New Preah Kossamak Cambodia-China Friendship Medical Building starts operations in Cambodia
The Cambodia-China Friendship Medical Building, a key livelihood project shouldered by State-owned China State Construction Engineering Corp, was officially put into use in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh on March 21. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501049708/new-preah-kossamak-cambodia-china-friendship-medical-building-starts-operations-in-cambodia/
Japan, Cambodia agree to work together on China’s maritime activities in South China Sea
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen in Phnom Penh on Sunday and agreed to work together on China’s maritime activities in the South China Sea and North Korean issues. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501045419/japan-cambodia-agree-to-work-together-on-chinas-maritime-activities-in-south-china-sea/
Australia supports Cambodia through AFID
Australia is supporting Cambodia through the Agri-Food Investment Table (AFID) to attract investment and develop new markets and revenue flow. ...
Adur Pradeep
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501338600/australia-supports-cambodia-through-afid/
Road safety committee urges people to obey traffic laws
The National Road Safety Committee called on all drivers to adhere to nine measures to prevent traffic accidents during Kan Ben and Pchum Ben. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501369442/road-safety-committee-urges-people-to-obey-traffic-laws/
Cambodia, Russia to hold 11th Inter-Governmental Commission for Trade, Economic, Scientific, and Technical Cooperation next year
Cambodia and Russia have agreed to organise the 11th Inter-Governmental Commission for Trade, Economic, Scientific, and Technical Cooperation in early 2024. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501374628/cambodia-russia-to-hold-11th-inter-governmental-commission-for-trade-economic-scientific-and-technical-cooperation-next-year/
Seventy families want titles on land claimed by Apsara authority
Around 70 Siem Reap families want local authorities to give them titles to land they say has been occupied by generations and more recently claimed by the military. ...
Khut Sokun
https://vodenglish.news/seventy-families-want-titles-on-land-claimed-by-apsara-authority/
Communities from Koh Kong and Kampong Speu provinces submit petitions to ministries for intervention in land disputes
About 400 people from various communities in Koh Kong and Kampong Speu provinces have come forward to petition various ministries in Phnom Penh for intervention in the long-running land dispute with Ly Yong Phat. ...
BRI proving a boon to Cambodia
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has gone a long way to make positive contributions to many countries since its inception in 2013. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501163708/bri-proving-a-boon-to-cambodia/
Cambodia launches program to support rural economy, agricultural trade
Cambodia on Thursday launched the Agriculture Services Program for an Inclusive Rural Economy and Agricultural Trade, aiming to link agricultural products to markets. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501244777/cambodia-launches-program-to-support-rural-economy-agricultural-trade/
BirdLife restores Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary watering holes
BirdLife International Cambodia has restored 10 trapaing (watering holes) in the Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/birdlife-restores-lumphat-wildlife-sanctuary-watering-holes
PM: SMEs still plays crucial role in bolstering national economy
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet paid high attention to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as it contributed to enhancing the national economy. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501444255/pm-smes-still-plays-crucial-role-in-bolstering-national-economy/
UNDRR Lauds Cambodia’s Disaster Management
The United Nations for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) has commended Cambodia’s disaster management and its effective response to disasters. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501427483/undrr-lauds-cambodias-disaster-management/
Men nabbed for dolphin zone fishing
Two men have been placed in pre-trial detention for “fishing using electric shock devices” in a Mekong River Irrawaddy dolphin conservation zone in Kratie province. A 104kg, 1.98m male dolphin was found dead in the same preservation area on Sunday after its flipper became entangled ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/men-nabbed-dolphin-zone-fishing
Man arrested for alleged death threat against PM on Facebook
A 28-year-old man was arrested and brought in for questioning at Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday for allegedly insulting and threatening to kill Prime Minister Hun Sen in a social media post, while a soldier was also questioned this week after a Facebook account linked ...
Phak Seangly, Mech Dara and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/man-arrested-alleged-death-threat-against-pm-facebook
Mass fainting hits Cerie garment factory again
A mass fainting incident occurred again yesterday at a Chinese-owned garment factory that supplies nighties, bras and children’s clothing to North American retail chain Hudson Bay, with more than 60 workers collapsing at the factory in Kampong Speu’s Samrong Tong district, after about 40 collapsed ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18487/mass-fainting-hits-cerie-garment-factory-again/
Hun Sen seeks to clarify remarks, pledging that election will take place ‘no matter what’
Prime Minister Hun Sen hit back yesterday at suggestions that he would consider postponing this year’s elections, saying they will go on as scheduled “no matter what happens” – an apparent effort to clarify his remarks in a speech the day before that an election ...
Ben Sokhean and Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/hun-sen-seeks-clarify-remarks-pledging-election-will-take-place-no-matter-what
Economic changes needed, says ADB
A lead economist working with the Asia Development Bank (ADB) has said that Cambodia needs to rethink its economic model, which is heavily based on export-driven growth, as it prepares to shed least developed country (LDC) status, a transition that is expected to take place by ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5084612/economic-changes-needed-says-adb/
Hun Sen says CPP will never tax farmland
Prime Minister Hun Sen has said the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) will never tax farmland. “It would burden our farmers,” he said in Takeo Sunday. “Although national revenue that comes from land taxes is spent on building roads, water systems, hospitals and schools, we still ...
Strikers told they have it good
About 4,000 workers from two garment factories protested in Phnom Penh yesterday for better working conditions – but bosses told them their 7.5 hour working days and free meals meant they had it pretty good. the workers from SL Garment Processing (Cambodia)’s SL1 and SL2 factories ...
Starbucks to open its first outlet in Vietnam
Global coffee-chain giant Starbucks will enter its 12th Asian market next month when it opens an outlet in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City. RMA Cambodia CEO Rami Sharaf said the expansion into Vietnam did not automatically mean Starbucks would enter Cambodia. “I don’t think there is ...