Prime Minister touts Win-Win Policy on World Peace Day
Cambodia celebrated World Peace Day yesterday by remembering the 23 years of peace in the country since 1998 when the last Khmer Rouge soldiers defected to the government, ushering in a new era of peace and stability that continues today. ...
Yin Soeum
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50939211/prime-minister-touts-win-win-policy-on-world-peace-day/
Cup plant to use rice, corn, cassava
Local enterprise TK&D Manufacturing on September 19 inaugurated a new production line for paper cups and straws made from rice, corn and cassava in Pursat province’s easternmost Krakor district, to supply domestic and international markets. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cup-plant-use-rice-corn-cassava
Kingdom-EAEU team to push for FTA
Cambodia is reportedly keen to set up a new joint team with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) to conduct a more detailed examination of the possibility of formally launching free trade agreement (FTA) talks with the bloc soon, and add impetus to underwhelming bilateral trade ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-eaeu-team-push-fta
First vehicle assembly plant next year: RMA
Local publicly-listed firm RMA (Cambodia) Plc is planning to set up the Kingdom’s first motor vehicle assembly plant, to capitalise on the rising consumer demand for brand-new personal vehicles seen in recent years. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/first-vehicle-assembly-plant-next-year-rma
Kingdom commits to produce more renewable energy
Cambodia is committed to incorporating more renewable energy into a new Ministry of Mines and Energy master plan, to mitigate the carbon footprint of the Kingdom’s socio-economic development, according to minister Suy Sem on September 16. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-commits-produce-more-renewable-energy
Council set to advance digital socio-economic development
The government has established the National Economic and Digital Society Council (NEDSC) to build a foundation of a digital society to drive new economic growth, according to a royal decree on the council’s organisation and functioning released on September 8. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/council-set-advance-digital-socio-economic-development
Covid-safe schools to resume, in piecemeal reopening plans
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport issued new instructions on August 31 advising both state and private schools in areas where Covid-19 transmissions are relatively low to begin preparations for re-opening later this year. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/covid-safe-schools-resume-piecemeal-reopening-plans
Siem Reap, Kampong Speu lift Covid restrictions
The Siem Reap Provincial Administration has lifted the 9pm-3am curfew throughout the province after a decrease in the rate of new Covid-19 cases. Kampong Speu province similarly decided to lift restrictions and reopen businesses. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/siem-reap-kampong-speu-lift-covid-restrictions
$550M of investment projects get CDC nod
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved final registration certificates for 15 projects with capital investment of nearly $550 million in the first two weeks of this month, which could reportedly generate 13,952 new jobs in fields such as car assembly, power ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/550m-investment-projects-get-cdc-nod
China to help set up jab factory
China pledged to provide more vaccine assistance to Cambodia and to establish a production facility in the Kingdom as the Covid-19 situation remains uncertain with the emergence of new variants and no clear end in sight. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/china-help-set-jab-factory
Carbon credits fund forests
The government and partner organisations are seeking new markets in which to sell carbon credits in order to raise funds for its efforts to increase and strengthen the protection of natural resources in the Kingdom. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/carbon-credits-fund-forests
400K tonnes of cassava for SW China
Cambodia will export 400,000 tonnes of dried cassava to the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region “from March 2022 to March 2023”, under a new agreement between the Ministry of Commerce and the southwestern Chinese region, according to the ministry. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/400k-tonnes-cassava-sw-china
Kampong Thom water treatment plant online
The Kampong Thom Provincial Administration is set to launch a new clean water production plant in April. The plant – located in Stung Sen town’s Prey Tahou commune and built with the assistance of a grant from the Japanese government – will have the capacity ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-thom-water-treatment-plant-online
PM: One-year contracts for civil servants
The government has agreed in principle to the recruitment of nearly 46,000 contract officials to serve in various ministries and institutions, while not allowing the recruitment of new civil servants into the state employment framework to replace any retirees, with a few notable exceptions. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-one-year-contracts-civil-servants
Rural Cambodia gets powered up by Japan, UNDP
Japan has continued its support for the sustainable supply of electricity to remote rural areas of Cambodia through a new partnership with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the Ministry of Mines and Energy that will provide electricity to 1,300 households in seven provinces. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rural-cambodia-gets-powered-japan-undp
U.S. Embassy in Cambodia launches $25 million Inclusive Primary Education Activity (IPEA) programme
A new $25 million U.S. government-funded education program that will improve the reading and learning experience for Cambodian primary schoolchildren was launched in Phnom Penh yesterday at an event jointly presided over by Dr. Hang Chuon Naron, Minister of Education, Youth and Sports; U.S. Ambassador ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501046575/u-s-embassy-in-cambodia-launches-25-million-inclusive-primary-education-activity-ipea-programme/
Airport ‘not China landing base’
Prime Minister Hun Sen has warned critics to refrain from viewing the new airport in Siem Reap province as part of China’s strategic capacity strengthening, as he reiterated Cambodia’s constitutional clause that prohibits the presence of foreign military on the Kingdom’s territory. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/airport-not-china-landing-base
B’bang fisheries crimes total 38 cases Jan-Mar
Battambang provincial Fisheries Administration apprehended perpetrators of 38 fishery crimes and confiscated fishing nets spanning a total of 18,560m in the first quarter of this year, according to a new report. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bbang-fisheries-crimes-total-38-cases-jan-mar
Cambodia’s increasing business registration reflects economic recovery
The Ministry of Commerce registered 10,701 new companies and enterprises in 2022, up 40 percent from 2021, reflecting Cambodia’s post pandemic economic recovery, said a report of the Ministry of Commerce released earlier this week. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501231414/cambodias-increasing-business-registration-reflects-economic-recovery/