Ministry: New measures to help SMEs
To solve the current issues faced by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Kingdom, the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) has issued two main measures. Secretary of State at the MEF and Secretary-General of the Committee on Economic and Financial Policy Phan Phalla ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50744867/ministry-new-measures-to-help-smes/
Coal: A burning question
Cambodia and other Asean member states have discussed the future of the coal mining business for the power sector in the region, according to the Cambodia Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME). The Ministry said the discussion was made at the Asean Coal Business Roundtable ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50743466/coal-a-burning-question/
Announcement on the access to information and dissemination of information in restricted zones
On 04 May, 2021, the Ministry of Information has posted an announcement on the access to information and dissemination of information in restricted area during the COVD-19 pandemic. The announcement stated that all media and journalists can no longer broadcast news from inside the restricted ...
Ministry of Information
Cambodia pledges cooperation in push for inclusive cyberspace
Minister of Post and Telecommunications Chea Vandeth said Cambodia is ready to join with ASEAN member states toward a safe and inclusive cyberspace. Vandeth made the remarks while attending the 6th ASEAN Ministerial Conference on Cybersecurity (AMCC) and Singapore International Cyber Week 2021 (SICW) held ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-pledges-cooperation-push-inclusive-cyberspace
Hun Sen mulls Myanmar trip to find crisis solution
Prime Minister Hun Sen said there was a strong possibility that he would travel to Myanmar to meet with Min Aung Hlaing, chairman of the ruling State Administration Council (SAC), in Naypyidaw to find a solution to the country’s ongoing crisis so that it could ...
Post Staff |
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/hun-sen-mulls-myanmar-trip-find-crisis-solution
Tourism intervention package gets traction amid recovery
Seven months after the announcement of the $150 million co-financial intervention package, only $41.52 million has been released to the businesses affected by the Covid-19 pandemic by the state-owned Small and Medium Enterprise Bank of Cambodia Plc (SME Bank) and other participating financial institutions, according ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501216262/tourism-intervention-package-gets-traction-amid-recovery/
World Wetlands Day marked with calls to action
The Ministry of Environment and several institutions marked February 2, World Wetlands Day with an event that increased public awareness of the value and the role of wetlands and their current conditions. Presiding over the event in Battambang province, environment ministry secretary of state Srun ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/world-wetlands-day-marked-calls-action
‘Masterminds’ behind Preah Sihanouk landgrabbing come forward
After Prime Minister Hun Sen told the ringleaders who incited people to encroach on state land in Preah Sihanouk province to come forward, three men came forward to admit their guilt. The trio attempted to portray themselves as victims in a land dispute protest and ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/masterminds-behind-preah-sihanouk-landgrabbing-come-forward
Orkide director gets 67 hectares on Boeng Tamok
A business associate of the prime minister’s daughter has received 67 hectares from the state on the rapidly filling Boeng Tamok lake in Phnom Penh. Boeng Tamok, one of the city’s last lakes, has been doled out to tycoons and officials’ family members in recent years, ...
Mech Dara
https://vodenglish.news/orkide-director-gets-67-hectares-on-boeng-tamok/
Royal Government will sharpen political programs to benefit the people, says PM
The Prime Minister of Cambodia, Dr. Hun Manet, stated that the Royal Government of the seventh mandate will sharpen its political program to benefit the people. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501362869/royal-government-will-sharpen-political-programs-to-benefit-the-people-says-pm/
Australia announces more support for Cambodia’s health sector
Australia has launched a new project, reaffirming its ongoing to support for Cambodia’s health sector. The launch of the second phase of Health Equity and Quality Improvement (HEQIP-2) project in Phnom Penh was presided over by Mam Bunheng, Minister of Health, Hem Vanndy, Secretary of ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501175882/australia-announces-more-support-for-cambodias-health-sector/
Cambodia and Romania appreciate good bilateral cooperation
Cambodia and Romania have spoken highly of their bilateral relations and cooperation. The appreciation was made in a courtesy meeting here on Monday between Ouch Borith, Minister Attached to the Prime Minister and Standing Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501175861/cambodia-and-romania-appreciate-good-bilateral-cooperation/
ADB mandate inked for 2GW of solar
The state-owned power utility is set to undertake a nationwide study on ways to harness an additional 2GW capacity of solar energy proposed by a regional lender, in a pilot project expected to spur up to $100 million in investments that aims to illustrate how ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/adb-mandate-inked-2gw-solar
Peaceful drills: China-Cambodia military exercises ‘not aimed at confrontation’
China’s Ambassador to Cambodia has categorically stated that military cooperation between his country and Cambodia is not for the purpose of confrontation with any country. The remarks were made by Ambassador Wang Wentian on Wednesday, at a media briefing at the embassy to introduce the ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/1240197/peaceful-drills-china-cambodia-military-exercises-not-aimed-at-confrontation/
Press statement by Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller on national election in Cambodia
On 24 July 2023, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh issued a press statement by Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller on national election in Cambodia.The United states looks forward to a continued partnership with the Cambodian people to support their aspirations for a more prosperous, democratic, and ...
U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh
Cambodian ruling party faces test over next 5 years
Cambodian political analysts said Prime Minister Hun Sen needs to make “serious and deep reforms” over the next five years to restore his popularity after his party survived with a slim majority in July’s disputed general election. Sok Touch, deputy director of the Royal Academy ...
Global Times
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/829846.shtml#.Up_bWNIW2ls
Reforestry Claim ‘A Stretch’
The government reforested 80,693 hectares of land between 2008 and 2012 as part of its efforts to combat deforestation, a recent agriculture ministry report says, but these seemingly impressive statistics were reached by counting rubber trees and other agricultural crops as adequate replacements for forests. The ...
May Titthara and Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/reforestry-claim-%E2%80%98-stretch%E2%80%99
Cambodia and N-Korea Update Trade Ties
Ouch Borith, Secretary of State for Cambodia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and Ri Myong San, Trade Vice-Minister of DPRK, signed an agreement where Cambodia and North Korea agreed to expand bilateral trade, technology, agriculture, industry, investment and the health sector on July ...
Cashew Prices Down 40% as Demand sinks
New limitations on Vietnamese exports of processed cashews and slowing demand on the international markets is expected to decrease the price of raw cashews by roughly 40 percent this year, sparking concerns among Cambodian farmers, who are now midway through the harvest season, traders and ...