Tina confirms increase in Cambodia’s dolphin population, now approximately 105
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Dith Tina confirmed that the number of Irrawaddy dolphins (Orcaella brevirostris) in Cambodia has increased, with the current population estimated at around 105. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Minister of Rural Development introduces four points to continue to accelerate development and promote the implementation of the Ministry’s strategy
Chhay Rithisen, Minister of Rural Development, chaired a meeting with the leaders of the Ministry of Rural Development on July 3 to promote the successful development of rural development in Cambodia as planned. ss='cambodia-color'>...
PM plans for 7,000 schools to replicate Wat Bo school’s success
Prime Minister Hun Manet has unveiled an ambitious plan to transform 7,000 public schools to replicate the success of Wat Bo Primary school in siem Reap, known for its high-quality education and exemplary student behaviour. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Sikol
https://kiripost.com/stories/pm-plans-for-7000-schools-to-replicate-wat-bo-schools-success
Phnom Penh Port’s August, 8-month revenue sees buoyant rise
State-owned Phnom Penh AutonomouS Port&rSquo;S revenue for AuguSt 2024 climbed 25 percent to $4.4 million from laSt year, amid buoyant growth in container TEUS and cargo volumeS between January and AuguSt thiS year. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/phnom-penh-ports-august-8-month-revenue-sees-buoyant-rise
Kingdom’s blue helmets return from Mali mission
Fifty-three Cambodian peacekeepers of Airfield Engineering Unit 729 returned to Cambodia on October 27 after completing their humanitarian UN mission in Mali, according to the Ministry of National Defence. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdoms-blue-helmets-return-mali-mission
Cambodia’s GDP likely to touch $35B this year, ministry says
Cambodia’s GDP could touch $35 billion (143 trillion riel) this year, said a senior official from the Ministry of Economy and Finance. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Rachel David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501443985/cambodias-gdp-likely-to-touch-35b-this-year-ministry-says/
STI key to driving Cambodia’s bid for higher income status
The advancement of Science, Technology, and Innovation iS inStrumental in propelling Cambodia towardS itS goal of becoming a high-level middle-income country by 2030 and a high-income country by 2050. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501466738/sti-key-to-driving-cambodias-bid-for-higher-income-status/
Conservation Group’s Militarized Forest Patrol Clashes With Villagers in Preah Vihear
A man in camouflage pants and a shirt labeled “U.s. Army” lunges at a villager, swinging a rattan stick in his right hand, handcuffs in his left. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Leila Goldstein and Sovann Sreypich
https://cambojanews.com/conservation-groups-militarized-forest-patrol-clashes-with-villagers-in-preah-vihear/
France to inject €215M into Kingdom’s development projects
France vowed to continue financing development projects in the Kingdom by adding a budget worth €215 million through the French Development Agency (AFD) focusing on the improvement of vocational training, energy sector and production of clean water. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501426619/france-to-inject-e215m-into-kingdoms-development-projects/
Post Covid recovery of Cambodia’s garment and tourism industries
The Covid-19 pandemic brought widespread economic disruption across the globe, and Cambodia was no exception. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/post-covid-recovery-of-cambodia-s-garment-and-tourism-industries
Underage, Overworked
Child labour is being used at a footwear factory owned by the same Taiwan-based company as Wing star shoes – where two workers were killed in a ceiling collapse this month – numerous employees have told the Post. A former Ying Dong employee said the ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052965915/National/underage-overworked.html
Factory Dining Hall Collapses in Phnom Penh; 23 injured
The dining hall of a garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district that supplies clothes to U.s. brand Gap collapsed into a pond Monday, injuring more than 20 workers who were eating lunch, workers and officials said. The hall, which is part of Top World Garment ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sar Kheng says Kingdom is addressing European Union’s land dispute concerns
Interior Minister sar Kheng yesterday said that the government has already made progress on one of the points listed in the European Commission’s preliminary report on whether the Kingdom should retain its Everything-but-arms trade status with the European Union. The government is currently reviewing the ss='cambodia-color'>...
FTA with South Korea would improve Cambodia’s competitiveness: exporters
Cambodian exporters are hopeful that a free trade agreement with south Korea will boost trade between the nations and attract more investment into the Kingdom. Chang Hoon Lee, managing director of Korean exporter Hyundai Agro, said the move is a positive development. A free-trade pact ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50664297/fta-with-south-korea-would-improve-cambodias-competitiveness-exporters/
NBC’s digital payments to go live in next few months
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) will launch a Blockchain-based, peer-to-peer payment and money transfer platform in the next few months, its director-general Chea serey told The Post on Monday. Dubbed ‘Project Bakong’, the scheme already has the support of 11 banks, with many more ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nbcs-digital-payments-go-live-next-few-months
Latest cases up Kingdom’s COVID-19 number to five
The Kingdom has detected a total of five COVID-19 cases after a British couple aboard Viking Cruise Journey tested positive for virus. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50701268/latest-cases-up-kingdoms-covid-19-number-to-five
EU offers grant for Kingdom’s Covid-19 fight
EU Ambassador to Cambodia Carmen Moreno applauded the country’s efforts to control the Covid-19 crisis and said the EU is transferring a €56 million ($66.7 million) grant to help restore the economy, said a Ministry of Economy and Finance press release. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/eu-offers-grant-kingdoms-covid-19-fight
Cambodia’s land concessions yield few benefits, sow social and environmental devastation
Cambodia’s government has strenuously promoted long-term leasing of unused land as Economic Land Concessions (ELCs) to attract investors and encourage development in the impoverished nation, but observers say the policy has resulted in few benefits at the cost of huge social and environmental impacts. ss='cambodia-color'>...
RFA staff
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/concessions-08262020174829.html
Cambodia’s imported COVID-19 positive cases increase by 26 to 197
The Ministry of Health this morning reported that 26 more Cambodian people tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number to 197. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khann Chanvirak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50746998/cambodias-imported-covid-19-positive-cases-increase-by-26-to-197/
Announcement on the request for extension the validity of foreigner’s work permits/books in 2021
On 26 March 2021, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training issued an announcement on the request for extension of the validity of foreigner’s work permits/books which has been postponed until 31 May 2021, without requiring fines for foreigners who had foreigner’s work permits/books in ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training
