Digital technology to boost economic growth
Digital technology is an important tool for post-Covid-19, said National Assembly president Heng Samrin who attended the 42nd General Assembly of ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) yesterday. ...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50921649/digital-technology-to-boost-economic-growth/
Commune chief denying alleged land-grab scheme
Th chief of Prasat commune in Kandal province’s Sa’ang district denied allegations that he had conspired to take residents’s land in village II. ...
Om Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/commune-chief-denying-alleged-land-grab-scheme
Japan FM tells Cambodia’s future Prime Minister Hun Manet to hold 2023 election in democratic way
Japan wants Cambodia to hold next year’s general election in a democratic way, Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi told the heir apparent of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Hun Manet on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501025363/japan-fm-tells-cambodias-future-prime-minister-hun-manet-to-hold-2023-election-in-democratic-way/
Staying open: PM won’t reintroduce lockdown over Omicron wave
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday dispelled fears circulating widely there could be another lockdown due to the high number of rising Covid-19 infection due to the Omicron variant. ...
Yim Sreylin
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501029906/staying-open-pm-wont-reintroduce-lockdown-over-omicron-wave/
Veteran journalists honoured
Fourteen journalists from five different periodicals have been selected to receive “Inspirational Journalism Awards” for their contributions to the promotion of journalism in the Kingdom. The award ceremony is scheduled for March 24. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/veteran-journalists-honoured
NEC will publish National election lists January 13
The National Election Committee (NEC) plans to publish the first version of voter lists for next year’s national election on January 13. ...
Yuth Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-will-publish-national-election-lists-january-13
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/
‘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
Diamond Hexagon cooperation injects new impetus into building Cambodia-China community with shared future
The bilateral Diamond Hexagon cooperation framework will inject fresh impetus into the building of the Cambodia-China community with a shared future in the new era, a Cambodian scholar said on Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501316275/diamond-hexagon-cooperation-injects-new-impetus-into-building-cambodia-china-community-with-shared-future/
China pushes ‘shared-future’ ambitions during PM’s visit
China hopes to seize the opportunity of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s state visit to push for further progress in building a “shared-future” community between the two countries. ...
Cambodian expert says Xi’s proposal for another ‘golden 30 years’ crucial to Asia-Pacific
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s proposal to work together for another “golden 30 years” of the Asia-Pacific is crucial in the current global context, a Cambodian expert has said. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501395473/cambodian-expert-says-xis-proposal-for-another-golden-30-years-crucial-to-asia-pacific/
Cambodia earns $170 million from rice exports
In the first four months this year, Cambodia exported 248,491 tonnes of rice worth $170.2 million, a report by the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) showed yesterday. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501485203/cambodia-earns-170-million-from-rice-exports/
June Textile Workers Continue Protests
Factory workers from the burnt down June Textile Company have returned to the streets in protest after due to an objection by the factory officials. Last month the Arbitration Council ruled in favor of the workers providing them with a favorable severance payment, which the ...
Kingdom’s rice exports rise 2%
Cambodian rice exports in the first nine months of the year rose two per cent year-on-year, led by the Chinese market, a Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) report said. Rice exports to China increased more than 44 per cent, the report said, while exports to the ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdoms-rice-exports-rise-2
Seven children among 15 dead in floods
The recent flooding in the Mekong River system has claimed at least 15 lives over the past three weeks, submerging 28,542 hectares of agricultural crops in provinces along the river, according to National Committee for Disaster Management spokesman Keo Vy. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/seven-children-among-15-dead-floods
Cambodia to spend 21 mln USD for July general election
Cambodia will spend about 21 million U.S. dollars to cover for the [sic] proceedings of the general elections on July 28, a senior official at the National Election Committee (NEC) said Friday. “The budget for the forthcoming elections is about 21 million U.S. dollars, up from ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-01/04/c_132080391.htm
Hun Sen firm on election reform negotiations
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday said his party will stand firm on its position that a simple majority vote in parliament be used to select members of the National Election Committee. His Cambodian People’s Party is in negotiations for electoral reform with the opposition, which ...
Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/hun-sen-firm-on-election-reform-negotiations/1948504.html
Hun Sen: EU should respect Kingdom’s stance on human rights, democracy
While Cambodia accepts the European Commission’s recommendation for the partial suspension of the Kingdom’s Everything-but-arms (EBA) trade status, Prime Minister Hun Sen said the European Union should also respect the Kingdom’s stance. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50692508/hun-sen-eu-should-respect-kingdoms-stance-on-human-rights-democracy
Deadline set to apply for DTA tax benefits
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) has announced that companies wanting to benefit from tax cuts resulting from the country’s double taxation avoidance (DTA) agreements must send in their applications before March 31. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/deadline-set-apply-dta-tax-benefits
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/