Logging is rampant at Prey Lang, report says
Denmark’s University of Copenhagen has drawn Prey Lang stakeholders’ attention to recently published data which shows increased illegal logging within the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/logging-rampant-prey-lang-report-says
Cambodian official: no new dams planned for Mekong mainstream before 2030
A Ministry of Energy official said Tuesday that Cambodia will not develop new mainstream hydropower projects on the Mekong River for the next 10 years. ...
Minister reiterates no more power shortage during the dry season
The Ministry of Mines and Energy has reiterated there will be no more power shortages during the dry season this year. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50707162/minister-reiterates-no-more-power-shortage-during-the-dry-season/
Gov’t adhoc group to aid poor
The Ministry of Economy and Finance has created an adhoc working group to manage social support mechanisms to help impoverished people and marginalised groups during the fight against Covid-19. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-adhoc-group-aid-poor
Preah Sihanouk clean water suppliers warned
Preah Sihanouk provincial governor Kuoch Chamroeun warned he would revoke the business licences of water companies that do not collaborate with relevant officials to expand their reservoirs. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-sihanouk-clean-water-suppliers-warned
Authorities say trees cleared in Mondulkiri sanctuary for road
The Bunong Indigenous community in Sen Monorom commune, in O’Raing district, Mondulkiri province, has claimed that big trees within the Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary have been secretly bulldozed. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/authorities-say-trees-cleared-mondulkiri-sanctuary-road
Aviation sector records over 90 percent drop
Cambodia’s Aviation sector is almost completely decimated due to extreme COVID-19 travel restrictions, with air passenger numbers dropping more than 90 percent as of April this year. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50714007/aviation-sector-records-over-90-percent-drop/
$3.5M for potato seeds project
Cambodia’s Minister of Agriculture Veng Sakhon has told local media that his ministry plans to purchase $3.5 million’s worth of potato seeds, in a project partnering with South Korea to produce potatoes in the Mondulkiri province. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50713733/3-5m-for-potato-seeds-project/
Announcement to the Cambodia Rice Federation about the permission to re-export white rice
On May 13 2020, the Ministry of Economy and Finance has issued a notification to the Cambodian Rice Federation, in which the Royal Government is authorized to grant the re-export of white rice upon overseas buying contract and the notification comes into effect from 20 ...
Ministry of Economy and Finance
Announcement on the re-export of white rice
On 13 May 2020, the Cambodia Rice Federation issued an announcement to its members, according to a notification from the Ministry of Economy and Finance in which the Royal Government is authorized to grant the re-export of white rice upon overseas buying contract and the ...
Cambodia Rice Federation
Cambodia pushes hard on free-trade agreements
Cambodia’s government is pushing for free-trade agreement (FTA) talks with potential partners while seeking Russian’s help for a Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) free trade agreement. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50723292/cambodia-pushes-hard-on-free-trade-agreements/
Master plan to develop huge Sihanoukville beach
Preah Sihanouk provincial authority is to establish a master plan to develop the beach in the province, especially the new stretch of bays from Sihanoukville Autonomous Port to a new area called “Chumteav Mao or Madam Mao Beach”, according to a senior tourism official of ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50727330/master-plan-to-develop-huge-sihanoukville-beach/
Announcement of National Bank of Cambodia on the meeting about the challenges of US $1 $2 and $5 Dollar circulation in Cambodia
On 28 May 2020, the National Bank of Cambodia releases an announcement on the meeting about the challenges of the US $1, $2, $5 dollar circulation in Cambodia. ...
National Bank of Cambodia
Renewable energy museum, national park planned for Kampot
The government plans to build a Renewable Energy Museum and the Samdech Hun Sen National Park in Kampot to attract more tourists to the province, which is the second coastal area after Preah Sihanouk province. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/renewable-energy-museum-national-park-planned-kampot
Australian firm keen to invest in Cambodia’s rice production chain
An Australian firm is eying investment in Cambodia’s paddy rice and milled rice production chain for export to Australia. This was made known by Pablo Kang, Ambassador of Australia during a meeting with Pan Sorasak, Minister of Commerce. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50723439/australian-firm-keen-to-invest-in-cambodias-rice-production-chain/
Cambodia expects Chinese tourists to drive its tourism growth after COVID-19 outbreak
Cambodia is hoping that Chinese tourists will drive its tourism growth when the world is cleared of the COVID-19 pandemic, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/724550/cambodia-expects-chinese-tourists-to-drive-its-tourism-growth-after-covid-19-outbreak/
Government refutes claims of abuse in Malaysia
The Foreign Affairs Ministry on Tuesday refuted the claims of two women who say they saw inmates at a Malaysian detention depot fatally beaten by guards earlier this year, including fellow Cambodians. ...
Kang Sothear and Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/second2/government-refutes-claims-abuse-malaysia-116786/
Minister reaffirms the Cambodia prohibits foreign military bases.
Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhonn reaffirmed that the Kingdom strongly prohibits the setting up of any foreign military base within its borders. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50732612/no-foreign-navy-basing-rights-granted/
Cambodia to lose $3bn in revenue from tourism sector
Minister Thong Khon said during the launch of additional safety measures for tourism-based business that the global virus has hit the tourism sector the hardest around the world and Cambodia will see it’s foreign and local visitors decline by about 70 percent and 50 percent ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50730893/cambodia-to-lose-3b-in-revenue-from-tourism-sector/
WWF commits to preserve and protect endangered animal in Cambodia
Country Director of WWF-Cambodia Mr. Seng Teak took the National Environment Day and World Environment Day 2020 to share WWF’s commitment to work with the government to preserve and protect endangered animal in Kingdom’s Eastern Plains and Mekong Flooded Forests landscapes. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50731338/wwf-commits-to-preserve-and-protect-endangered-animal-in-cambodia/
