Insurance revenues to rise 20% for the year
Premium revenues across Cambodia’s insurance industry are expected to increase 20 per cent year-on-year in 2011, Mey Vann, director of the Department of Industry and Finance at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, predicted yesterday. the Kingdom’s six insurance firms are set to accrue a total ...
Ministry collaborates for cleaner Cambodia
The Ministry of Environment and The Asia Foundation are committed to strengThening solid waste management and ensuring a clean, sanitary, and comfortable environment in Cambodia through fostering community clean-up initiatives and cooperation on solid waste management. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501365609/ministry-collaborates-for-cleaner-cambodia/
FDI inflow seen as driving economic development
A modest increase in the inflow of foreign direct investment is a sign that Cambodia remains an attractive destination to investors, and will go a long way toward the country’s development, analysts said yesterday. Total capital inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) to Cambodia amounted to ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/fdi-inflow-seen-driving-economic-development
Safety standards for high buildings questioned
While skyscrapers are ceaselessly filling up Phnom Penh’s skyline, many construction and property experts, as well as ordinary citizens, are questioning whether the government’s measures to ensure safety in high buildings within the capital go far enough. ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/amid-turmoil-eu-calls-for-review-of-aid-to-cambodia-113900/
Angkor Wat moat drying ‘could affect foundations’
A historian has raised fears that the drought currently gripping Cambodia could affect the foundations of the Kingdom’s globally renowned Angkor Wat, while the temple complex’s Apsara Authority management has said that, while it was prepared, it was not expecting such a problem. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/angkor-wat-moat-drying-could-affect-foundations
Green pagoda grows organic
The chief monk of Sirisakor Daun Sdeurng Pagoda in Senareach Udom commune of Preah Sdech district in Prey Veng province is now distributing organic vegetables at The site, which was recently ranked as The number one pagoda for environmental friendliness out of The 551 active ...
Kim Sarom
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/green-pagoda-grows-organic
Ministry rolls out new strategy to revitalize arts
The Ministry of Culture on Tuesday introduced The country’s first strategic cultural policy, an ambitious plan that includes setting up provincial cultural centers, launching arts education in schools, holding annual cultural events and promoting individual artists. Speaking to an audience that included representatives from The leading ...
Kuch Naren and Michelle Vachon
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-rolls-out-new-strategy-to-revitalize-arts-68720/
NA commission calls ministers over Bokor
The National Assembly’s Seventh Commission, which oversees tourism and culture, summoned four government ministers to answer questions yesterday regarding The development and future of Kampot province’s Bokor Mountain. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/na-commission-calls-ministers-over-bokor
VN bank named in Cambodia top five
The Bank for Investment and Development of Cambodia (BIDC), a subsidiary of The Bank for Investment and Development of Viet Nam (BIDV), has been named as one of The five biggest banks in Cambodia after three years of operation BIDC general director Nguyen Van Hien said ...
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/Economy/228887/vn-bank-named-in-cambodia-top-five.html
Minister of Commerce chairs the 2ndmeeting of the CCC and NCCP
On 24 January, 2024, ChamNimul, Minister of Commerce and the Chairperson of the Cambodian Competition Commission (CCC) chaired the 2nd Meeting of the CCC in order to review, discuss, and approve the regulations under the Law on Competitionat the Ministry of Commerce. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501428841/minister-of-commerce-chairs-the-2ndmeeting-of-the-ccc-and-nccp/
Press release on Japan to offer grant to expand water supply system
On 22 February 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on Japan to offer grant to expand water supply system.His Excellency PRAK Sokhonn and His Excellency TAKEI Shunsuke will sign the Exchange of Notes on the extension of Japanese ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Small rise in Kingdom’s February inflation
Cambodia saw a 1.7 per cent rise in inflation in February compared with the same month the previous year. Prices of food and fuel rose, according to official data from the National Institute of Statistics (NIS). “the increase for all index group of a 1.7 per ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013042365161/Business/small-rise-in-kingdom-s-february-inflation.html
Inflation rises 1.3 percent
Cambodia’s consumer price index rose by 1.3 percent in July compared to a year earlier on the back of higher food and fuel prices, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics. the increase was also due to non-alcohol beverages, clothing and footwear, housing, water, ...
‘Inadequate’ facilities may create school drop-outs
Approximately 3 million students in 12,000 state schools across the country are at risk of drop-out or under-performance as a result of inadequate basic infrastructure, according to research by a coalition of civil society groups.the warnings came following a forum convened in the capital on ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/inadequate-facilities-may-create-school-drop-outs
Program aims to boost rice resilience to climate change
As climate change increases the severity of droughts and floods across the Kingdom, a push is being made for farmers to adopt more resistant rice varieties. the Philippines-based International Rice Research Institute launched a USAID-financed project in Phnom Penh yesterday in a bid to “accelerate the ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/program-aims-boost-rice-resilience-climate-change
China to extend defence cooperation
The Chinese military will continue its joint military exercise, dubbed Golden Dragon, with The Royal Cambodian Army next year, Chinese Defence Minister General Wei Fenghe told his Cambodian counterpart yesterday. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50501958/china-to-extend-defence-cooperation/
UN-backed education policy ready for government approval
In a bid to improve the quality of vocational education in the country, the Ministry of Education and Unesco will submit a National Policy on Lifelong Learning to the Council of Ministers following multiple discussions on the matter. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50505797/un-backed-education-policy-ready-for-government-approval/
Flooded mangrove forest filled in with sand from illegal dredging
At least 2 hectares of flooded mangrove forest in Koh Kong’s Peam Krasaop Wildlife Sanctuary have been filled in with sand from illegal dredging nearby, with local authorities and an NGO yesterday claiming an unidentified “powerful” tycoon was behind the environmental crimes. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/flooded-mangrove-forest-filled-sand-illegal-dredging
S’ville set to turn into ‘second Shenzhen’
The Ministry of Economy and Finance has awarded a master plan consultancy contract to top Chinese institute for The development and transformation of Preah Sihanouk province into a “Model Multi-Purpose Special Economic Zone”, SouTheast Asia’s next logistics and resort hub and innovation centre. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sville-set-turn-second-shenzhen
Rare deer caught on film for first time in a decade
Four endangered hog deer have been recorded using camera traps for the first time in a decade in Kratie province, offering hope that the population of the species may be on the rise. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5082524/rare-deer-caught-film-first-time-decade/