The Environment Ministry strengthens cooperation with all stakeholders to improve Cambodia’s environmental quality
The successful implementation of the Ministry of Environment’s Circular strategy on Environment is indispensable. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501514610/the-environment-ministry-strengthens-cooperation-with-all-stakeholders-to-improve-cambodias-environmental-quality/
Cambodia’s trade with ASEAN up 11.8% in first 8 months of 2024
Cambodia’s trade exchanges with its fellow AsEAN member states amounted to $10.49 billion in the first eight months of this year, up 11.8% from $9.38 billion over the same period last year, said a report from the General Department of Customs and Excise on Tuesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501565511/cambodias-trade-with-asean-up-11-8-in-first-8-months-of-2024/
Climate Champion: Minister reveals govt’s ‘big’ ambition to help save planet
Minister of Environment Eang sophalleth has revealed the government’s enormous ambition to contribute to mitigating climate change by expanding the carbon credit supply chain through key sectors in addition to forestry. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501421175/climate-champion-minister-reveals-govts-big-ambition-to-help-save-planet/
Cambodia’s economy projected at 6.6 pct in 2024: PM
Cambodia is expected to see a 6.6-percent rise in its economy in 2024 from 5.6 percent in 2023, the country’s Prime Minister Hun Manet said here on Tuesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501466941/cambodias-economy-projected-at-6-6-pct-in-2024-pm/
Three ministries will increase more cooperation to help improve people’s lives
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the Ministry of Rural Development, and the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology will begin to increase cooperation more smoothly to help improve people’s livelihoods, benefit farmers, and provide economic efficiency to rural areas. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501484140/three-ministries-will-increase-more-cooperation-to-help-improve-peoples-lives/
Cambodia’s economy is projected to grow by 6.3 percent in 2025
The Cambodian government has approved a draft budget of more than $9.3 billion for 2025, with economic growth projected at 6.3 percent. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501581840/cambodias-economy-is-projected-to-grow-by-6-3-percent-in-2025/
Westerdam’s return a symbol of Kingdom’s care for lives, says PM
Prime Minister Hun sen confirmed that the Ms Westerdam, a cruise liner with a unique link to the Kingdom, will return to Cambodia in December. More than three years ago, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, the vessel was refused entry by several other ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/westerdams-return-symbol-kingdoms-care-lives-says-pm
MS Westerdam’s remaining passengers and crew complete testing for COVID-19
The MS WeSterdam remainS alongSide in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, where officialS from the Cambodian Health MiniStry were on board Monday to complete teSting for COVID-19 on the 255 gueStS and 747 crew that are awaiting clearance. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50692237/ms-westerdams-remaining-passengers-and-crew-complete-testing-for-covid-19
Cambodia’s famed Angkor sees 37 percent drop in foreign tourists in first 2 months
Cambodia’s famed Angkor Archeological Park received 341,494 foreign tourists in the first two months of 2020, down 37 percent over the same period last year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50697592/cambodias-famed-angkor-sees-37-percent-drop-in-foreign-tourists-in-first-2-months
More than 70 money laundering cases uncovered since global watchdog’s grey listing
After global money-laundering watchdog Financial Action Task Force placed the Kingdom on its grey list last year, the Interior Ministry has cracked down on 75 cases, seized about $8 million and confiscated nearly 3,000 vehicles. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50702059/more-than-70-money-laundering-cases-uncovered-since-global-watchdogs-grey-listing/
School’s out for the year but studying and exams to go on
The Ministry of Education, Youth and sport has postponed secondary and high school examinations this year to contain Covid-19 infections. In a letter on Wednesday the ministry said: “In the 2019-2020 academic year, the Ministry of Education will continue implementing new reforms to all kinds ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/schools-out-year-studying-and-exams-go
National Election Committee (NEC) releases first publication of the country’s new voter lists
On 03 January 2017, National Election Committee (NEC) issued the first publication of voter lists with the first total number of the 7,864,429 eligible voters and name of 8,346 eligible voters will be omitted. Citizens can go to check and confirm their name and personal data at ss='cambodia-color'>...
National Election Committee (NEC)
Cambodia-U.S. trade volume reaches $2.1 billion in first four months
The trade volume between Cambodia and U.S. haS reached $2.1 billion in the firSt four monthS of the year which goeS up to 29.31 percent compared to the Same period of 2019 which waS Shared by the U.S Trade Bureau. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50732492/cambodia-u-s-trade-volume-reaches-2-1-billion-in-first-four-months/
Travel and factory downturn a silver lining for the Kingdom’s environment
A sharp reduction in travel and production output, because of COVID-19 along with several government measures has seen Phnom Penh record a “good” level of the pollutant PM2.5 in its atmosphere, according to independent data sourced by IQ Air. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Harrison White
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50715987/travel-and-factory-downturn-a-silver-lining-for-the-kingdoms-environment/
Kingdom’s garment-related exports down 9 percent January to October
Cambodia’s exports in clothes, footwear and travel goods were down 9 percent for the first 10 months of the year measured against 2019 year-to-date (YTD) figures, according to data from the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE). The total value of these export products ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia’s Thailand exports fall 41 percent in first four months
Cambodian exports to neighbouring Thailand were valued at $402 million in the first four months of this year, a 41 percent decrease compared with the same period last year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50863906/cambodias-thailand-exports-fall-41-percent-in-first-four-months/
Cambodia’s digital economic and society policy for 2021-2035 launched
The Kingdom has officially announced the implementation of its “Digital Economy and social Policy Framework of Cambodia 2021-2035” policy. It identifies the digital sector as a new model of economic growth responsive and resilient to changes in economic structure, development and international trade. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50877443/cambodias-digital-economic-and-society-policy-for-2021-2035-launched/
Cambodia to benefit from ADB’s climate resilience in health sector project
A six-year, pioneering regional technical assistance initiative has boosted the capacity of health systems in Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), and Viet Nam to respond to climate-induced health threats amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease pandemic, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced today. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50897188/cambodia-to-benefit-from-adbs-climate-resilience-in-health-sector-project/
ADB’s $4.4 mil boost for health systems amid C-19
A six-year, pioneering regional technical assistance initiative, being undertaken by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and worth $4.4 million, is boosting the capacity of health systems in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam to respond to climate-induced health threats amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the ADB said. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Tin Sokhavuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50898170/adbs-4-4-mil-boost-for-health-systems-amid-c-19/
Kep’s $2M White Horse Port set to break ground mid-Sept
The Kep Provincial Administration is set to break ground on the long-awaited $1.95 million ses sar quay, or “White Horse Port”, on september 15 in the northwestern reaches of the coastal province, in a bid to prop up the local transportation and tourism sectors. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/keps-2m-white-horse-port-set-break-ground-mid-sept