World Bank’s IFC inks deal on key logistics hub
The International Financial Corporation (IFC) on February 16 announced that it had inked a new “collaboration agreement” with local WorldBridge Group and Singapore’s YCH Group for the development of the Phnom Penh Logistics Complex (PPLC) as a “smart logistics hub” in Southeast Asia, in a ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/world-banks-ifc-inks-deal-key-logistics-hub
USAID partners with private agri-businesses, invests $4M
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced new partnerships with three Cambodian private agricultural companies. More than $4 million will be invested in expanding the economic opportunities and access to domestic and international markets of smallholder farmers. ...
Ry Sochan and Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/usaid-partners-private-agri-businesses-invests-4m
Sendai office to bolster Japan ties: CCC
The apex Cambodian business association’s leaders are convinced that their new representative office in the Sendai region will materially accelerate the Kingdom’s trade and economic relations with Japan, largely by tapping into the opportunities created by the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sendai-office-bolster-japan-ties-ccc
Strategy aims to strengthen garment sector
The Cambodian government has adopted a new strategy for the garment, footwear and travel goods (GFT) sector that focuses on strengthening human resources, improving working conditions, promoting investment in high-value industries, and attracting investment in supportive industries. ...
Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-strategy-aims-to-strengthen-garment-sector
Feb 27 dolphin territory fishing ban scrapped to save livelihoods
The government on April 27 issued a new sub-decree reversing its ban imposed in February on all fishing in the Mekong dolphin conservation zone. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/feb-27-dolphin-territory-fishing-ban-scrapped-save-livelihoods
Generative AI: A threat to copyright?
ChatGPT, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot developed by OpenAI, provides many new opportunities, yet concerns have been raised over copyright issues as it seems unclear who owns the generated content: the users, tech companies or data owners? ...
Only 437,821 people have stepped forward to receive the 6th dose of COVID-10 vaccine in six months
Despite the dangers faced by the ever evolving COVID-19 virus with new strains still wrecking havoc across the region and fluctuating known cases in Cambodia, the take up of the 6th dose of the vaccine is still lagging. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501307084/only-437821-people-have-stepped-forward-to-receive-the-6th-dose-of-covid-10-vaccine-in-six-months/
Taxation law may take effect in ‘next 2-3 months’: GDT
The new Law on Taxation may be promulgated as soon as “in the next two or three months”, replacing the 1997 original, aiming to bring the Cambodian tax regime more in line with current and anticipated international standards and economic environment, as well as to ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/taxation-law-may-take-effect-next-2-3-months-gdt
UN’s FAO opens Cambodia office, plans $65M in projects
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) office in Cambodia intends to commence the implementation of a range of new projects in 2023 in close collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and other partners, with total funding of over $65 million, according ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/uns-fao-opens-cambodia-office-plans-65m-projects
Collaboration a ‘must’ for digital-economy shift: senior official
Collaboration between governments, private sector entities, civil society actors and other development partners is a “must” for Cambodia’s digital socio-economic transformation and to unlock new sources of growth, telecoms ministry secretary of state Sok Puthyvuth said on March 29. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/collaboration-must-digital-economy-shift-senior-official
Cambodia attracts $1.1 bln fixed-asset investment in H1 of 2023
Cambodia attracted 113 fixed-asset investment projects worth $1.1 billion in the first half of 2023, creating some 122,000 new jobs, said a Council for the Development of Cambodia’s report on Tuesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501322866/cambodia-attracts-1-1-bln-fixed-asset-investment-in-h1-of-2023/
Prime Minister assures civil servants their jobs are safe
Officials and leaders of the armed forces with positions in the previous mandate such as the secretary of state, the undersecretary of state, the advisor to the government, provincial governors and all deputy governors will not face a shake-up in a new government, Prime Minister ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/1333812/prime-minister-assures-civil-servants-their-jobs-are-safe/
Singaporean companies look to tap into Cambodia’s carbon market
The Cambodian Minister of Environment, Dr. Eang Sophalleth, recently held a bilateral meeting with representatives of Singaporean companies, where he presented the opening of a new chapter in carbon trade in Cambodia, specifically under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501406864/singaporean-companies-look-to-tap-into-cambodias-carbon-market/
Rangers discover grey-headed eagle nests
In Kampong Thom province, adjacent to the Tonle Sap Lake and Stung Sen River, park rangers, backed by NatureLife Cambodia, discovered eight grey-headed fish eagle nests during the new spawning season, which concluded in December. ...
Kim Yutharo
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rangers-discover-grey-headed-eagle-nests
PM to make first official trip to Japan
Hun Manet will make his first official visit to Japan as Prime Minister to further strengthen relations in a year that marks the 70th anniversary of diplomatic ties, with a political analyst predicting this will set a new milestone for the two nations. ...
Meas Molika
https://kiripost.com/stories/pm-to-make-first-official-trip-to-japan
PM: No more mining licences in Prey Lang sanctuary
Prime Minister Hun Manet has designated the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary as a “red zone”, meaning he will not allow new any mining licences to be issued for the area, and would not allow the expansion of existing operations. ...
Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-no-more-mining-licences-in-prey-lang-sanctuary
Village ends logging, plants crops
In Trapaing Chor commune’s Sre Kin village, located in Kampong Speu province’s Oral district, certain community members have transitioned away from forest-related activities such as logging and wildlife hunting. Instead, they have embraced a new approach by forming a rotating cropping community. ...
Kim Sarom
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/village-ends-logging-plants-crops
Cabinet pass draft Royal Decree on out-of-court mediation body
Prime Minister Hun Manet has approved a draft Royal Decree on the establishment, organisation and functioning of the new National Authority for Out-of-Court Mediation, one of the four agenda items passed during an October 27 Cabinet meeting. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cabinet-pass-draft-royal-decree-out-court-mediation-body
Cambodia marks remarkable achievement in TB control
On the occasion of World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, Prime Minister Hun Manet delivered a message celebrating Cambodia’s remarkable strides in combatting the disease, as the country marks a 45% reduction in both deaths and new infections. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501461734/cambodia-marks-remarkable-achievement-in-tb-control/
MPTC to hold digital government forum 2024 next month
The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (MPTC) is organizing the “Digital Government Forum 2024” on March 11-13, 2024 at the Koh Pich Convention and Exhibition Centre, allowing experts to discuss new trend in digital technologies and acceleration of digital transformation. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501439034/mptc-to-hold-digital-government-forum-2024-next-month/