New win-win monuments constructed in provinces
A new win-win monument will be built in Oddar Meanchey province to promote a culture of gratitude, a sub-committee on the construction of the monument announced on January 10. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-win-win-monuments-constructed-provinces
GDT rakes in $512 million in taxes in first two months of 2022
In the first two months of this year, the General Department of Taxation has collected about $512 million in taxes, an increase of more than 22% when compared to the same period last year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501041398/gdt-rakes-in-512-million-in-taxes-in-first-two-months-of-2022/
Preah Sihanouk province remains the most visited destination
The coastal province of Preah Sihanouk remains the most attractive tourism destination by receiving 60,741 or more than 19 percent of the total 314,081 visitors during the last weekend of April, according to a report of the Ministry of tourism. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501068063/preah-sihanouk-province-remains-the-most-visited-destination/
Ministry imposes measures as Svay Rieng man dies of H5N1
Ministry of Health, together with local authorities, has taken steps to prevent the spread of H5N1 bird flu in Svay Rieng province after a 50-year-old man died of the disease. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501373946/ministry-imposes-measures-as-svay-rieng-man-dies-of-h5n1/
FDI in Cambodia’s construction sector touches $334M
Cambodia continued to receive substantial Foreign Direct Investment in the construction sector in 2021, despite the economic slowdown in the wake of Covid-19, showed the Asean Investment Report 2022. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501174759/fdi-in-cambodias-construction-sector-touches-334m/
Fleets of sand barges cross border as exports quietly restarted
Just a few years after U.N. trade data showed evidence of a massive discrepancy in sand exports to Singapore, the Cambodian government has quietly resumed selling the commodity overseas. ...
Andrew Haffner
https://vodenglish.news/fleets-of-sand-barges-cross-border-as-exports-quietly-restarted/
Australia supports Cambodia’s rice industry
Australia has a long history working with Cambodia to develop its rice industry, the Australian Embassy in Cambodia wrote on its official Facebook page on Nov. 30. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501195325/australia-supports-cambodias-rice-industry/
‘Brotherly’ love: Hun Sen reveals close bond with France’s Macron
Prime Minister Hun Sen reveals the closeness of his relationship with French President Emmanuel Macron, saying they are now at the stage where they refer to one another as “brother”. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/brotherly-love-hun-sen-reveals-close-bond-frances-macron
Commerce minister clarifies concerns over CLV-DTA
Minister of Commerce Cham Nimul addressed concerns surrounding the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Area (CLV-DTA), which has led to fears among some that it could result in the loss of Cambodian territory. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/commerce-minister-clarifies-concerns-over-clv-dta
Battambang rice-farming families fear floods
About 40,000 Battambang rice-farming families already suffering steep losses from a severe drought are at risk of seeing their crops wiped out entirely by devastating floods as late seasonal rains start to kick in. A drought that meteorologists have blamed on the tail-end of an ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/battambang-rice-farming-families-fear-floods
Tax revenue from casinos rises sharply in 2015
Thanks to improved collection efforts, a total of $34.7 million in taxes was taken in from Cambodia’s casinos in 2015, a 33 percent increase on the previous year, the Finance Ministry said on Monday. Ros Phearun, deputy director-general of the ministry’s finance industry department, said ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tax-revenue-from-casinos-rises-sharply-in-2015-105069/
Casino workers protest unpaid wages
Nearly a hundred employees of Sihanoukville’s Yaduoli Casino yesterday staged a protest over outstanding wages after the company failed to pay them. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50704577/casino-workers-protest-unpaid-wages/
Aviation sector records over 90 percent drop
Cambodia’s Aviation sector is almost completely decimated due to extreme COVID-19 travel restrictions, with air passenger numbers dropping more than 90 percent as of April this year. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50714007/aviation-sector-records-over-90-percent-drop/
Anti-virus measures in place
The government yesterday announced the lifting of the entry ban on people from six countries, more than two months after it was put in place to prevent imported virus cases from entering Cambodia. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50725246/anti-virus-measures-in-place/
Higher education enrolment shrinks
The number of students enrolled in higher educational institutions in the new academic year has decreased compared to previous years, a trend which the education sector largely blames on the Covid-19 crisis. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/higher-education-enrolment-shrinks
Indigenous villagers in dispute over land titles
Indigenous villagers in Romnea commune of Mondulkiri province’s Sen Monorom town have lodged complaints disputing authorities’ issuance of titles to their lands in the names of unrelated individuals. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/indigenous-villagers-dispute-over-land-titles
Australia supports Cambodia through Mekong-Australia Partnership
Yesterday, Australia’s Ambassador to Cambodia, Pablo Kang briefed Aun Pornmoniroth, Minister of Economy on various new Australian programmes commencing in Cambodia under the Mekong-Australia Partnership (MAP). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50918848/australia-supports-cambodia-through-mekong-australia-partnership/
Prime Minister Hun Sen congratulates 9th Prime Minister of Malaysia
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday sent a letter to Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob as 9th Prime Minister of Malaysia congratulating him on the new position. ...
King Sihamoni endorses ‘single citizenship’ law in principle
King Norodom Sihamoni yesterday endorsed in principle the new draft Constitutional Amendment limiting the top four national positions to only Khmer nationality, thereby easing its passage through the legislatures without stumbling blocks. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50950340/king-sihamoni-endorses-single-citizenship-law-in-principle/
Seven new Cambodian ambassadors meet Sudary before starting mission
Seven new Cambodian ambassadors paid a courtesy call on the National Assembly President Khuon Sudary at the National Assembly on Monday before embarking on their diplomatic mission to a variety of countries. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501351358/seven-new-cambodian-ambassadors-meet-sudary-before-starting-mission/