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/
ADB’s $40 mil loan for clean water, sanitation, education
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $40 million loan to boost access to clean water, sanitation and education at grassroots level through reforms in public finance and decentralisation. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501331743/adbs-40-mil-loan-for-clean-water-sanitation-education/
Shanxi Fruit Trade Fair sees Cambodia’s participation
A total of 870 companies exhibited 2,590 products at the event. As an important platform for the export of agricultural products, the fair improves awareness of Shanxi fruit, increases the province’s influence, and brings opportunities overseas, organizers said. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501382140/shanxi-fruit-trade-fairsees-cambodias-participation/
UN set up five-year cooperation framework
Cambodia and the UN have jointly signed the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework for Cambodia 2024-2028, which provides guidance to the UN system at the country level. ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/un-set-up-five-year-cooperation-framework
Seven Cambodian refugees nabbed by Thai police await UNHCR help
Thai authorities arrested 10 Cambodian refugees while attending the Paris Peace Agreement course in Bangkok on December 29, with seven of them being held at Suan Plu Immigration Detention Center while awaiting intervention by the UNHCR. ...
Pok Ponlue and Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/seven-cambodian-refugees-nabbed-by-thai-police-await-unhcr-help/
India-Cambodia Joint Business Council launched
In a significant move aimed at bolstering economic ties between India and Cambodia, the India-Cambodia Joint Business Council (ICJBC) was officially launched on Friday. ...
Taing Rinith
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501445965/india-cambodia-joint-business-council-launched-2/
US and Cambodia seek to strengthen relations
Senior US officials met with Prime Minister Hun Manet during a visit aimed at boosting the relationship between the two countries, and to raise social issues that need to be resolved. ...
Meas Molika
https://kiripost.com/stories/us-and-cambodia-seek-to-strengthen-relations
250 community representatives participate in Sustainable Consumption and Production awareness campaign
Recently, approximately 250 community representatives, with women comprising 80% of the attendees, gathered at Sunway Hotel in Phnom Penh for the Sustainable Consumption and Production awareness campaign. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501502764/250-community-representatives-participate-in-sustainable-consumption-and-production-awareness-campaign/
Civil society continues to remember Kem Ley’s heroism eight years after his murder
On the eighth anniversary of Kem Ley’s murder in 2016, civil society groups and youth activists gathered at the Caltex petrol station near the Bokor traffic lights, where he was shot dead. ...
Phon Sothyroth
https://cambojanews.com/civil-society-continues-to-remember-kem-leys-heroism-eight-years-after-his-murder/
Insurance gross premium grows 8% to $88 million in Q2
Cambodia’s insurance sector continued to expand, but at a slower pace, with total premium reaching $87.6 million in the April-June period of this year. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501544106/insurance-gross-premium-grows-8-to-88-million-in-q2/
Digital platform for informal economy to spur Kingdom’s GDP
The Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation (MISTI) weighed the challenges of launching a digital platform for the informal economy recently. The Coordinating Committee for Developing the Informal Economy presented a progress update on the strategy during the meeting held at the MISTI headquarters ...
Jigme Palden Pazo
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501546087/digital-platform-for-informal-economy-to-spur-kingdoms-gdp/
PPMM #18: Mapping Election Data, Garment Factories, and More
Phnom Penh Mapping Meetup #18Hello Everyone!The upcoming Phnom Penh Mapping Meetup #18, which is scheduled for Tuesday (July 30, 2013) at Equinox, will feature presentations and a panel discussion on “Mapping Election Data.” The ODC Team will speak about the ODC Election Page and related election maps. ...
Documents revealed in massive fraud case
The documents concern a court case brought by representatives of Hong Kong-based Enviro Group Holdings Limited who are suing John Davies and Lim Lian Tho – both former company directors of Phnom Penh based subsidiary Enviro Corporation (Cambodia) Ltd – and Mark McCluskey, a lawyer ...
Kingdom factory goes for the gold
Cambodian garment makers are filling orders for the 2012 London Olympics in what insiders say is the first time the country has supplied the Games. ShenZhou International Group Holdings Ltd, one of China’s largest apparel exporters, makes shirts and other sportswear for Adidas that will supply ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011101952197/Business/kingdom-factory-goes-for-the-gold.html
Whereabouts of Bavet governor still a mystery
Government and police officials were at a loss yesterday to pinpoint the whereabouts of the Bavet town governor, who has been identified as a suspect in the shooting of three women at a protest two weeks ago. An arrest warrant had still not been issued for ...