Dengue fever cases surge in 2022
In the first five months of this year, Cambodia detected more than 1,100 cases of dengue fever, an increase of over 600 cases compared to the same period last year, including two deaths. ...
Nang Veasna
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501089983/dengue-fever-cases-surge-in-2022/
Cambodians report scams in online shopping experiences
In Cambodia, online shopping – typically on smartphones and tablets – is becoming increasingly popular due to its convenience. However, this presents significant issues for less technologically savvy buyers, who may be more vulnerable to scams, especially when shopping on social media. ...
Try Thaney
https://cambojanews.com/cambodians-report-scams-in-online-shopping-experiences/
Cambodia’s unemployment rate lowest in Asean
The unemployment rate for Cambodia is expected to be at 0.31 percent this year, which is the lowest among all member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), according to the Asean Information Center. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501116561/cambodias-unemployment-rate-lowest-in-asean/
Spike in dengue fever cases
Cambodia recorded a record number of dengue fever cases in the first nine months of 2023, reaching 21,568. This marks a huge 184 percent hike from the same period last year, with the population urged to take precautions. ...
Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/spike-in-dengue-fever-cases
From Clearing Farmland in Preah Vihear
M’lou Prey II commune authorities, of Preah Vihear’s Chheb district, submitted documentation Tuesday to the district regarding alleged encroachment on land farmed by Indigenous Kuy people following a protest earlier this month. ...
Exports of rubber latex, wood rake in over $326M in Jan-Aug
Cambodia generated more than $326 million from the export of rubber latex and wood in the first eight months of this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ General Directorate of Rubber. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/exports-rubber-latex-wood-rake-over-326m-jan-aug
Joblessness in Cambodia to stay around 2% in 2023
The unemployment rate in Cambodia is expected to reach 2 percent by the end of 2022, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts’ expectations. In 2023, Cambodia’s unemployment rate is projected to trend around 2 percent and 0.90 percent in 2024, according to ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501169894/joblessness-in-cambodia-to-stay-around-2-in-2023/
Boosters for public in capital slated to kick off in October
The Ministry of Health will kick off its booster shot vaccination campaign for the general public on October 11 starting with Phnom Phnom. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/boosters-public-capital-slated-kick-october
Customs rakes in $1.52B in 8 months
Cambodia generated $1.520 billion in customs revenue in the first eight months of this year, equivalent to 64.2 per cent of the target set by the Law on Financial Management for 2021, despite the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/customs-rakes-152b-8-months
Journalists in Cambodia have improved in truth and accuracy
With journalists in Cambodia adhering to the ethical provisions of their profession and improving day by day in their responsibilities and duties in ensuring accuracy in their work, there is no impunity for crimes against them. ...
Mao Chanvireak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50963742/journalists-in-cambodia-have-improved-in-truth-and-accuracy/
Cambodia rakes in more than $1.7 billion from aquaculture and freshwater fisheries sector in 2021
Cambodia saw more than $1.7 billion in profits in the past year from the aquaculture and freshwater fishery industry, with more than 380,000 tons of yield from the freshwater fisheries. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501012780/cambodia-rakes-in-more-than-1-7-billion-from-aquaculture-and-freshwater-fisheries-sector-in-2021/
A Chinese firm interested in agricultural investment in Kampong Thom province
A Chinese firm has expressed its interest to invest in the agricultural sector, particularly in cassava and corn cultivation and forage plant breeding in the central province of Kampong Thom. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501341112/a-chinese-firm-interested-in-agricultural-investment-in-kampong-thom-province/
Cambodia earns $92m in rice exports in January
Milled rice exports of 36,900 tonnes, or $28.83 million in value, were recorded in January, the Cambodian Rice Federation (CRF) said, noting that 41 percent of that, or 15,045 tonnes worth $11.77 million, went to China and Hong Kong. ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-earns-92m-in-rice-exports-in-january
Floods to push up non-performing loans in 4th quarter
The worst floods in a decade may boost the number of nonperforming loans in the Kingdom’s microfinance industry in the fourth quarter, insiders said yesterday. However, those insiders said the damage done to Cambodia’s agriculture sector would not have a significant impact given the MFIs’ diversified ...
US, Cambodia to sign off on $20m in aid projects
The US is scheduled today to sign off on another $20 million in funding for aid projects in Cambodia, according to a US Embassy statement issued yesterday. One project will “strengthen the ability of civil society, the private sector, and the government to address food security ...
Land grants affected 11,377 families in 2011, rights groups say
More than 11,000 families were affected by government-granted economic land concessions in 2011, nearly 3,000 more families than were affected the previous year, according to figures released yesterday by local rights group Licadho. A total of more than 2 million hectares of the country’s forests and ...
Cambodia, China willing to further enhance cooperation in all fields: officials
Cambodia and China are willing to further promote bilateral cooperation in all fields in the framework of ASEAN-China relations, officials said Monday. The commitment was made during the official visit of Ma Mingqiang, secretary general of ASEAN-China Center, to Cambodia. In a meeting with Cambodia’s Minister ...
Garment factory back in business after last week’s mass fainting
Three workers at M&V International Manufacturing Ltd’s garment factory in Kampong Chhnang factory fainted yesterday and about 20 others were permitted to stop working for two more days due to poor health, a representative of their union said. Nearly 300 workers fainted at the factory last ...
Tep Nimol, Don Weinland, P. 5
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/garment-factory-back-business-after-last-week%E2%80%99s-mass-fainting
Observers call for the inclusion of civil servants in union law
Experts yesterday urged the Ministry of Labor to extend the latest draft of a forthcoming trade union law to include civil servants, who are currently shut out of the law in contravention of international conventions Rong Chhun, president of both the Cambodian Confederation of Unions and ...
Chinese firm to build $500m steel plant in Preah Vihear
China’s Guangxi Nonferrous Metal Group announced on Friday that it is planning to invest $500 million to build a steel plant and industrial zone in Preah Vihear province’s Rovieng district, according to Chinese media reports ...