Man injured in UXO explosion in Pursat province
In Pursat province, a man who was intoxicated suffered serious injuries after a cluster mine he threw into a stream exploded. ...
Som Kanika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50743995/man-injured-in-uxo-explosion-in-pursat-province/
In-principle nod given to securities companies in Kingdom
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC) on January 5 approved in principle a handful of applications for licences. In a press release on the minutes of an SECC meeting led by chairman and Minister of Economy and Finance Aun Pornmoniroth, the securities regulator ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/principle-nod-given-securities-companies-kingdom
34 roads in Preah Sihanouk to open in April
Thirty-four roads in Sihanoukville are set to open in April ahead of the Khmer New Year holiday, as provincial officials urge contracted construction firms to accelerate their work to be completed as planned. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50810348/34-roads-in-preah-sihanouk-to-open-in-april/
All-out effort led to Cambodia peace conference in Tokyo in 1990 – a look back at history
For the first time after the end of World War II, Japan took the spotlight on the international stage as a mediator by hosting talks for a third country in 1990. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50996917/all-out-effort-led-to-cambodia-peace-conference-in-tokyo-in-1990-a-look-back-at-history/
Number of factories in Kingdom rises in H1
New factories were established in Cambodia in the first half of this year despite a decrease in exports of manufacturing products due to slow demand from main markets. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501338601/number-of-factories-in-kingdom-rises-in-h1/
Kampot clocks in more than 12,000 tonnes of seafood yield in H1
Throughout the first half of 2022, fishermen across Kampot province harvested approximately more than 12,000 tonnes of freshwater and saltwater fish and crustaceans. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501114704/kampot-clocks-in-more-than-12000-tonnes-of-seafood-yield-in-h1/
DPM Prak Sokhonn: Russian Embassy confirms Lavrov’s participation in forthcoming meetings in Cambodia
The Embassy of the Russian Federation in Phnom Penh has confirmed the participation of Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister, in the 55th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (55e AMM) and Related Meetings to be hosted by Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501116163/dpm-prak-sokhonn-russian-embassy-confirms-lavrovs-participation-in-forthcoming-meetings-in-cambodia/
122 rare Royal Turtles hatch in captivity in Cambodia
Some 122 nearly extinct Royal Turtle babies hatched in an artificial sandbank at the Koh Kong Reptile Conservation Center (KKRCC) in southwest Cambodia’s Koh Kong province so far this year, said a KKRCC’s report on Tuesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501291932/122-rare-royal-turtles-hatch-in-captivity-in-cambodia/
Cambodia, the fastest growing economies in Southeast Asia, and third in Asia in 2024
Cambodia leads the growth projection in Southeast Asia in 2024, according to Seasia Stats based on Southeast Asia’s 2024 GDP growth projection from the IMF’s October 2023 Outlook and January 2024 update. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501468871/cambodia-the-fastest-growing-economies-in-southeast-asia-and-third-in-asia-in-2024/
Cambodia Accountancy Toward Global Standard
The National Accounting Council, the Kampuchea Institution of Certified Public Accountants and Auditors and Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), co-organized to launch a National Conference on “Accountancy in Cambodia-Towards Global Standards” on August 12th in Phnom Penh to reflect what is being implemented in ...
Growing Tourism – A Positive Sign: Asia and Pacific Continue as Travel Hot Spots
Asia and the Pacific continued as a hot spot for international tourism in 2012, attracting what is expected to be in excess of 350 million international visitor arrivals, expanding its collective inbound count by more than 5% and generating more than 18 million additional foreign visits, year-on-year. Within this ...
As Phnom Penh Grows, So Does Its Sewage Problem
Since 1998, Phnom Penh’s population has doubled to more than 2 million. High-rise buildings have popped up in the city’s center and housing developments have been hastily erected. Yet the city’s antiquated, decades-old drainage system has undergone little improvement in that time and experts say the ...
CIMB says Local Investors Bring More Franchises to Cambodia
The steady growth of franchises from overseas is likely to continue as young, moneyed Cambodians seize the opportunity to bring name brands into the country, a bank official said yesterday. Hoping to help its customers and others invest in franchises, Malaysia-based CIMB Bank yesterday organized ...
Some 4,000 monks, nuns and students in pagodas in PP tested for Covid-19
As of 12 noon today, the medical team took samples from some 4,000 monks and residents in 80 out of the 151 pagodas throughout Phnom Penh. ...
Mao Chanvireak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50941430/some-4000-monks-nuns-and-students-in-pagodas-in-pp-tested-for-covid-19/
Cambodia third in RCEP income gains, growth in exports, WB says
Cambodia ranked third in both real income gains and export growth among Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) members, according to the World Bank (WB). ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-third-rcep-income-gains-growth-exports-wb-says
$3.4b collected in taxes in 2022
A total of $3.4 billion was collected in taxes in 2022, marking a 23.96 percent increase from 2021. ...
Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-34b-collected-in-taxes-in-2022
Indigenous people in a village in Ratanakiri province cut down trees at risk to pay off debts
Residents of a village in O’Yadao district, Ratanakiri province, due to debt, went to cut down trees in the community, transported them across the border and sold them to Vietnam in order to repay the bank, according to village and community authorities. ...
Malaria cases in Cambodia decline by six percent in 2022
Cambodia recorded 4,042 cases of malaria in 2022, a decrease of 6 percent from 4,318 cases in 2021, a health official said on Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501214470/malaria-cases-in-cambodia-decline-by-six-percent-in-2022/
Cambodia collects nearly $6 billion in taxes in 2023
Cambodia earned $5.9 billion in revenues from all kinds of taxes in 2023, a 3.9 percent decrease compared to $6.14 billion in 2022, as per an official report released on Friday. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501442033/cambodia-collects-nearly-6-billion-in-taxes-in-2023/
Growth in vehicle sales fuelled by bank loans, dealers say
Commercial banks are providing more loans for vehicle purchases, leading to a jump in car sales this year, according to dealers. While the improved domestic economy and effects of the March disasters in Japan on its competitors had improved sales figures of Great Wall vehicles, ...
