Plans for new airport in Koh Kong province unveiled
Plans for a new airport investment have been unveiled in Koh Kong province, southwest of Phnom Penh. The district currently has two airports – one under construction and another which has been abandoned for years. The government agreed to the investment for the new airport ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50679398/plans-for-new-airport-in-koh-kong-province-unveiled
Ministries to establish more medical facilities in Kingdom
The ministries of Health and Interior have plans in the works to establish nearly 30 new medical facilities in underserved provinces, including health centres, health posts and referral hospitals. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministries-establish-more-medical-facilities-kingdom
Labour law delayed after protests
The government has agreed to delay the passage of a controversial law governing the trade union sector, announcing it would set up a national workshop to work out the legislation’s thornier clauses on December 15. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/labour-law-delayed-after-protests
Controversial study says violence works
Indigenous peoples fighting economic land concessions (ELCs) in Cambodia are more likely to get results with violent protest than lodging their complaints through legitimate channels, a controversial study published this month argues. ...
Jack Davies
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/controversial-study-says-violence-works
New Phnom Penh land master plan passed
The Council of Ministers yesterday approved a sweeping new master plan for managing urban development in Phnom Penh over the next 20 years, according to a statement from the cabinet, although it was scant on specifics. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-phnom-penh-land-master-plan-passed-102872/
Telecoms ministry promises punishment for non-registration of phone users
The government has pledged to punish mobile telephone operators that do not register the identities of their users—or fail to shut down anonymous numbers—by the middle of the month, threatening fines or suspensions for non-complying companies. ...
Khy Sovuthy and Aisha Down
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/telecoms-ministry-promises-punishment-non-registration-phone-users-120046/
One dead, 27 collapse at factory in Dangkor
In the country’s latest mass fainting episode, one garment worker died after inhaling what authorities suspect to have been toxic fumes and 27 others collapsed at the Taiwanese-owned Accasette Garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Dangkor district on Wednesday. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/one-dead-27-collapse-factory-dangkor
Appropriate technology is a mechanism to promote nationally appropriate actions for greenhouse gas emission reduction
Phnom Penh – 21 March 2014, a workshop on Energy and Environment Technology: Capacity-Building Cooperation for the Development of NAMA in a MRV manner was organized by the Climate Change Department of the Ministry of Environment (CCD) in cooperation with the Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, ...
Ministry of Environment
$3 million MoU signed for children’s welfare
The Ministry of Social Affairs has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with seven civil society organisations worth more than $3 million to promote social welfare and child development in Cambodia. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50767091/3-million-mou-signed-for-childrens-welfare/
Trade chambers ask GDT to delay income-tax date
Nine international business chambers have called on the General Department of Taxation (GDT) to extend the deadline for filing tax on income for fiscal year 2020 past March 31 in light of economic pressure caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/trade-chambers-ask-gdt-delay-income-tax-date
Cambodia has close to $21 billion in international reserves, securing macroeconomic stability
Cambodia’s international reserves remain as high as $20.8 billion, while the banking sector stays healthy amid the threat of COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50903507/cambodia-has-close-to-21-billion-in-international-reserves-securing-macroeconomic-stability/
Cambodia home to 849 species of moth
Cambodia is home to 849 species of moth, pointed out the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in a Facebook post today on the occasion of the National Moth Week which started on July 17. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50898002/cambodia-home-to-849-species-of-moth/
Families affected by land dispute with Defense Ministry still wait for compensation
Hundreds of families affected by a land dispute with the Ministry of Defense in Kandal province, are still waiting for compensation and a resolution six weeks after violence broke out. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://cambojanews.com/families-affected-by-land-dispute-with-defense-ministry-still-wait-for-compensation/
Engineering Export Promotion Council of Indian (EEPC) is organizing “Builder Hardware Expo" in the virtual format
On 22 September 2021, the Ministry of Commerce issued a press release on Engineering Export Promotion Council of Indian (EEPC) is organizing “Builder Hardware Expo” in the virtual format.Engineering Export Promotion Council of Indian (EEPC) is organizing “Builder Hardware Expo” from 05th -08th October, 2021 ...
Ministry of Commerce
Prime Minister Hun Sen pushes GMS to invest in digital base
Prime Minister Hun Sen urged all countries in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) to push for the development of digital infrastructure in order to make the economies of the region more competitive globally. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-pushes-gms-invest-digital-base
Over $2.1 billion collected as tax revenue in first nine months
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) collected some 8,549 billion Riel (approximately $2,111 million) as tax revenue in the first nine months of this year, representing 94.12 percent of the yearly plan. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50954524/over-2-1-billion-collected-as-tax-revenue-in-first-nine-months/
Meeting of the National Steering Committee of Regional Economic Development Program IV (RED IV) and Improved Competitiveness of National Enterprises (ICONE)
On 4 May 2022, the Council for the Development of Cambodia issued a press release on the meeting of the National Steering Committee of Regional Economic Development Program IV (RED IV) and Improved Competitiveness of National Enterprises (ICONE). His Excellency Chhieng Yanara chaired a meeting ...
Council for the Development of Cambodia
Jan-Nov mango exports dip 30% to 170K tonnes
Cambodia exported 169,658 tonnes of fresh and dried mangoes in the first 11 months of 2022, down 30.28 per cent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/jan-nov-mango-exports-dip-30-170k-tonnes
GDT intends to simplify tax payments for all businesses
Cambodian taxes can currently be paid at 10 commercial banks, thanks to memorandums of understanding (MoU) signed by the Ministry of Economy and Finance in a bid to improve tax administration efficiency and make life easier for taxpayers, according to a General Department of Taxation ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gdt-intends-simplify-tax-payments-all-businesses
Cambodia, India ink MoU to bring tigers back to Kingdom's forests
Cambodia and India have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in biodiversity conservation and sustainable wildlife management strategies for the rehabilitation of tigers and their habitats in Cambodia. ...
Yuth Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-india-ink-mou-bring-tigers-back-kingdoms-forests