Manet touches down in Beijing for high-level meetings
Prime Minister Hun Manet arrived in Beijing on September 14 for his first official visit to China, where he is slated to attend the 20th China-ASEAN Expo and meet other leaders including Chinese President Xi Jinping. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/manet-touches-down-beijing-high-level-meetings
Cambodia rice meets Thai and Vietnam demand as global price spikes
Global rice prices hit a 15-year high in September, rising 30 percent year-on-year (YoY), according to an investor’s note by BMI, which quoted the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) All Rice Price Index report. ...
Thang Sinorn
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-rice-meets-thai-and-vietnam-demand-as-global-price-spikes
Cambodia-China FTA brings growth
Nearly two years have passed since the Cambodia-China Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) came into effect in early January 2022. This period has witnessed significant growth in bilateral trade, as well as a surge in Chinese investment in Cambodia. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-china-fta-brings-growth
IMF urge cooperation for recovery
International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Kristalina Georgieva urged ASEAN leaders to invest in international cooperation as well as growth-enhancing reforms to fully recover and continue on the pre-pandemic path to prosperity amid a global economic slowdown. ...
May Kunmakara
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/imf-urge-cooperation-recovery
Phnom Penh port sees 30% jump in Jan-Sept container throughput
Public listed Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) recorded a 30 percent year-on-year jump in container throughput at 329,043 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent unit) in the first nine months ended Sept 30, 2022 compared to 256,407 TEUs. ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/phnom-penh-port-sees-30-jump-in-jan-sept-container-throughput
GDI helps Cambodian infrastructure, promotes trade links among countries
The China-proposed Global Development Initiative will create a platform for joint growth and see more benefits go to Cambodia due to its cooperation with China to build a community with a shared future, officials and business leaders said. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501175134/gdi-helps-cambodian-infrastructure-promotes-trade-links-among-countries/
NEC chair asks voters to check list
National Election Committee (NEC) chairman Prach Chan, in a video clip on the NEC’s official YouTube channel, has called on everyone eligible to ensure they are able to vote in next year’s national election. ...
Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-chair-asks-voters-check-list
NGO campaign urges mothers, fathers to be nurturing to children
Several NGOs, in collaboration with the government, held “My Good Husband, My Smart Children” event last week to promote nurturing care from both male and female caregivers for children from before birth until age 5, to help them thrive and reach their full potential. ...
Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngo-campaign-urges-mothers-fathers-be-nurturing-children
Cambodian T&A industry needs to align product mix as per global trends
Cambodia’s Industrial Transformation Map for Textile and Apparel Industry 2023-2027 (T&A ITM) sees a need for the sector to align its product mix as per global sourcing trends, integrate backwards to reduce dependence on imports and diversify its market mix. ...
Sreekanth Ravindran
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501282182/cambodian-ta-industry-needs-to-align-product-mix-as-per-global-trends/
NEC gives in-principle nod to five key election documents
With parliamentary elections two months away, the National Election Committee (NEC) announced that it had approved in principle five documents on May 4 that – among other things – set out guidelines concerning security, safety, and informational and promotional videos as well as cooperation in ...
Post Staffs
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-gives-principle-nod-five-key-election-documents
Free vocational training for 1.5m students in 2024
Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Monday that up to 1.5 million young people, who could not afford higher education, will be able to receive free vocational training with an additional stipend as the government seeks to produce more labor skills. ...
Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-free-vocational-training-for-15m-students-in-2024
Vietnam willing to support Cambodia, says Vietnamese Prime Minister
Cambodian Deputy PM Sokhonn was in Vietnam for an official visit between Monday and Wednesday and to co-chair the 20th Vietnam-Cambodia Joint Commission on Economic, Cultural, Scientific and Technological Cooperation held on Tuesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501261713/vietnam-willing-to-support-cambodia-says-vietnamese-prime-minister/
Economy to grow 5.5% in 2023 and 6% by 2024
Cambodia’s economy is forecast to grow at 5.5 percent in 2023 and 6 percent in 2024, due to a stronger tourist rebound and faster growth in the services sector, according to a report by Asian Development Bank (ADB). ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-economy-to-grow-55-in-2023-and-6-by-2024
Push to develop climate-resilient agriculture
About 400 farmers and other agriculture stakeholders gathered in Siem Reap on Friday for the third Cambodian Sustainable Agricultural Summit, where they called for urgent measures to be put in place to bolster climate-resilient agricultural development. ...
Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-push-to-develop-climate-resilient-agriculture
Cambodia launches ‘Child Online Protection Guidelines’
To ensure children are getting a safe and positive online experience, Cambodia is launching ‘Child Online Protection Guidelines for the Digital Technology Industry’. ...
Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501321433/cambodia-launches-child-online-protection-guidelines/
PM says no need for legalized same sex marriage, but LGBTQ+ community says otherwise
Last month, concerned about a reported rise in HIV cases, Prime Minister Hun Sen said that there is no discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community in Cambodia while reaffirming there would be no marriage equality law. ...
Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/pm-says-no-need-for-legalized-same-sex-marriage-but-lgbtq-community-says-otherwise/
Workers in 39 suspended factories to get cash assistance
In line with government initiatives, cash handouts are being extended to displaced workers engaged in the garment sector at 39 factories specialising in textile, footwear, travel products and bags that have temporarily suspended their operations. ...
Sok Raksa
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/workers-39-suspended-factories-get-cash-assistance
Royal Group PPSP sees four-fold increase in annual net profits in 2023
Royal Group Phnom Penh SEZ Plc. (RGPPSP) has recorded an almost four-fold increase in annual net profits for 2023 compared to 2022, according to a Cambodia Stock Exchange (CSX) bourse filing by the special economic zone (SEZ) developer last week. ...
James Whitehead
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501438729/royal-group-ppsp-sees-four-fold-increase-in-annual-net-profits-in-2023/
Use domestic rubber as raw material, PM tells tyre factories
Prime Minister Hun Manet has asked all tyre factories in the country to use domestic rubber as raw material inputs, creating a market for rubber plantation farmers even as two more tyre factory projects have received in-principle approval for investment in Cambodia. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501480753/use-domestic-rubber-as-raw-material-pm-tells-tyre-factories/
Authorities relocate families, plant trees to restore Phnom 1500
Authorities plan to provide land to around 70 families who have agreed to leave Phnom 1500 for a new location this August, while 50,000 saplings are being planted to restore the forest and create a natural tourism destination. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/authorities-relocate-families-plant-trees-to-restore-phnom-1500