PM says no tax for biz with annual income below KHR 250M
Micro enterprises with an annual turnover of less than 250 million riels will not be taxed, Prime Minister Hun Manet assured on Thursday evening during his special statement on the ‘One-Year Achievements of the Royal Government of the 7th Legislature of the National Assembly’ that ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501547280/pm-says-no-tax-for-biz-with-annual-income-below-khr-250m/
Kingdom, South Korea ink rural development MoU
Cambodia and South Korea signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation between the South Korean province of Kyungsangbukdo and the Asian Cultural Council (ACC) of Cambodia on the “New Village Movement” project on September 12. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-south-korea-ink-rural-development-mou
Luxury tourism slowly on the rise
A helicopter flight tour to Preah Vihear is just one part of the 10-day Cambodia Immersion for Millionaires Tour launched this week. The cost per person? $25,000. According to Christopher Gramsch, sales manager for organiser Khiri Travel Cambodia, there is increasing demand among high-spending travellers and ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013042565220/Business/luxury-tourism-slowly-on-the-rise.html
NEC plans to offer online registration
The National Election Committee (NEC) has a tentative plan to register political parties and candidates online next year to bolster trust in Cambodian elections and the country’s information technology system. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-plans-offer-online-registration
Cultivate ‘cooperative spirit” in money-laundering fight: Sar Kheng
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng on January 6 told working groups at relevant ministries and institutions to cultivate their “cooperative spirit” to more effectively prevent and combat money laundering and related offenses. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cultivate-cooperative-spirit-money-laundering-fight-sar-kheng
Chinese corners opened in Cambodia to boost language learning
The Confucius Institute of the Royal Academy of Cambodia on Tuesday launched Chinese Corners at the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts and the Royal University of Fine Arts. ...
Ecns.cn News Staff
http://www.ecns.cn/2015/07-15/173177.shtml
Cyber bill raises concerns
Cambodia’s highly secretive draft law on cybercrime, which has never been released publicly, seeks to criminalise online content that “slanders or undermines” government agencies, ministries or officials or affects “political cohesiveness”, a copy obtained by the Post reveals. The law, which was first announced in May ...
Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cyber-bill-raises-concerns
Cambodia’s Defense of Rights Record at UN Review Slammed
Foreign donors should push Cambodia’s government to end its human rights abuses as part of its bid to maintain political control of the nation, a rights group said Wednesday, after Phnom Penh allegedly snubbed recommendations by foreign governments to improve the country’s rights record. Representatives of ...
Joshua Lipes
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/review-07022014161641.html
Cambodia Delays US Military Aid
Cambodia postponed U.S.-backed military assistance programs immediately after the July 28 national election, officials of both countries confirmed Tuesday, in a move that analysts said reflects a strain in relations after years of strengthening military ties. The U.S. has in recent years expanded training and other ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-delays-us-military-assistance-39509/
Banking with a positive spin
A banking sector initiative launched yesterday aims to advise Cambodia’s financial sector on best practices for sustainable lending while capitalising on the growing pool of international funds that could flow into green and socially responsible projects. The Sustainable Finance Initiative will conduct two years of ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/banking-positive-spin
Ministry Cancels Telco Limits
An often flouted and publicly unpopular restriction forbidding Cambodia’s telecoms from offering lucrative mobile phone promotions was scrapped on Sunday, just two weeks after it was introduced. In a letter from the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPTC), signed by Minister So Khun, it announced a ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013050765438/Business/ministry-cancels-telco-limits.html
Gov’t orders halt to Koh Pich expansion
The owner and developer of Koh Pich in Phnom Penh has been ordered by the government to scale back its expansion of the island, according to the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology. According to a statement posted to the ministry’s website on Wednesday, the Overseas ...
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-orders-halt-to-koh-pich-expansion-60029/
Big opposition gains
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party saw its ironclad grip on the National Assembly weaken dramatically, dropping 22 seats in winning 68 of 123, with the opposition the beneficiary and the CPP’s royalist coalition partners winning none at all in an election rife with alleged irregularities. Though ...
Wing to process business registry fees
The Ministry of Commerce has tapped Wing (Cambodia) Ltd Specialised Bank to be the fourth financial institution designated to handle payments for companies incorporated using the ministry’s online registration system. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/wing-process-business-registry-fees
National Bank of Cambodia alerts on illegal advertising and lending
On 25 August 2022, the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) published a press release on illegal advertising and lending. The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) has observed that a number of fraudsters have openly advertised and lent credit to the people through various forms such ...
National Bank of Cambodia
25 Years On, Prosthetics NGO Changes Direction
In 1990, Pen Hoeurng was out in the field tending her cows and buffalo when the rattle of machine-gun fire erupted in the surrounding forest and she was struck by a bullet from an M-16. Ms. Hoeurng, now 48, does not know whether she was shot ...
Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/25-years-on-prosthetics-ngo-changes-direction-51761/
China, Cambodia Ink 29 Agreements for Economic and Trade Ties
The relations between People’s Republic of China and Cambodia have become closer in the way of culture, in which China is the most important strategic development partner in improving Cambodia’s economic growth through both financial and technical grant aids,” Mr. Eang Sophalet, assistant to Samdech ...
SMEs in anti-graft partnership
The Federation of Associations of Small and Medium Enterprises of Cambodia (FASMAC) has sought support from the anti-corruption organization Transparency International, to prepare it to be a graft-free business entity and help its members to be listed on the Cambodia Stock Exchange (CSX). ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29307/smes-in-anti-graft-partnership/
PM Adviser given extra title at financial ministry
Prime Minister Hun Sen has appointed his personal adviser Kong Vibol as director general of the General Department of Taxation at the Ministry of Economics and Finance, according to the Royal Book entry of August 22. In addition to his expertise in taxation, Vibol is also ...
Press release on the meeting of the Standing Senate Committee
Parliamentary Standing Committee will continue its meeting, chaired by H.E. Say Chhum, an Acting President of the Senate of the Kingdom of Cambodia, to examine and decide on the request from 6th Senate committee for putting draft laws in the agenda of the 5th session ...
Senate of the Kingdom of Cambodia