Unemployment rate in Cambodia at 0.3 percent
Some 99.7 percent of the total 10 million workforces in Cambodia have jobs, according to a message of Prime Minister Hun Sen on the 134th International Labour Day. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50719240/unemployment-rate-in-cambodia-at-0-3-percent/
Cambodia Post sees income increase in the first semester
State-run Cambodia Post has registered an increase in January to June income despite the volume of parcels decreasing due to the limited availability of cargo transport available during the pandemic. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50915073/cambodia-post-sees-income-increase-in-the-first-semester/
City Hall plans to extend Phnom Penh curfew
Phnom Penh City Hall will extend the curfew with additional measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19, especially the Delta variant, following a series of community-based infections. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50918766/city-hall-plans-to-extend-curfew/
Villages reach 99 % electrification
The electrification rate of all villages across the country has now reached 99% as of September this year since works have been accelerated to connect them to the power grid. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50929760/villages-reach-99-electrification/
Cambodia-Vietnam trade volume inches closer to $10 billion in 2021
Cambodia-Vietnam trade volume touched $9.3 billion last year—a rise of 75 per cent compared to 2020 figures—despite the impact of the pandemic. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501015577/cambodia-vietnam-trade-volume-inches-closer-to-10-billion-in-2021/
Cambodia ushers in new era with new parliament, gov’t on horizon
Marking a new chapter in the Kingdom’s history, the National Assembly on the morning of August 21 convened its inaugural session under the auspices of King Norodom Sihamoni. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/cambodia-ushers-new-era-new-govt-horizon
France to continue close dialogue with Cambodia
President of the French Republic H.E. Emmanuel Macron has expressed his willingness to continue working closely with the new Royal Government of Cambodia led by Dr. Hun Manet. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501364823/france-to-continue-close-dialogue-with-cambodia/
Cambodia’s Hun Sen outlines new strategies for agriculture development
Cambodia’s Prime Minister, Hun Sen, has outlined the government’s new strategies for the development of the agriculture sector to create the fifth economic pole in the northeast part of the country ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501264939/cambodias-hun-sen-outlines-new-strategies-for-agriculture-development/
Cambodia-ASEAN trade valued at over $7 billion in H1
Cambodia’s trade with ASEAN member countries was valued at $7.1 billion in the first six months of this year, accounting for 30 percent of the Kingdom’s total international trade. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501331365/cambodia-asean-trade-valued-at-over-7-billion-in-h1/
Cambodia records 3.7 million air passengers in the first 9 months
Cambodia received nearly 3.7 million air travelers during the first nine months of 2023, a year-on-year increase of 162 percent, said a senior official on Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501378854/cambodia-records-3-7-million-air-passengers-in-the-first-9-months/
Bio-fuelled power plant to go online
A rice-husk powered power plant will officially open in Kampong Speu at the end of the year, set to provide electricity to the district’s rice millers, according to officials from operator Golden Rice Cambodia. The US$2 million generator is set to supply power to all of ...
Gov’t continues China tilt as ties with the US slide on ‘interference’ in Kingdom’s internal affairs
China has granted some $131 million in aid to the Cambodian military. It comes as yet another sign that the Kingdom is strengthening strategic ties with its Asian neighbour to counter increasingly cold relations with the United States. The aid was announced as part of ...
China increases rice import quota
Four days after the EU imposed tariffs on rice imported from Cambodia, China agreed on Monday to increase its import quota for Cambodian rice to 400,000 tonnes this year from the previous 300,000 tonnes. If Cambodia can supply the quantity under the new Chinese quota, ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/china-increases-rice-import-quota
Salt body to name quota for imports
Salt producers in the Kingdom will meet next week to finalise import quotas in line with domestic demand, the chief technical officer of the Kep-Kampot Salt Producers community (KKSPC) said on Sunday. Last month, the KKSPC said Cambodia needed to import approximately 30,000 tonnes of ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/salt-body-name-quota-imports
Announcement on Archiving Open Development Cambodia 's old site
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is in the progress of archiving the old website “opendevelopmentcambodia.net” by moving it to the new address at “archive.opendevelopmentcambodia.net”. Once the process is entirely completed, the address “www.opendevelopmentcambodia.net” will be re-used to replace “https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/” as the only official website address of ...
Gate’s design blamed in arson
A decorative gate erected in Siem Reap province’s Angkor Archaeological Park for the upcoming Khmer New Year festivities was burned down in the early hours of yesterday morning, following a backlash against its so-called Vietnamese design. Siem Reap Deputy Governor Bun Tharith said the gate – ...
Thik Kaliyann
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gates-design-blamed-arson
Telecommunication measure responding to COVID-19 established in Cambodia
Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia has issued a directive to ensure smooth communication contributing to the control of COVID-19 in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50703880/telecommunication-measure-responding-to-covid-19-established-in-cambodia/
Cambodia scraps plans for Mekong hydropower dams
A Cambodian government decision to postpone building new hydropower dams on the Mekong river has been welcomed by campaigners, who say it will provide welcome relief to the tens of thousands of people whose livelihood depend upon its rich resources. ...
Rebecca Ratcliffe
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/20/cambodia-scraps-plans-for-mekong-hydropower-dams
Belarus seeks to expand cooperation with Cambodia
Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has extended greetings to King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia as the country celebrates Independence Day, according to the press service of the Belarusian leader. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50781350/belarus-seeks-to-expand-cooperation-with-cambodia/
Kep port project set to begin soon
Construction of a multi-purpose port is set to start mid-September in the coastal province of Kep. The project will take 24 months to complete, becoming the first ever port in the province. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50928475/kep-port-project-set-to-begin-soon/