PM donates seven month’s salary to fight COVID-19
Prime Minister Hun sen today announced he will donate seven months’ of his salary to the National Committee for Combating COVID-19. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50708368/pm-donates-seven-months-salary-to-fight-covid-19/
Sihanoukville’s $294m road revamp nearly finished
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport announced today the 90-percent completion of the rehabilitation of more than 30 roads in Preah sihanouk in a bid to improve road access and strengthen tourism in the province. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50723961/sihanoukvilles-294m-road-revamp-nearly-finished/
Interpol joins hunt for general wanted over tycoon’s murder
Interior Ministry officials said Tuesday that Thong sarath, a senior military officer wanted for coordinating the murder of a prominent businessman in Phnom Penh last month, has likely fled the country, leading police to call on Interpol to help track him down. Chhay sinarith, director ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara and Alex Consiglio
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/interpol-joins-hunt-for-general-wanted-over-tycoons-murder-73922/
Cambodia’s garment, footwear sectors propose EU postpone EBA withdrawal
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC), the Cambodia Footwear Association (CFA) and the European Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia (EuroCham) on June 2 requested the European Commission to postpone its withdrawal of the ‘Everything But Arms’ (EBA) preferential trade scheme for 12 months so ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50730205/cambodias-garment-footwear-sectors-propose-eu-postpone-eba-withdrawal/
Call for more power investments to meet province’s demand
Banteay Meanchey administration said the province boasts potential investment activities which need more power to meet local demand as it aims to reduce the energy imports from its neighbour Thailand in the northwest. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50730649/call-for-more-power-investments-to-meet-provinces-demand/
Kingdom to export fresh food to S. Korea by end of June
Hyundai Agro (Cambodia) will export fresh vegetables and other fresh ingredient from Cambodia to south Korea by the end of June this year, its managing director said. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50720708/kingdom-to-export-fresh-food-to-s-korea-by-end-of-june/
‘Reuse-ful’ ways to solve Cambodia’s waste problem
In 2018, Khmer Times reported a 10 percent increase per year in waste generated by the Kingdom. In 2019, Phnom Penh alone generated up to 3,000 tonnes of waste daily – with Cambodia as a whole producing over 10,000 tonnes – the equivalent to 3.6 million ss='cambodia-color'>...
Tom Starkey
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50739896/reuse-ful-ways-to-solve-cambodias-waste-problem/
Cambodia-U.S. trade reaches $2.8 billion in first half
Cambodia-U.S. bilateral trade waS valued at $2.89 billion in the firSt half of thiS year, up 15.8 percent compared to the Same period laSt year. FigureS from the U.S. StatiSticS Bureau Showed that Cambodia exported 2.75 billion worth of goodS to the world&rSquo;S largeSt economy, SS='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vannak/AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50752720/cambodia-u-s-trade-reaches-2-8-billion-in-first-half/
The EU’s tax free status partially withdrawn
THE Kingdom’s annual $7 billion garment and textile sector will see the partial loss of a preferential zero-tax trade deal provided by the European Union (EU) from today as the Cambodia-China free-trade agreement (FTA) is on its way for final signing. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50753939/the-eus-tax-free-status-partially-withdrawn/
Kingdom’s oil dreams live on even after driller files for liquidation
KrisEnergy Ltd, the operator of the Apsara oil field development offshore Cambodia, has confirmed that all operations of its subsidiary in Cambodia, KrisEnergy (Cambodia) Ltd, will continue as normal, despite its parent company filing for liquidation on June 4, according to a senior official of ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdoms-oil-dreams-live-even-after-driller-files-liquidation
Cambodia has proposed that Russian energy investors tap nation’s oil
Cambodia is turning to Russian investors after singapore’s KrisEnergy abandoned the only operational offshore oil block in the Kingdom’s waters. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50907951/cambodia-has-proposed-that-russian-energy-investors-tap-nations-oil/
Investing wisely in the securities market using Buffett’s time-tested techniques
Investing in the stock exchange can be a successful way of making money, whether as a source of additional cash to supplement income, generating “passive income” or even in achieving “financial freedom”. ss='cambodia-color'>...
China’s Foreign Minister to visit Cambodia this weekend
Chinese state Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will pay an official visit to Cambodia this weekend and is expected to preside over the handover ceremony of Morodok Techo National stadium, built through a $160 million grant from the Chinese government. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50931915/chinas-foreign-minister-to-visit-cambodia-this-weekend/
Top diplomats of S. Korea, Cambodia discuss bilateral cooperation, regional issues
The top diplomats of south Korea and Cambodia held talks on Wednesday on bilateral cooperation in areas including COVID-19 responses and development assistance, and other regional issues, the foreign ministry said. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50932006/top-diplomats-of-s-korea-cambodia-discuss-bilateral-cooperation-regional-issues/
Central bank calls on IMF to support ASEAN’s recovery
The governor of the National Bank of Cambodia has called on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to continue supporting AsEAN economies, especially as they recover from the Coronavirus pandemic. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50953619/central-bank-calls-on-imf-to-support-aseans-recovery/
China-funded road connecting Cambodia’s capital to coastal province inaugurated
Cambodia on Wednesday inaugurated the China-funded expanded National Road No. 3 which links the capital Phnom Penh and the southwestern coastal province of Kampot. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501034887/china-funded-road-connecting-cambodias-capital-to-coastal-province-inaugurated/
Launching ODC’s new profile page on Foreign Investment in Cambodia
On 23 February 2022, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) launched its new profile page on Foreign Investment in Cambodia. The event was held at sunway Hotel Phnom Penh in a hybrid format, in line with prevailing public health measures. A total of 58 participants joined the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia’s rubber export slightly up in Q1 hut value drops
Cambodia exported 61,839 tons of dry rubber in the first quarter (Q1) of 2022, a slight increase of 1 percent compared to the same period last year, said a General Directorate of Rubber report on Monday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501059622/cambodias-rubber-export-slightly-up-in-q1-hut-value-drops/
Cambodia’s trade valued at over $13 billion in first quarter
The total trade volume between Cambodia and its partners reached $13.162 billion in the first quarter of this year, up 9.1 percent compared to the same period last year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501059578/cambodias-trade-valued-at-over-13-billion-in-first-quarter/
China Cambodia’s largest milled-rice buyer in 5 months with 52.69% share
China has topped the list of buyers of Cambodian milled rice for the first five months of 2022, accounting for more than half of the Kingdom’s total exports of the commodity, which has seen a nearly 22 per cent year-on-year surge overall. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/china-cambodias-largest-milled-rice-buyer-5-months-5269-share