UK-donated Covid-19 vaccines touch down in Phnom Penh
415,000 AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines donated by the UK Government to Cambodia landed at the Phnom Penh International Airport this afternoon. ...
Mao Chanvireak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50909430/uk-donated-covid-19-vaccines-touch-down-in-phnom-penh/
Action plan on child abuse launched
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng has urged officials to better implement preventive measures aimed at stopping online child sexual abuse and to step up daily enforcement actions against these crimes. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/action-plan-child-abuse-launched
Human traffickers use social media to lure job seekers to Cambodia
Human traffickers in Việt Nam are finding ever more inventive ways to lure potential victims overseas for exploitation. Through social media networks like Facebook or Zalo, they are offering well-paid jobs at casinos or online games in Cambodia, before springing their trap. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501004569/human-traffickers-use-social-media-to-lure-job-seekers-to-cambodia/
Cambodia’s campaign to revive pandemic-hit tourism industry sees increase in flights
A campaign named “Cambodia: Safe and Green Tourism Destination” launched last Thursday and aimed at reviving the COVID-19-hit tourism industry is seeing initial results with several airlines increasing frequencies and other mounting flights again after a two-year hiatus. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501016042/cambodias-campaign-to-revive-pandemic-hit-tourism-industry-sees-increase-in-flights/
Cambodia-EU trade up 4.6 percent to $4.98 billion last year
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and the European Union (EU) was valued at 4.5 billion euros ($4.98 billion) in 2021, up 4.6 percent from a year earlier, said a joint press release on Thursday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501039659/cambodia-eu-trade-up-4-6-percent-to-4-98-billion-last-year/
Ministry of Education signs MoU with Asia Foundation on further enhancing education sector
Minister of Education Hang Chuon Naron yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Asia Foundation president David D. Arnold on “Cooperation in the field of education” at the Ministry of Education. ...
Bonds in subregion show strength, Cambodia gains
Thong Mengdavid, a research associate of the Mekong Center for Strategic Studies at the Asian Vision Institute, a think tank in Phnom Penh, said China has committed to many regional development projects under the Belt and Road Initiative and the LMC. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501054256/bonds-in-subregion-show-strength-cambodia-gains/
M’kiri governor proposes wildlife sanctuary breeding areas, zoo
Mondulkiri provincial governor has instructed officials to rehabilitate at least 100 hectares of forest to increase wildlife numbers and establish a zoo to attract tourists. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501063701/mkiri-governor-proposes-wildlife-sanctuary-breeding-areas-zoo/
Flooding not keeping Banteay Meanchey farmers from producing rice
Farmers in Banteay Meanchey province have stepped up efforts to plant and sow rice, despite their rice being damaged by floods at the beginning of the rainy season. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/flooding-not-keeping-banteay-meanchey-farmers-producing-rice
Cambodia’s economy to grow 5.1% in 2022
Cambodian economy will grow at 5.1 percent this year and 6.2 percent in 2023, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance. ...
Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501077937/cambodias-economy-to-grow-5-1-in-2022/
NEC recruits polling station officials
The National Election Committee (NEC) has recruited 141,612 officials to work at 23,602 polling stations in the Commune Election, but will announce the final number in three days once the candidates have passed a screening test. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501082209/nec-recruits-polling-station-officials/
Cambodia’s international trade up almost 20 pct in 5 months
Cambodia’s total trade volume was valued at $22.4 billion in the first five months of 2022, up 19.7 percent from 18.7 billion dollars over the same period last year, an official report showed on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501093744/cambodias-international-trade-up-almost-20-pct-in-5-months/
Chinese doctors perform over 10,000 free cataract surgeries in Cambodia, Laos
Chinese doctors have performed a total of 10,059 surgeries at no cost to cataract patients in Cambodia and Laos, according to health authorities. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501359258/chinese-doctors-perform-over-10000-free-cataract-surgeries-in-cambodia-laos/
2022 voter verification and registration being conducted smoothly
The National Election Committee (NEC) has been conducting the verification and registration of voters for the year 2022 at the communes/Sangkat across the country. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501173604/2022-voter-verification-and-registration-being-conducted-smoothly/
Hundreds of families want land concession to offset evictions
More than 300 village residents from Koh Kong province protested at a district hall on Monday, asking for a social land concession to resolve their longstanding land conflict with a sugarcane plantation. ...
Khut Sokun
https://vodenglish.news/hundreds-of-families-want-land-concession-to-offset-evictions/
PM Hun Sen express appreciations for Cambodian National Council For Women’s achievements
Prime Minister Hun Sen presided over the annual meeting of the Cambodian National Council for Women (CNCW) held here at the Peace Palace yesterday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501243303/pm-hun-sen-express-appreciations-for-cambodian-national-council-for-womens-achievements/
More than half of Cambodia’s 2022 exports are garment, footwear and travel accessories
Garment, footwear and travel accessories accounted for more than half of Cambodia’s total exports in 2022, valued at more than $10 billion. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501232313/more-than-half-of-cambodias-2022-exports-are-garment-footwear-and-travel-accessories/
Container freight station aided by Japan opens in Cambodia’s SPSEZ
A container freight station built with aid from Japan was inaugurated recently at Cambodia’s Sihanoukville Port Special Economic Zone (SPSEZ). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501252036/container-freight-station-aided-by-japan-opens-in-cambodias-spsez/
Council of Ministers approve environment law draft update
The Council of Ministers – chaired by Prime Minister Hun Sen – approved a draft code of environment and natural resources law at its plenary session on April 28. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/council-ministers-approve-environment-law-draft-update
Cambodia’s 99.3% job rate among world’s best
Cambodia’s employment rate continued to be strong at 99.3 percent and remained one of the best in the world. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501301991/cambodias-99-3-job-rate-among-worlds-best/