Joint statement of the indigenous peoples in Cambodia on input in the draft amendments Law on Protected Area and Law on Forestry
On 08 September 2022, Cambodia Indigenous Peoples Alliance (CIPA) issued a joint statement of the indigenous peoples in Cambodia on input in the draft amendments Law on Protected Area and Law on Forestry. On 15-16 August 2022, indigenous peoples held a consultative workshop to collect input ...
Cambodia Indigenous Peoples Alliance
Instructions on the termination of the provision of additional services to consumers in the form of "loan scheme"
On 22 September 2022, the Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia has posted an Instruction on the termination of the provision of additional services to consumers in the form of “loan scheme” on their official Facebook site. According to the Instruction, all mobile phone service providers in Cambodia ...
Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia
Press release of the Ministry of Interior on the 2nd meeting on the amendments to the Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations (LANGO)
On 20 October 2022, the Ministry of Interior notified local and foreign associations, non-governmental organizations, and the national and international public that the government working group on Civil Society Organization’s facilitation and requests would hold the 2nd meeting with the CSOs. The purpose of the ...
Ministry of Interior
Cambodia sees big jump in number of foreign tourists to famed Angkor
Cambodia’s famed Angkor Archaeological Park received 110,570 foreign tourists in the first eight months of 2022, up 17.6 times compared to the same period last year, said a press statement on Saturday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501144320/cambodia-sees-big-jump-in-number-of-foreign-tourists-to-famed-angkor/
Government trained over 270,000 workers in past five years
The Royal Government of Cambodia has equipped over 270,000 workers with the necessary formal skills for the job market from 2018 to 2022. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501363463/government-trained-over-270000-workers-in-past-five-years/
ADB plan aims for synergy in agro sector
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is close to finalising its five-year action plan for 2018 to 2022 that promotes agricultural-based value chains across the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), an area that includes Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar and the southern Chinese province of Yunnan, the ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/adb-plan-aims-synergy-agro-sector
Growling prowlers rumble in the jungle
The government is working in conjunction with the World Wildlife Fund on a plan to release eight tigers into the wild in Mondulkiri province by 2022. WWF-Cambodia communication manager Un Chakrey said yesterday that they are working with the ministries of environment, agriculture and tourism, among ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5074022/growling-prowlers-rumble-jungle/
$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
Japanese PM to visit Cambodia this Sunday
KISHIDA Fumio, Prime Minister of Japan, will lead a high delegation to pay an official visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia on Mar. 20-21, 2022, at the invitation of Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501043547/japanese-pm-to-visit-cambodia-this-sunday/
Young scientist programme helps promote agri-tech, innovation
Nearly 30 young scientists and entrepreneurs from lower Mekong countries such as Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam, have gathered at the 2022 Young Scientist Programme to develop solutions on STEAM education and workforce innovation. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501114683/young-scientist-programme-helps-promote-agri-tech-innovation/
Tripartite talks over minimum wage start
Tripartite discussions on the 2022 minimum wage for workers in the garment, textile and footwear sectors were set to begin on September 14. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tripartite-talks-over-minimum-wage-start
Australia pledges AUD35 million for purchase of COVID-19 vaccines for Cambodia
Cambodia and Australia have discussed the priorities on bilateral development cooperation and the progress of the Cambodia COVID-19 Development Response Plan (CDRP 2020-2022) as well as the future development initiative programmes for Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50935092/australia-pledges-aud35-for-purchase-of-covid-19-vaccines-for-cambodia/
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. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501059622/cambodias-rubber-export-slightly-up-in-q1-hut-value-drops/
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/
Cambodia exported more than $3 billion worth of agricultural products in 10 months
From January to October 2022, Cambodia saw a revenue of more than $3 billion from the exports of agricultural products, said the Ministry of Agricultural. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501205851/cambodia-exported-more-than-3-billion-worth-of-agricultural-products-in-10-months/
$1.5 billion collected as VAT till Nov 2022; June most rewarding
The Royal Government of Cambodia collected $1.5 billion in value added tax (VAT) for goods and services in the first eleven months of 2022. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501216673/1-5-billion-collected-as-vat-till-nov-2022-june-most-rewarding/
No pork imports for now, supply to last till December
There is adequate supply of pork for domestic consumption till the end of 2022, quashing the need to import from neighbouring countries, said the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/no-pork-imports-now-supply-last-till-december
Cambodia provides humanitarian aid to flood-stricken Pakistan
Cambodia, the chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for 2022, has made a contribution of $50,000 to flood-stricken Pakistan, Cambodian Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Chum Sounry said on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501145764/cambodia-provides-humanitarian-aid-to-flood-stricken-pakistan/
Cambodia records 40 landmine, ERW casualties in first eight months
Cambodia registered 40 landmine and explosive remnant of war (ERW) casualties in the first eight months of 2022, up 21 percent compared with 33 over the same period last year, according to a report released on Tuesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501146548/cambodia-records-40-landmine-erw-casualties-in-first-eight-months/
Cambodia’s famed Angkor receives 83,854 foreign visitors in seven months, up more than 13 times
Cambodia’s famed Angkor Archeological Park attracted 83,854 foreign tourists in the first seven months of 2022, up 13.5 times compared to the same period last year, said a press statement on Thursday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501126203/cambodias-famed-angkor-receives-83854-foreign-visitors-in-seven-months-up-more-than-13-times/
