2023
Businesses and factories registered with the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (MLVT) paid $5.18 billion as wages last year, according to Prime Minister Hun Manet, yesterday. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501437084/5-18b-disbursed-as-wages-by-registered-firms-in-2023/
Ministry launches booklet to promote gender equality
The Labour Ministry on Tuesday launched a booklet outlining new strategies to promote gender equality in the labour sector from this year to 2023. Seung Sor Socheta, a ministry secretary of state, yesterday said the policies are outlined in the Strategic Plan for Gender Mainstreaming ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50618186/ministry-launches-booklet-to-promote-gender-equality/
Outcomes of the ASEAN foreign ministers’ meeting, the 27th ASEAN political-security community council meeting and the 34th ASEAN coordinating council meeting
On 5 September 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on the outcomes of the ASEAN foreign ministers’ meeting, the 27th ASEAN political-security community council meeting and the 34th ASEAN coordinating council meeting, which was held in Jakarta, Republic ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Banking summit set to offer students thousands of jobs
The Banking Jobs and Skills Summit 2023 is set to take place from September 29-30 at the National University of Management (NUM), featuring around 20 financial institutions and offering thousands of job opportunities to students. ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/banking-summit-set-offer-students-thousands-jobs
Investment in financial sector falls 28.7%
Investment in the financial sector declined by 28.7 percent in 2023, despite an increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) of 14.5 percent, according to the National Bank of Cambodia’s (NBC) 2023 annual report. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/investment-in-financial-sector-falls-287
Bank lending to households posts weak growth, says NBC
With bank credit growth reaching its lowest in two decades in Cambodia, households’ mortgage loans posted weak growth in 2023, said the Annual Financial Stability Review Report 2023 of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC). ...
Rachel David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501492423/bank-lending-to-households-posts-weak-growth-says-nbc/
Announcement on security, safety, and public order during the Chinese and Vietnamese new year
On 11 January 2023, the Phnom Penh Capital Administration has posted an announcement on security, safety, and public order during the Chinese and Vietnamese New Year on their official Facebook site. The announcement has banned the use of all firecrackers, fireworks, and other explosives during the ...
Phnom Penh Capital Administration
Joint press release: CCHR, ADHOC and Solidarity Center published the 2023 annual report of the Cambodia fundamental freedoms monitor
On 24 April 2024, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) and the Solidarity Center released the 2023 annual report on the monitoring of fundamental freedoms in Cambodia, which was produced by the Fundamental Freedom Monitoring Project ...
Cambodia expects three to four million foreign arrivals in 2023
Prime Minister Hun Sen expressed his hope that between three and four million foreign tourists will visit Cambodia this year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501232098/cambodia-expects-three-to-four-million-foreign-arrivals-in-2023/
Cambodia announces the implementation of a single trademark application policy from august 2023
The Intellectual Property Department of the Ministry of Commerce of Cambodia issued Announcement No. 2501/R/DIP, stating that trademark applicants must unify and use a single trademark application for one or multiple classes of goods and services from August 2023. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501338842/cambodia-announces-the-implementation-of-a-single-trademark-application-policy-from-august-2023/
ODC’s insight from The Asia Pacific Internet Governance Academy 2023
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The Asia Pacific Internet Governance Academy (APIGA 2023) was scheduled for five days from 24-28 July 2023 at Hotel President, Seoul, South Korea. The APIGA originally started in 2016 with an aim to equip participants with the knowledge and skills to participate in Internet policy-making ...
UXO casualties down one third to date in 2023
Officials from the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) reported that in the first nine months of the year, nearly 30 people were victims of unexploded ordnance (UXO), a reduction of around one third on the same period last year. ...
Chea Sokny
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/uxo-casualties-down-one-third-date-2023
Cambodia begins talks over 2023 wage hike for garment, footwear, travel goods sector
Cambodia’s national council on minimum wage on Monday began to discuss the annual increase of monthly minimum wage for the garment, footwear and travel goods industry for 2023, according to a statement from the council. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501132736/cambodia-begins-talks-over-2023-wage-hike-for-garment-footwear-travel-goods-sector/
Planning ministry to release 2021 agricultural survey findings early 2023
The Ministry of Planning will announce the results of the Cambodia Agricultural Survey 2021 (CAS2021) early next year, while a working group will begin the 2022 agricultural survey in early October. The CAS 2020 report showed that 57 per cent of household agricultural holdings are ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/planning-ministry-release-2021-agricultural-survey-findings-early-2023
Rice exports approach one million tonnes exported in first two months of 2023
In the first two months of 2023, Cambodia exported nearly 100,000 tonnes of milled rice worth $72.67 million to 38 markets through 40 milled rice export companies, according to a report from the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF). ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-exports-approach-one-million-tonnes-exported-first-two-months-2023
Cambodia attracts 2.57 mln int’l tourists in H1 of 2023: minister
Cambodia recorded some 2.57 million international visitors in the first half of 2023, a sharp increase of 409 percent from 506,762 over the same period last year, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501318525/cambodia-attracts-2-57-mln-intl-tourists-in-h1-of-2023-minister/
Close to 800,000 foreign tourists converged on Angkor in 2023
Cambodia’s famed Angkor Archeological Park received 798,069 international visitors in 2023, up 177 percent from 287,454 in the previous year, said a news release on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501416584/close-to-800000-foreign-tourists-converged-on-angkor-in-2023/
NBC injected $139 million to stabilise riel in 2023
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) sold $139.1 million through auction last year to stabilise the riel exchange rate and to rebound the economy, according to the central bank’s report released on Monday. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501431035/nbc-injected-139-million-to-stabilise-riel-in-2023/
Royal Group PPSP sees four-fold increase in annual net profits in 2023
Royal Group Phnom Penh SEZ Plc. (RGPPSP) has recorded an almost four-fold increase in annual net profits for 2023 compared to 2022, according to a Cambodia Stock Exchange (CSX) bourse filing by the special economic zone (SEZ) developer last week. ...
James Whitehead
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501438729/royal-group-ppsp-sees-four-fold-increase-in-annual-net-profits-in-2023/