Villagers Get Land Title After Torching Excavator
A land dispute between a development company and residents in Phnom Penh’s Russei Keo district boiled over late Friday night, with villagers setting fire to an excavator that they say company staff were using to raze a crematorium on the disputed plot of land. Villagers say ...
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-get-land-title-after-torching-excavator-47790/
Family and residence books put under commune control
The Ministry of Interior has announced that the authentication of residence books and family books will now fall under the purview of the commune instead of district administrations. A ministry press release entitled Transferring of the police chiefs in providing residence and family books dated ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/family-and-residence-books-put-under-commune-control
New Year sees tourism boost
Cambodia’s beaches and temples saw an increase in local and foreign tourists during the three-day Lunar New Year celebrations, according to figures released by provincial officials. Siem Reap, home to the world-renowned Angkor Archaeological Park and a major tourist destination, received around 69,200 visitors, an increase ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/new-year-sees-tourism-boost
Fake Orphanage Ordered Closed After Alleged Migrant Scam
The Ministry of Interior has suspended the operation of an orphanage after it found that its director had colluded with a recruitment agency to cheat migrant workers out of an alleged $600,000, officials said Tuesday. “The Ministry of Interior temporarily suspends all activities of Our Friends ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/fake-orphanage-ordered-closed-after-alleged-migrant-scam-51114/
Announcement on the establishment of complaints system through the website of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
On 04 September 2020, the ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has posted an announcement about the establishment of complaints system through the website of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries ...
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Rain, thunder and high winds forecast for Cambodia
The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology (MOWRAM) has warned the public of possible natural disasters, especially strong winds and high waves at coastal areas between July 19-25, 2023. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501326691/ministry-calls-for-vigilance-of-possible-natural-disasters/
Inspections over tainted milk start in markets
Government officials began inspecting markets across the country yesterday in search of baby formula containing an ingredient from New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra that could cause botulism, quality control representatives at the Ministry of Commerce said. “We informed all our officials directly to collect nationwide some ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/inspections-over-tainted-milk-start-markets
Hun Sen promises weekly garment factory visits
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced on Friday that he will make weekly visits to garment factories across the country to better understand the demands and needs of workers, in what some observers said could be an attempt to appeal to potential voters before next July’s ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-promises-weekly-garment-factory-visits
Hun Sen announces raises for teachers, nurses
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday announced a three-stage plan to raise the salaries of civil servants working under the Education and Health ministries, with the first increase to come in September. Speaking to graduating students at Beltei University in Phnom Penh, Mr. Hun Sen said that ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-announces-raises-for-teachers-nurses-67017/
Statement on key positions and inputs of the budget working group of national and international civil society organizations on the development of Macroeconomic Policy Framework and Public Financial Policy for the preparation of Draft Laws on Finance for Management 2023
On 26 July 2022, the Budget Working Group of 20 national and international civil society organizations issued a statement on key positions and inputs of the budget working group of national and international civil society organizations on the development of Macroeconomic Policy Framework and Public ...
Budget Working Group of National and International Civil Society Organizations
New airline about to take off
Cambodia Airways, a locally owned airline with $200 million paid-up capital, will launch operations in the next few weeks, operating local and international routes, particularly to destinations in China, according to a representative of the Secretariat of State Civil Aviation. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50503667/new-airline-about-to-take-off/
Cambodia, China sign MoU over trademarks
Cambodia inked a memorandum of understanding with China yesterday that aims at providing better facilities for trademark and brand registration in both countries. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-china-sign-mou-over-trademarks
Prime minister confirms construction of new airports
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday said that the kingdom will soon be serviced by two new international airports, confirming the construction of new airfields in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap. Mr Hun Sen’s announcement comes days after the Council of Ministers formally approved on Friday ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50102797/prime-minister-confirms-construction-of-new-airports/
March inflation rate rises to 4.3 percent
Although growth in Cambodia’s consumer price index (CPI) went up by 4.3 percent year-on-year in March, according to latest figures from the National Institute of Statistics, an expert maintains that the increase in cost of living will have minimal effect on the lives of Cambodians. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39611/march-inflation-rate-rises-to-4-3-percent/
Indian trade promotion office opens in Cambodia
The office of the Indian Chamber of Commerce was officially launched here Sunday to promote economic, trade and investment ties between India and Cambodia. The office is to act on behalf of Indian business organisations and individuals for business facilitation, regulatory exchange as well as to ...
Press release on the result of the Council of Ministers’ plenary session held on August 15, 2014
On August 15, 2014 at 8:30 AM a plenary session of the Council of Ministers was held at the Peace Palace under the patronage of Samdech Akeak Moha Senapedei Deikcho Hun Sen, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia in the fifth mandate to ...
Office of the Council of Ministers
CDC okays five projects to create 6,373 jobs
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) issued final registration certificates to five investment projects between April 13-17 worth more than $24 million and which are expected to generate 6,373 jobs. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cdc-okays-five-projects-create-6373-jobs
Cambodia collects close to $1.9 billion in fiscal revenue in first seven months
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) collected 7,605.46 billion Riel (approximately $1,877.89 million) as tax revenue in the first seven months of this year, a 9.6 percent increase compared to the same period last year. ...
Phal Sophanith/AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50755254/cambodia-collects-close-to-1-9-billion-in-fiscal-revenue-in-first-seven-months/
Cambodia’s population hits 15.5M: Latest census
The National Committee for the General Population Census announced on January 26 that the Cambodian population had risen to 15.5 million, an increase of 16 per cent from the 2008 census figure of 13.4 million people. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodias-population-hits-155m-latest-census
Two new investment projects approved by CDC
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has issued investment certificates to Fu Bi Xing (Cambodia) Packaging Co., Ltd and Sheng He Leisure Bag (Cambodia) Co., Ltd for the production of travel bags and goods in the Kingdom. ...
Gareth Johnson
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50864368/two-new-investment-projects-approved-by-cdc/