$20M collected as deadline looms for right-hand-drive tax payments
The General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia (GDCE) has collected $19.73 million in levies on previously-untaxed right-hand-drive (RHD) vehicles in the 90 days to October 4, in Phase II of its campaign to get owners of such vehicles to comply with their tax ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/20m-collected-deadline-looms-right-hand-drive-tax-payments
Cambodia’s exports touch $20.5 billion in Jan-Nov
Cambodia’s exports topped $20.49 billion in the January-November period of this year, inched up by 1.2 percent compared to the same period last year, a General Department of Customs and Excise report said on Monday. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501405278/cambodias-exports-touch-20-5-billion-in-jan-nov/
Mystery Surrounds Ratanakkiri’s First Special Economic Zone
Construction of a special economic zone (SEZ) near the Vietnamese border in Ratanakkiri province’s eastern O’Yadaw district is on track, but who exactly will avail of the facility and its services remains a mystery—even for senior provincial officials. The latest announced venture of agro-industry land concession ...
Rights groups wary of ban on internet cafés
Rights workers cautioned yesterday that a sweeping ban on internet cafés near schools was little more than a thinly veiled act of censorship. Issued last month by the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, the circular says all internet cafés within 500 metres of a school must ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/National/rights-groups-wary-of-ban-on-internet-cafes.html
Chong villagers put festive spin on dam protest
Villagers from an ethnic minority community in Koh Kong province’s Areng Valley continued their blockade over the Khmer New Year holiday of an access road leading to the site of a proposed dam they say would destroy their way of life. Members of the ethnic ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/chong-villagers-put-festive-spin-on-dam-protest-56708/
Pursat Ford assembly plant opens
The Kingdom’s first Ford assembly plant was inaugurated on June 16 in Pursat province amid rising demand for brand-new vehicles among Cambodians. The facility is seen as a game changer for the domestic automobile industry, which could bring a wave of investors seeking to cash ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pursat-ford-assembly-plant-opens
Islands up for grabs
More than 180,000 hectares on 28 of Cambodia’s 64 islands were reclassified as state private property for 31 companies seeking land concessions between 2008 and 2010, government sub-decrees reveal. The reclassification sub-decrees, compiled by investigators at the rights group Adhoc, pave the way for firms to ...
Rosewood Seized From Hotel Truck
Forestry Administration officials have confiscated 15 cubic meters of luxury-grade wood from a truck belonging to hotel and casino magnate Try Pheap in Kompong Thom province. Soth Mary, a division director for the Forestry Administration in the province, said yesterday that his staff stopped a truck ...
Sihanoukville struggles to shake its seedy image
This tourist town counts itself among the Most Beautiful Bays in the World Club and more than 1 million tourists each year are drawn to its tropical water and sandy shore. Yet when the U.S. Embassy last month warned its citizens to avoid some beaches ...
Ouch Sony and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sihanoukville-struggles-to-shake-its-seedy-image-66108/
Mission hits back at UN criticism of Cambodia’s ‘deteriorating’ political climate
The Permanent Mission of Cambodia to the United Nations in Geneva shot back at the UN human rights office (OHCHR) yesterday for criticising what it characterised as the Kingdom’s deteriorating political climate, claiming the criticism was “unverified” and “politically motivated”. // // ...
Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mission-hits-back-un-criticism-cambodias-deteriorating-political-climate
Cambodia Daily calls government action ‘assault’ on the press
The Cambodia Daily yesterday said it was under “siege” and continued to call the government’s targeting of the newspaper an attack on press freedom, as five radio station owners that had been ordered to shut stop attempted to resume their services. // // ...
Ananth Baliga and Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-daily-calls-government-action-assault-press
World Bank approves $20M to fight virus in Kingdom
The World Bank has approved $20 million for Cambodia’s Covid-19 response and its strategic plan to combat the virus. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/world-bank-approves-20m-fight-virus-kingdom
Conservationist receives $20K grant for wildlife and land preservation efforts
The Ministry of Environment last week granted $20,000 to American conservationist Ben Davis to aid in his efforts to protect and preserve natural resources in Preah Vihear province’s Phnom Thnout-Phnom Pok Wildlife Sanctuary. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50709974/conservationist-receives-20k-grant-for-wildlife-and-land-preservation-efforts/
First COVID-19 death in Cambodia after Feb 20 incident
The Ministry of Health announced that a 50-year-old Cambodian man died of COVID-19 yesterday, as a result of the February 20 Community Incident, marking Cambodia’s first recorded death. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50823890/first-covid-19-death-in-cambodia-after-feb-20-incident/
Royal Government committed to securing 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines
The Royal Government of Cambodia is committed to find 20 million doses of vaccines against COVID-19 for 10 million Cambodian people, Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday . ...
Khmer Time Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50809612/royal-government-committed-to-securing-20-million-doses-of-covid-19-vaccines/
Birdlife frees 20 water pools in Siem Pang Wildlife Sanctuary
BirdLife International Cambodia Programme yesterday said that it has freed 20 water pools in Siem Pang Wildlife Sanctuary in Stung Treng province in the first four months of this year to improve water sources and habitats for wildlife. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50863162/birdlife-frees-20-water-pools-in-siem-pang-wildlife-sanctuary/
Cambodia: Floods affect over 20,000 households in 19 localities
Heavy rains and high water levels on the Mekong River for over the past month has affected more than 20,000 households, causing four deaths and damage to tens of thousands of hectares of agricultural production and numerous infrastructure facilities across 19 out of 25 provinces ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501354049/cambodia-floods-affect-over-20000-households-in-19-localities/
National Career and Productivity Fair 2023 to offer over 20,000 vacancies
The National Career and Productivity Fair 2023, scheduled for Nov. 10 and 11, will offer more than 20,000 vacancies for potential young people and interested workers. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501379769/national-career-and-productivity-fair-2023-to-offer-over-20000-vacancies/
Floods affected 20 cities, and provinces in Cambodia, killing 6
Mekong River overflowing and flash floods have affected different areas in 20 cities and provinces across Cambodia, leaving at least six people dead so far, the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) spokesperson said on Friday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501379737/floods-affected-20-cities-and-provinces-in-cambodia-killing-6/
20,000 youth to receive training as the Kingdom raises skilled HR
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training announced that nearly 20,000 young people from disadvantaged households registered for and received vocational training in the 45 days between November 15 and December 30. ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/20-000-youth-to-receive-training-as-the-kingdom-raises-skilled-hr