Building back better with access to information
UNESCO and the Ministry of Information, and the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, the Department of Media and Communication at the Royal University of Phnom Penh, and civil society organisations, are commemorating the 2021 International Day of Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) in Cambodia, on ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50942865/building-back-better-with-access-to-information/
Draft of new investment law approved by council of ministers
The draft of the new investment law was approved by the Council of Ministers at a Friday morning meeting held under the presidency of Prime Minister Hun Sen via video conference. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50890849/draft-of-new-investment-law-approved-by-council-of-ministers/
Cambodia’s seven-month exports to US surge 27 percent
Cambodia’s exports were valued at $4,298 million in the first seven months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 26.8 percent, according to data from the US Census Bureau. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50929929/cambodias-seven-month-exports-to-us-surge-27-percent/
Home-based Covid patients warned about waste disposal
Phnom Penh municipal governor Khuong Sreng reminded Covid-19 patients with mild symptoms who are treating themselves at home to dispose of their waste properly. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/home-based-covid-patients-warned-about-waste-disposal
Plans to have solar-mini grid system to provide electricity in 350 villages
The Ministry of Mines and Energy in collaboration with UNDP is seeking the possibility to have solar-mini grid systems at villages that have not been electrified. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501017410/plans-to-have-solar-mini-grid-system-to-provide-electricity-in-350-villages/
NEC receives 33 complaints in election campaign
The National Election Committee (NEC) announced at a conference on Friday that since the start of campaigning for the Commune Election until May 26, the NEC has received 33 complaints, most of which concerned the use of insulting and derogatory words. ...
So Cheata
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501083914/nec-receives-33-complaints-in-election-campaign/
Foreign Ministry confirms Hun Sen’s participation and Co-chairmanship of ASEAN-US Special Summit in Washington DC
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation yesterday issued a press release confirming the upcoming visit of Prime Minister Hun Sen to the US to attend and co-chair the ASEAN-US Special Summit, at the invitation of US President, the Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501072205/foreign-ministry-confirms-hun-sens-participation-and-co-chairmanship-of-asean-us-special-summit-in-washington-dc/
Foreign tourists gradually return to famed Angkor in Cambodia
Sao En, a souvenir vendor at the Angkor Archaeological Park in northwest Cambodia, is delighted to see many foreign tourists visiting the ancient site again. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501204363/foreign-tourists-gradually-return-to-famed-angkor-in-cambodia/
6th dose vaccine campaign to protect against COVID-19 chugs along to reach 509,917 people
Cambodia’s campaign to combat and keep at COVID-19 and continue with economic revival has hid a speed bump with the administration of the sixth dose. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501341812/6th-dose-vaccine-campaign-to-protect-against-covid-19-chugs-along-to-reach-509917-people/
Ozone layer protection requires ‘global response’
The Ministry of Environment regards the observance of the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer as a profoundly meaningful event aimed at raising public awareness about the necessity and importance of caring for and protecting the natural filter which shields the planet ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ozone-layer-protection-requires-global-response
Swiss support bolsters vocational training efforts
The Swiss government has reiterated its commitment to collaborate with the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training to bolster technical instruction aimed at enhancing the skills of Cambodian youth. ...
Bor Pich Zelin
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/swiss-support-bolsters-vocational-training-efforts
Cambodia reaffirms its stance in favor of multilateralism system
Cambodia continues to be committed to the multilateral system, rule-based international order and principle of non-interference, in order to protect and promote peace both at home and in the world. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501354812/cambodia-reaffirms-its-stance-in-favor-of-multilateralism-system/
DPM Prak Sokhonn: ASEAN-Japan relations to be greatly enhanced
ASEAN-Japan relations will be further greatly enhanced, said Prak Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation at the Public Seminar on “ASEAN-Japan Cooperation and Ways Forward in the Next 50 Years,” held here on Saturday . ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501128710/dpm-prak-sokhonn-asean-japan-relations-to-be-greatly-enhanced/
NagaCorp chief CEO’s son smashes casino striker’s phone, union says
A son of casino firm NagaCorp’s billionaire senior CEO has been accused by unionists of snatching and throwing to the ground a phone belonging to a striking employee of the company’s NagaWorld casino, with video also showing the identified executive lobbing a traffic cone at ...
Sovann Sreypich and Jack Brook
https://cambojanews.com/nagacorp-chief-ceos-son-smashes-casino-strikers-phone-union-says/
Tax measures to back recovery of tourism
The government is taking more tax initiatives to support the recovery of tourism sector in addition to measures aimed at controlling Covid-19 pandemic and helping the most severely affected businesses in the country even though the number of tourists is increasing, according to a statement ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501114202/tax-measures-to-back-recovery-of-tourism/
China speaks highly of friendship with Cambodia ahead of PM Hun Sen’s visit
At the invitAtion of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Cambodian Prime Minister Techo Hun Sen will pay an official visit to China from February 9 to 11. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501234098/china-speaks-highly-of-friendship-with-cambodia-ahead-of-pm-hun-sens-visit/
Cambodia ends mandatory facemask wearing and rapid test for mass gathering
Prime Minister Hun Sen declared this yesterday afternoon that the mandatory facemask wearing and rapid COVID-19 testing at any public gathering will be discontinued. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501276347/cambodia-ends-mandatory-facemask-wearing-and-rapid-test-for-mass-gathering/
Education ministry set to reform budgeting practices
Minister of Education, Youth and Sport Hang Chuon Naron outlined plans for reforms at his ministry, with a focus on institutional capacity building and performance-based budgeting. ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/education-ministry-set-reform-budgeting-practices
Laos launches 500-kilovolt power transmission line reaching Cambodia
Laos has launched a 500-kilovolt power transmission line linking a power substation at a village in its southern Champasak province to the border area of Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501215174/laos-launches-500-kilovolt-power-transmission-line-reaching-cambodia/
Preah Sihanouk master plan reaches halfway mark
The work on the master plan to develop Preah Sihanouk province into a multi-purpose model Special Economic Zone has reached the halfway mark and has now entered the stage of review and recommendations at the technical level, according to Long Dimanche, the Deputy Governor of ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501247134/preah-sihanouk-master-plan-reaches-halfway-mark/
