B’bang fisheries crimes total 38 cases Jan-Mar
Battambang provincial Fisheries Administration apprehended perpetrators of 38 fishery crimes and confiscated fishing nets spanning a total of 18,560m in the first quarter of this year, according to a new report. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bbang-fisheries-crimes-total-38-cases-jan-mar
Cambodia’s increasing business registration reflects economic recovery
The Ministry of Commerce registered 10,701 new companies and enterprises in 2022, up 40 percent from 2021, reflecting Cambodia’s post pandemic economic recovery, said a report of the Ministry of Commerce released earlier this week. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501231414/cambodias-increasing-business-registration-reflects-economic-recovery/
ADB loan for TVET to boost skilled workforce in Cambodia
Cambodia will benefit through reforms and investments in technical and vocational education and training (TVET) combined with private sector participation with a new $100 million loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501335348/adb-loan-for-tvet-to-boost-skilled-workforce-in-cambodia/
Pension fund workshops reach over three-quarters of a million workers
As of August 20, a total of 1,600 workshops had been held to explain the new pension scheme for the private sector, according to a top National Social Security Fund (NSSF) official. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pension-fund-workshops-reach-over-three-quarters-million-workers
Pailin province to buy crops from local farms
Pailin provincial governor Ban Sreymom has unveiled a new initiative to purchase agricultural products from smallholding farmers, with the aim of boosting local produce and promoting organic farming. ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pailin-province-buy-crops-local-farms
Australia pledges support to Cambodia’s agri-food SMEs
Australia and Cambodia on Friday joined together to launch a Food Innovation Partnership to support Cambodia’s agri-food small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing new products, meeting food safety standards, and improving their market reach. ...
Yatt Malai
https://kiripost.com/stories/australia-pledges-support-to-cambodias-agri-food-smes
NatureLife fund K Thom evidence warehouse
NatureLife Cambodia, a conservation NGO, has aided in the creation of a new storage facility near the environmental sub-office in Peam Bang commune’s Balot village of Kampong Thom province’s Stong district. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/naturelife-fund-k-thom-evidence-warehouse
COVID-19 pandemic not to affect ASEAN Summit and national development
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday morning said that even though Covid-19 new cases are still found in Cambodia, the pandemic will neither affect the ASEAN Summit in November nor the national development. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501167092/covid-19-pandemic-not-to-affect-asean-summit-and-national-development/
Cambodia, Vietnam firm on $10 billion trade target
Cambodia and Vietnam continue to march towards the goal of achieving the $10 billion-plus bilateral trade volume this year and taking the economic partnership to a new high. The commitment reflects in the bilateral interactions too. ...
Prakash Jha
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501188711/cambodia-vietnam-firm-on-10-billion-trade-target/
Ministry to 'seek justice' for officials indicted in US for 'monkey smuggling'
The Cambodian government and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said they will make the “utmost effort” to seek justice for a Cambodian official arrested in John F Kennedy International Airport in New York for allegedly conspiring to smuggle crab-eating macaque monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-seek-justice-officials-indicted-us-monkey-smuggling
NEC updates voter list for National Election
After updating the voter list for the 2023 National Election, the National Election Committee (NEC) has erased 104,956 names from the 2022 voter list, while new registrations on the list are estimated at 409,056 ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501161091/nec-updates-voter-list-for-national-election/
Border provinces all on alert with Monkeypox in Thailand, Vietnam
Health departments and authorities in the provinces bordering Thailand and Vietnam are reminding people to remain vigilant and protect themselves from monkeypox, as the two neighbouring countries announced the discovery of new cases. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/border-provinces-all-alert-monkeypox-thailand-vietnam
Tax Law slated to be passed by end of year
A new law on taxation that has been in draft for seven years is expected to be approved by parliament at the end of the year as part of efforts to bolster the government’s tax collection process. ...
Prak Chan Thul
https://kiripost.com/stories/tax-law-slated-to-be-passed-by-end-of-year
Bridge inspect tech deployed
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport provided new laboratory equipment to the provincial administrations of Siem Reap, Pursat, Kratie and Preah Sihanouk for for detailed analysis of rocks and soil ahead of construction projects. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bridge-inspect-tech-deployed
ASEAN majority want end to coal
A survey has revealed that more than half of respondents want ASEAN countries to stop building new coal plants immediately, while almost two-thirds want their countries to phase out coal consumption either immediately or by 2030. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/asean-majority-want-end-coal
Japan donates 10 rubbish trucks to ministry for use in 11 towns, districts
The government of Japan has donated 10 new bin lorries to the Ministry of Environment, which has added an additional five trucks. The fifteen sanitation support vehicles will be distributed to several provinces in order to expand waste collection services. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-donates-10-rubbish-trucks-ministry-use-11-towns-districts
Infrastructure work underway for displaced Angkor park residents
A working group from the Ministry of Environment and the APSARA National Authority (ANA) has prepared 95ha of land in the new Run Ta Ek village for development, as nearly 1,000 families prepare to relocate from the Angkor Archaeological Park. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/infrastructure-work-underway-displaced-angkor-park-residents
Ministry contest encourages women to get involved in digital skills, tech
Minister of Post and Telecommunications Chea Vandeth encouraged female students to join a new digital competition. The format features training, a digital bootcamp and a pitch contest for each team’s finished product. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-contest-encourages-women-get-involved-digital-skills-tech
Sihanoukville selected to transform into smart city
Sihanoukville has been selected as one city of three spots regionwide to take part in the Smart Cities Innovation Lab initiative to transform into a smart city, with a call for startups to implement new solutions. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-sihanoukville-selected-to-transform-into-smart-city
Cambodia, Oz roll out Champei Sar 70 rice
After nearly a decade of research and development, Cambodia and Australia on April 5 jointly announced the official launch of a new fragrant rice variety named Champei Sar 70 (CPS 70) to mark the 70th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two nations. ...
Rann Reuy
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-oz-roll-out-champei-sar-70-rice
