USAID funds anti-trafficking effort
The US embassy in Cambodia announced the launch of a five-year US Agency for International Development (USAID) programme that seeks to protect vulnerable populations from human trafficking abuses. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/usaid-funds-anti-trafficking-effort
Kingdom hops on BRI digital taxation wagon
Cambodia is committed to harnessing digitalisation for better coordination in tax administration, as a jurisdiction that subscribes to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), according to a General Department of Taxation (GDT) press release issued on September 12. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-hops-bri-digital-taxation-wagon
CDC approves $3.3 billion worth of investment projects in first three quarters
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved a total of 134 investment projects with a cumulative investment value of $3.3 billion in the January-September period. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50952546/cdc-approves-3-3-billion-worth-of-investment-projects-in-first-three-quarters/
Cambodia’s garment exports up by 11.4% in Jan-Sept 2021
Cambodia exported $8.2417 billion worth garments between January and September this year—a hike of $843.4 million or 11.4 per cent over the same period last year, the general department of customs and excise said. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50960588/cambodias-garment-exports-up-by-11-4-in-jan-sept-2021/
COVAX provides refrigeration equipment to Cambodia
The COVAX Facility donated advanced refrigeration equipment to the Royal Government to boost the country’s vaccination storage capacity. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50963410/covax-provides-refrigeration-equipment-to-cambodia/
MoEYS placing strong emphasis on youth empowerment policies
The Kingdom of Cambodia regards youth as a key resource and the most valuable asset for economic, social, cultural and environmental development, as well as for the maintenance of peace in the present and the future. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/moeys-placing-strong-emphasis-youth-empowerment-policies
Revisions to insurance draft sub-decree get in-principle nod
The Ministry of Economy and Finance has approved in-principle revisions to a draft sub-decree on insurance, as the industry continues its current growth trajectory and attracts new investors each year. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/revisions-insurance-draft-sub-decree-get-principle-nod
$550M of investment projects get CDC nod
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved final registration certificates for 15 projects with capital investment of nearly $550 million in the first two weeks of this month, which could reportedly generate 13,952 new jobs in fields such as car assembly, power ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/550m-investment-projects-get-cdc-nod
Customs excise revenue hits $2.065 billion as revenue trend recovers
The General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia has collected $2.065 billion for the national budget in the first 11 months of this year. This was confirmed by Kun Nhim, Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister and Director General of Customs and Excise of ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50989989/customs-excise-revenue-hits-2-065-billion-as-revenue-trend-recovers/
Cambodia, Shanghai bourses strike key MoU
The Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) and Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) are joining forces to explore cooperation on information sharing, personnel exchanges, and joint research for financial product development. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-shanghai-bourses-strike-key-mou
EU pledges new grant framework to support Cambodia’s priorities
The European Union has pledged to continue supporting the public financial management reform programme under the new grant framework agreement between the Royal Government of Cambodia and the EU. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50980286/eu-pledges-new-grant-framework-to-support-cambodias-priorities/
Cambodia approves nine new investment projects with a capital of more than $43 million
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) on January 12, 2022 announced nine new investment projects that have been approved. The nine investment projects have a capital of more than $43 million and can create jobs for more than 10,000 people. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501006166/cambodia-approves-nine-new-investment-projects-with-a-capital-of-more-than-43-million/
Firm dips into marine fish farming on pair of Preah Sihanouk islands
Jin Yu Tang (Cambodia) Fishery Co Ltd plans to splash out an unspecified amount on “marine fish aquaculture in submerged cages”, on Preah Sihanouk province’s Koh Dek Koul and Koh Thas islands, according to Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon on January 11. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/firm-dips-marine-fish-farming-pair-preah-sihanouk-islands
ASEAN sec-gen to coordinate meeting of bloc defence chiefs
The Ministry of National Defence affirmed that ASEAN secretary-general Lim Jock Hoi was committed to working with the ministry and coordinating with all ASEAN partner countries to assist Cambodia in the successful organisation of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) and related meetings. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/asean-sec-gen-coordinate-meeting-bloc-defence-chiefs
GDT to declutter complex tax laws; to make it simple, orderly
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) is drafting the law on tax aimed to compile a number of confusing tax laws and regulations and respond to the international practice of integrating Cambodia’s economy in the region. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501007943/gdt-to-declutter-complex-tax-laws-to-make-it-simple-orderly/
Techo Sen road repair course starts
The Techo Sen Institute of Public Works and Transport (TSI) announced the launch of a capacity building project on road maintenance methods to improve sustainable infrastructure in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, with the expectation that the project will provide an opportunity for the three countries ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/techo-sen-road-repair-course-starts
Kingdom, E Timor plan to forge ties
The enactment of the new investment law, along with the success of the Covid-19 vaccination campaign, is creating an ever-growing pool of rewarding investment opportunities in the Kingdom, according to Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) secretary-general Sok Chenda Sophea. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-e-timor-plan-forge-ties
$2.3B of projects greenlit in January
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved final registration certificates for 25 projects in the first month of 2022, with total registered capital of nearly $2.3 billion and expected to create 23,175 jobs. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/23b-projects-greenlit-january
Japan provides $220,000 in financial assistance to ECCC
The Government of Japan on February 4 disbursed an amount of $220,000 as its contribution to the United Nations component of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)’s budget. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501020562/japan-provides-220000-in-financial-assistance-to-eccc/
Sokhonn seeks to meet all sides on visit to Myanmar
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn, who has been appointed as ASEAN Special Envoy on Myanmar, has announced plans for an official visit to the beleaguered nation in March, expressing his intention to meet all “relevant” sides that Naypyidaw will permit. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/sokhonn-seeks-meet-all-sides-visit-myanmar
