Students get free e-education app
The Cambodian Union of Youth Federations (CUYF) has teamed up with E-school Cambodia to deliver free of charge online learning for grades 1 to 12 to keep learning on track amid Kingdom-wide school closures. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/students-get-free-e-education-app
State of emergency law is imminent
The government said today the state of emergency draft law will be forwarded directly to the National Assembly without the need of the Council of Ministers to approve amid COVID-19 outbreak. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50708017/state-of-emergency-law-is-imminent/
CDC approves seven projects worth $174M
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) on Wednesday approved seven investment projects worth $174.1 million and expected to generate 3,328 jobs, it said in a press release. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cdc-approves-seven-projects-worth-174m
Green light for $161M Kandal brewery
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) last week approved a $160.6 million brewery in Chhak Chhoeu Neang commune’s Trapaing Veng village in Kandal province’s Ang Snuol district. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/green-light-161m-kandal-brewery
Constitutional Council input needed
While the Senate is expected to debate and approve the “State of Emergency” law next week, if it is approved by the National Assembly on Friday, the question remains on who can declare a state of emergency since King Norodom Sihamoni is still in China ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50711147/constitutional-council-input-needed/
National Assembly to approve draft law on state of emergency
A unanimous vote of approval for the proposed “State of Emergency” law is expected to be cast today during the plenary session of the National Assembly. The draft law comes amid the increasing cases of coronavirus infections in the Kingdom. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50711453/national-assembly-to-approve-draft-law-on-state-of-emergency/
Government ready to declare state of emergency after law is signed
The government will take no longer than 30 days to implement a state of emergency once the bill is signed into law. Soldiers are already on standby to ensure security and help citizens. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50709043/government-ready-to-declare-state-of-emergency-after-law-is-signed/
IDEA asks the government to help informal workers
Independent Democracy of Informal Economy Association (IDEA) has asked the government to help support street vendors and tuk-tuk drivers as they feel the pinch amid the coronavirus pandemic. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50723284/idea-asks-the-government-to-help-informal-workers/
Most international flights from China
Around 25 international flights are entering and leaving Cambodia every week mostly from China, according to Cambodia’s State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA). ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50727792/most-international-flights-from-china/
Crime level ‘critical’ in Cambodia: US
A spike in violent crime over the past year has seen Cambodia receive a “critical” rating in a report outlining the potential dangers for U.S. Embassy staff operating in the country. The Cambodia 2015 Crime and Safety Report, which was compiled by the U.S. Bureau of ...
George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/crime-level-critical-in-cambodia-us-81312/
US lobby group calls for full taxes on all Cambodian rice
Cambodian rice exports to the US could face full tariffs after a lobby group called for the imposition of full tariffs on the crop. Currently, the Kingdom’s rice enjoys some tax-protection under what is known as the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP)-eligible commodities list. However, ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50743069/us-lobby-group-calls-for-full-taxes-on-all-cambodian-rice/
Kingdom aims to leapfrog technical skills
The president of the Royal Academy of Cambodia (RAC) met leaders of Japanese artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics firm Qibi Tech Co Ltd to study the possibility of enhancing cooperation in the Kingdom. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50742459/kingdom-aims-to-leapfrog-technical-skills/
Family and residence books put under commune control
The Ministry of Interior has announced that the authentication of residence books and family books will now fall under the purview of the commune instead of district administrations. A ministry press release entitled Transferring of the police chiefs in providing residence and family books dated ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/family-and-residence-books-put-under-commune-control
Securities Exchange Commission says there is no lack of auditors
The Securities Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC) has responded to concerns that a lack of licensed auditors may be affecting listed companies’ ability to submit interim financial results in full and on time to the market regulator. ...
Harrison White
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50780007/securities-exchange-commission-says-there-is-no-lack-of-auditors/
Cambodia not to declare the state of emergency
Cambodia will not declare the state of emergency with the current situation of COVID-19 transmission in the country, stressed Prime Minister Hun Sen in a voice message Monday evening. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50781339/cambodia-not-to-declare-the-state-of-emergency/
No state of emergency would be declared, PM says
Prime Minister Hun Sen reaffirmed today that the Kingdom will not declare a state of emergency for the “November 28 community incident” because it will paralyze the country’s economy. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50789957/no-state-of-emergency-would-be-declared-pm-says/
SECC launches excellence programme 2
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC) launched here on Nov. 23 the “Excellence Programme 2” to help small- and medium-sized enterprises prepare for stock market listing. ...
Chea Vannak/AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50785547/secc-launches-excellence-programme-2/
Seeds sown for Stung Treng agriculture
Stung Treng provincial authorities will work with integrated food-distribution company Hun Ty Co Ltd to exploit the province’s potential for crop cultivation and potentially set up a processing plant for export down the line, provincial administration spokesman Men Kung told The Post on November 26. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/seeds-sown-stung-treng-agriculture
SECC, Australia team up to improve domestic capital mobilisation for infrastructure investment
The Australian Government joined the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC) to launch the landmark Domestic Capital Mobilisation for Infrastructure Investment through the Security Market Project. ...
Chea Vannak/AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50771221/secc-australia-team-up-to-improve-domestic-capital-mobilisation-for-infrastructure-investment/
Gov’t collects $1.68B in tax revenue
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) collected $1.68407 billion in tax revenue in the first half of this year, up $181.68 million or 12 per cent compared to the same period last year, it said in a press release. Issued at a meeting on the ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-collects-168b-tax-revenue
