Food safety forum chews over challenges
Among all of the industries affected by the pandemic, perhaps the food industry is one of the least surprising. Heavily interconnected with the tourism industry – particularly in hotspots such as Siem Reap and the capital – falling footfall and partial lockdowns have been biting. ...
Tom Starkey
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50785811/food-safety-forum-chews-over-challenges/
ANA warns against land sales in Angkor area
The Apsara National Authority (ANA) declared that people can no longer sell or buy land in Angkor Archaeological Park, which is a world heritage site. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ana-warns-against-land-sales-angkor-area
Lower Sesan II Hydropower Station, powering agricultural development in Stung Treng
Lower Sesan II Hydropower Station, which is operated and managed by the firm China Huaneng Group, is located on the mainstream of the Sanhe River in Cambodia’s northeastern Stung Treng province. ...
Passenger traffic slides down 67 percent while development of new airports boom
Cambodia’s three international airports handled 1.9 million air passengers in the first six months of this year, a 67.5 percent decrease from 6 million air passengers last year. ...
Chea Vannak /AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50747225/passenger-traffic-slides-down-67-percent-while-development-of-new-airports-boom/
Power infrastructure company lists locally
PESTECH (Cambodia) Plc, a subsidiary of Malaysia-based power infrastructure specialist PESTECH International Bhd, yesterday officially listed on the local bourse, becoming the 13th listed company in the Cambodia Securities and Exchange (CSX). ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50754609/power-infrastructure-company-lists-locally/
Ministry restores nearly 60,000 hectares of flooded rice fields
The Ministry of Agriculture announced yesterday that it has so far restored nearly 60,000 hectares of rice fields that were affected by recent floods. Minister of Agriculture Veng Sahkon said on his Facebook page that the recent floods affected a total of 304,812 hectares of ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50792482/ministry-restores-nearly-60000-hectares-of-flooded-rice-fields-2/
Press release on the proposed "Angkor Lake of Wonder" development project
On 23 March 2021, the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts issued a press release on the proposed “Angkor Lake of Wonder” development project that was raised by the Naga Group. This project was agreed by the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts with the ...
Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts
SSEZ exports increase 26 percent in 2020
The Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) has reported export growth of 26.52 percent in 2020, a significant achievement in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Chea Vayuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50808658/ssez-exports-increase-26-percent-in-2020/
'Drastic' declines in Cambodia’s endangered wildlife
WWF Cambodia released a report on January 15 saying the ungulate populations in two sanctuaries – Srepok and the neighboring Phnom Prich – had seen a drastic 10-year decline. ...
Aun Chhengpor & Malis Tum
https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/drastic-declines-cambodias-endangered-wildlife
Three bond-listed companies post solid Q4 recovery
Three cooperate-bond-listed firms on February 15 reported solid business-performance recovery in the fourth quarter of last year resulting from proactive government measures that kept economic activities afloat despite the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/three-bond-listed-companies-post-solid-q4-recovery
National Internet Gateway gets PM stamp of approval
Cambodia has approved the establishment of a “national internet gateway” (NIG) through which all of the Kingdom’s online traffic will be routed. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/national-internet-gateway-gets-pm-stamp-approval
Cambodian economy can grow by four percent this year
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has projected that the Cambodian economy will grow by 4 percent this year and 5.5 percent next year, led by a robust recovery of its major trade partners. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50864730/cambodian-economy-can-grow-by-four-percent-this-year/
Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville expressway construction 65 percent completed
The Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville expressway construction project has been now 65 percent complete. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50920581/phnom-penh-sihanoukville-expressway-construction-65-percent-completed/
Agriculture Ministry shares community success story
An agricultural community called Sambo Meanchey in Sambo commune, Stung Trang district, Kampong Cham province has taken the limelight with its success story of how it uplifted peoples’ living standards. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50944352/agriculture-ministry-shares-community-success-story/
Preah Vihear authorities seize more than 2,000 cubic metres of non-timber forest products
Preah Vihear provincial authorities on Thursday cracked down on four illegal processing shops in Tbeng Meanchey district and confiscated more than 2,000 cubic metres of non-timber forest products. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50928890/preah-vihear-authorities-seize-more-than-2000-cubic-metres-of-non-timber-forest-products/
Ministry issues updated guide on Kingdom’s sub-divisions
The Ministry of Interior has published an updated directory listing the names of Cambodia’s cities, provinces, districts, communes and villages. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-issues-updated-guide-kingdoms-sub-divisions
Bunong crops destroyed by bulldozers
Mondulkiri province’s concession company is in the middle of a land dispute with more than 100 Bunong indigenous families living in O’Raing district’s Dak Dam and Sen Monorom communes, who allege it has cleared over 100 hectareas of their land with bulldozers ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50967830/bunong-crops-destroyed-by-bulldozers/
30,000ha of wetlands encroached
Nearly 30,000ha of flooded forest land stretching across the six provinces surrounding the Tonle Sap Lake have been illegally occupied or cleared by both ordinary citizens and in some cases public officials acting in a personal capacity. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/30000ha-wetlands-encroached
Ministry of Commerce three draft laws get NA approval
The National Assembly approved the amendment by the Ministry of Commerce on three major laws. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50998359/ministry-of-commerce-three-draft-laws-get-na-approval/
Cambodia seeks more economic cooperation with OIF nations
Cambodia is seeking more economic, trade, and investment ties with Francophonie nations, Prime Minister Hun Sen told visiting Secretary-General of the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) Louise Mushikiwabo at a meeting yesterday. ...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501049475/cambodia-seeks-more-economic-cooperation-with-oif-nations/