China emerges as biggest importer of Cambodia’s agri products
China has emerged as the world’s biggest importer of Cambodian milled rice, now accounting for more than half the market share – versus just 3% a decade ago – and is expected to further strengthen its dominance going forward. Insiders point out that traders who ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501307093/china-emerges-as-biggest-importer-of-cambodias-agri-products/
Japan’s JICA, innovation ministry applaud water management law
The Ministry of Industry, science, Technology and Innovation and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) commended the government for enacting the new Law on Clean Water Management, saying it will improve transparency and equity in the provision of water supply services. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sem Pisey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japans-jica-innovation-ministry-applaud-water-management-law
Cambodia’s Hun Sen outlines new strategies for agriculture development
Cambodia’s Prime Minister, Hun sen, has outlined the government’s new strategies for the development of the agriculture sector to create the fifth economic pole in the northeast part of the country ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501264939/cambodias-hun-sen-outlines-new-strategies-for-agriculture-development/
China’s Hainan promotes free trade port in Cambodia
South China&rSquo;S Hainan Province on WedneSday held a forum here to promote the Hainan Free Trade Port to Cambodian officialS, entrepreneurS and exporterS. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501243983/chinas-hainan-promotes-free-trade-port-in-cambodia/
Cambodia’s manufacturing output reaches $15 billion in 2022
Cambodia’s manufacturing output hit $15.8 billion in 2022, a remarkable increase of 83 percent year on year, the Ministry of Industry, science, Technology and Innovation (MIsTI)’s report showed on Tuesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501247369/cambodias-manufacturing-output-reaches-15-billion-in-2022/
Vietnamese Dak Nong and Cambodia’s Mondulkiri Provinces foster friendship
The delegation of the Vietnam – Cambodia Friendship Association of Dak Nong province recently had a business trip to Mondulkiri province. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501390521/vietnamese-dak-nong-and-cambodias-mondulkiri-provinces-foster-friendship/
Cambodia’s rising elderly population needs more priority policies
An estimated 225 representatives from organizations representing more than 30,000 older people from 25 capital and provinces, participated in the third “National Older People Forum” themed “Older People and supporting Policies”, in Battambang City Hall on Oct 27. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Yatt Malai
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodias-rising-elderly-population-needs-more-priority-policies
Kampong Speu, Cambodia’s 13th province to be free of landmines
Cambodia Mine Action Authority (CMAA) has declared Kampong speu a landmine-free province on October 30 with a celebration marked by the inauguration of an administrative building by Prime Minister Hun Manet. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Rov Hongseng
https://kiripost.com/stories/kampong-speu-cambodia-13th-province-to-be-free-of-landmines
Cambodia’s education and sports development regionally recognized
ASEAN haS appreciated Cambodia&rSquo;S rapid development in the education and SportS SectorS. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501445590/cambodias-education-and-sports-development-regionally-recognized/
Microfinance formed over 30% of Cambodia’s 2022 GDP
Microfinance has grown exponentially in Cambodia and is not as stressed as reported by the international media, according to a study by research firm M-CRIL in partnership with the Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA). A sector which had only 50,000 clients in 1995, now services 2.1 ss='cambodia-color'>...
Rachel.David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501429233/microfinance-formed-over-30-of-cambodias-2022-gdp/
NBC, ministry join hands for women’s financial upliftment
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) signed a key agreement with the Ministry of Women’s Affairs on Monday in Phnom Penh for the upliftment of women in financial matters. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Jigmee Palden Pazo
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501496418/nbc-ministry-join-hands-for-womens-financial-upliftment/
Kingdom’s food delivery business to net $170M
The food delivery business in Cambodia that got its momentum during the Covid-19 lockdowns is expected to make further strides and net a revenue of $170.2 million by the end of the current year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Jigmee Palden Pazo
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501493191/kingdoms-food-delivery-business-to-net-170m/
Civil society continues to remember Kem Ley’s heroism eight years after his murder
On the eighth anniversary of Kem Ley’s murder in 2016, civil society groups and youth activists gathered at the Caltex petrol station near the Bokor traffic lights, where he was shot dead. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phon Sothyroth
https://cambojanews.com/civil-society-continues-to-remember-kem-leys-heroism-eight-years-after-his-murder/
Statement of Textile Apparel Footwear and Travel goods Association in Cambodia (TAFTAC) on CENTRAL’s report and Clean Clothes Campaign’s statement
On 24 June 2024, the Textile Apparel Footwear and Travel goods Association in Cambodia (TAFTAC) issued a statement on CENTRAL’s report and Clean Clothes Campaign’s statement on their official social media site. According to the statement, TACTAC is shocked and disappointed at the bias and subjective ss='cambodia-color'>...
Textile Apparel Footwear and Travel goods Association in Cambodia
The 17th Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
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The 17th Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was hosted by the Government of Ethiopia with the support of UN ECA and UN DEsA and took place from 28 November to 2 December 2022 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, under the overarching theme Resilient Internet for a shared sustainable and ss='cambodia-color'>...
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “Registered indigenous communal land”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “Registered indigenous communal land” adding 2 new map features in Ratanak Kiri. This dataset contains information on the land titles of the indigenous communities registered and issued by the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and ss='cambodia-color'>...
Outcomes of the inaugural ASEAN-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit
On 21 October 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of International Cooperation posted a press release on the outcomes of the inaugural AsEAN-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit on their official website.According to the announcement, The first-ever historic summit of heads of state and government of ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Insight: Land conflict, impunity dims Cambodia's awakening
Cambodia’s transformation from war-torn basket-case to one of Asia’s most promising emerging economies is being overshadowed by a backwards lurch in human rights and land policies that critics say are entrenching poverty. ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/12/us-cambodia-protests-idUSBRE8AB17J20121112
Sihanoukville Runs Dry During Water Crisis
A water shortage in the tourist town of sihanoukville has led authorities to advise scores of businesses to dig their own wells as only 50 percent of local demand is currently being met after high temperatures dried up the water supplier’s only reservoir. On March ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sihanoukville-runs-dry-during-water-crisis-16609/
Cambodians Abroad Sent Home $256M Last Year
Cambodian migrant workers sent home $256 million last year, according to a report from a U.N. agency and the World Bank, which was released in Bangkok yesterday. The report from the bank and Rome-based International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), titled sending Money Home to Asia, ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/cambodians-abroad-sent-home-256m-last-year-25574/