Date set for next year’s Senate election
Election for the fifth Senate will be held on February 25, 2024, according to a decision taken by the government yesterday. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501327132/date-set-for-next-years-senate-election/
PM orders officials to beef up crack down on rising land grabbing in Tonle Sap
Prime Minister Hun Sen today instructed the Cambodian armed forces and provincial authorities to crack down on illegal land grabbing at the Tonle Sap Lake. ...
Australia supports inclusive and equitable public service delivery in Cambodia
The Australian Government has supported inclusive and equitable public service delivery in Cambodia, said The Australian Embassy in Phnom Penh. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501402652/australia-supports-inclusive-and-equitable-public-service-delivery-in-cambodia/
Swell in int’l tourist arrivals injects $1.7B into economy
Cambodia’s tourism industry is making a strong comeback with the sector contributing significantly to the country’s economic growth. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501533204/swell-in-intl-tourist-arrivals-injects-1-7b-into-economy/
World Bank says Cambodia will weather China slowdown
The World Bank on Monday stuck to its prediction made in April that The country’s economy would continue to cool off slowly over The next few years and said China’s own slowdown would send only modest ripples through Cambodia. ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/world-bank-says-cambodia-will-weather-china-slowdown-96516/
UXOs destroyed in Battambang town
Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) officials have successfully detonated unexploded ordnance in Battambang town, leading to roads being reopened in Svay Por commune. Battambang town governor Peng Sithy said the unexploded ordnance was found along the Sangke riverbank as crews conducted restoration work near the ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/uxos-destroyed-battambang-town
Rocky road for logistics after dull H1
Cambodia Logistics Association (CLA) president Sin Chanthy told The Post on Thursday that despite The current surge in agricultural product exports – especially milled rice – overall activity in The sector saw minimal growth last month compared to March, April and May, with goods shipments ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rocky-road-logistics-after-dull-h1
USAID One window for citizen project launches civic tech tools connecting citizens to information on one window services
Today, USAID launched telephone and social media tools that will provide Cambodian citizens clear, transparent information on public services available to them through the Royal Cambodian Government’s One Window Service Offices (OWSO). the tools were developed by the USAID funded One Window for Citizens (OW4C) ...
USAID
Floods affected 45,000 families in 17 provinces
Floods over the past four months in the Kingdom affected more than 45,000 families across 17 provinces, the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) said. ...
Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50969277/floods-affected-45000-families-in-17-provinces/
Retail fuel rates hiked for fourth straight period
The government has increased retail fuel prices for The fourth bimonthly period in a row, as oil climbs towards $100 per barrel – a trend that has devastated The transport and private-hire sectors and oTher major petrol consumers ravaged by Covid-induced revenue losses for more ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/retail-fuel-rates-hiked-fourth-straight-period
Cambodia-China FTA and RCEP injects new impetus into Cambodia’s agricultural development
Both RCEP and the CCFTA have been in effect since January 2022. “RCEP and the CCFTA are all free trade agreements that mutually open the market in all participating countries, thus giving farmers choices to export their agricultural products to various countries,” he told Xinhua ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501209437/cambodia-china-fta-and-rcep-injects-new-impetus-into-cambodias-agricultural-development/
CPP sets strategies for upper-middle income by 2030
The Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) has set economic strategies for Cambodia for The next five years to become an upper-middle-income country by 2030 as The economy is striding with ongoing necessary strengths after slipping into negative 3.1 percent in 3.1 percent, according to a resolution ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501230305/cpp-sets-strategies-for-upper-middle-income-by-2030/
NEC begins voter list check for 2022
The National Election Committee (NEC) began distributing invitations to The more than nine million people on The 2021 official voter list on September 20. From October 20, They will have one month to make sure Their details are correct so They can participate in next ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-begins-voter-list-check-2022
Over 10,000 police officers to be deployed in Phnom Penh for security and safety during ASEAN Summits
More than 10,000 security forces will be deployed to maintain the security and safety during the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits and Related Summits on November 8-13, 2022 in Phnom Penh, said Lt. Gen. Chhay Kim Khoeun, Deputy Commissioner General and Spokesperson for the National ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501175162/over-10000-police-officers-to-be-deployed-for-security-and-safety-during-asean-summits/
Japan’s top diplomat set for security talks with Cambodia
Japanese foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi announced that he will discuss security cooperation with Cambodia on his August 3 visit, saying such talks are warranted as the international community is facing complicated situations including the Russia-Ukraine conflict, North Korea’s nuke programmes, Myanmar’s ongoing crisis and the ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/japans-top-diplomat-set-security-talks-cambodia
Shipping link with three nations all set
CMA CGM Group, the third largest container shipping company worldwide and number one in France, is slated to launch the Yangon Cambodia Express (YCX), creating a direct link between Myanmar, Cambodia, Singapore and Malaysia, and industry insiders are hailing the service as a promising new ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/shipping-link-three-nations-all-set
New $21M NEC building set for Oct 2025 completion
The National Election Committee (NEC) January 2 held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new office building, constructed on land acquired by The government from Kong Korm, a former opposition leader. The site is located on SoThearos Street in Tonle Bassac commune in Phnom Penh’s Chamkarmon ...
Kim Yutharo
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-21m-nec-building-set-for-oct-2025-completion
U.S. reprimands Cambodia’s trafficking, online scam response: report
Cambodia was ranked lowest for its response to human trafficking by the U.S. for the third year in a row, with a new report saying that Cambodian officials have not done enough – and in some unnamed cases, have been complicit – in human trafficking ...
Mech Dara and Danielle Keeton-Olsen
https://cambojanews.com/u-s-reprimands-cambodias-trafficking-online-scam-response-report/
Cambodian Stock Exchange Set to Launch
The Cambodian Stock Exchange(CSX) has prepared its initial public offerings in a symbolic launch, though no public trading was offered. Finance Minister Keat Chhon and his South Korean partners hold a 49 percent stake in exchange. Two state-owned companies will go public including: The Phnom ...