Tea Banh orders tax payment on RCAF-plated private cars
Minister of national defense Tea Banh issued a circular on September 20 calling on all owners of private vehicles bearing Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) number plates or special command number plates to pay taxes and duties on their vehicles or face legal action. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tea-banh-orders-tax-payment-rcaf-plated-private-cars
What explains Cambodia’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution success?
One of the less heralded recent aspects of the COVID-19 story in Southeast Asia has been Cambodia’s remarkable success in vaccine distribution. As of September 6, just over two-thirds of the country’s population had received at least one dose of vaccine, while 53 percent were ...
Sebastian Strangio
https://thediplomat.com/2021/09/what-explains-cambodias-covid-19-vaccine-distribution-success/
PM reaffirms protection of peace, monarchy and throne
Prime Minister Hun Sen has reaffirmed the Royal Government’s commitment to continue protecting peace, monarchy and the throne. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50981801/pm-reaffirms-protection-of-peace-monarchy-and-throne/
His Excellency NGUYEN XUAN PHUC, President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, will pay a state visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia
On 20 December 2021, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on His Excellency NGUYEN XUAN PHUC, President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, will pay a state visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia on 21-22 December 2021. During ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Dissemination ceremony on the additional fund allocation for Small and Medium Enterprise Bank of Cambodia and Agricultural and Rural Development Bank
On 14 February 2022, the Ministry of Economic and Finance issued a press release on dissemination ceremony on the additional fund allocation for Small and Medium Enterprise Bank of Cambodia and Agricultural and Rural Development Bank. In fact, the Royal Government of Cambodia considers the ...
Ministry of Economic and Finance
The dissemination ceremony on the implementation of the Tourism Recovery Co-Financing Scheme - TRCS
On 17 May 2022, the Ministry of Economy and Finance issued a press release on the dissemination ceremony on the implementation of the Tourism Recovery Co-Financing Scheme – TRCS. The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has adopted and launched the “Strategic Framework and Programs for ...
Ministry of Economy and Finance
Nation’s greatest asset is its human resources, says Hun Manet
Soon-to-be Prime Minister Hun Manet said that Cambodia’s greatest achievement is the potentail its human resources have to contribute to the development of the country’s growth and prosperity. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501336648/nations-greatest-asset-is-its-human-resources-says-hun-manet/
WHO to continue working with Cambodia on COVID-19 and other diseases
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is determined to continue working closely with the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) in combating the Covid-19 pandemic and other diseases such as malaria, hepatitis, hypertension, and so on. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501104932/who-to-continue-working-with-cambodia-on-covid-19-and-other-diseases/
Japan’s JMSDF force schedules naval visit
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) ships, the mine sweeper tender JS URAGA and the mine sweeper tender JS AWAJI, will visit the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port from April 24-26, according to an April 17 press release from the Japanese embassy. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japans-jmsdf-force-schedules-naval-visit
Commander-in-Chief of Cambodian Armed Forces pays official visit to Vietnam
Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Tan Cuong chaired an official reception ceremony for and held talks with visiting Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces General VongPisen in Hanoi ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501378235/commander-in-chief-of-cambodian-armed-forces-pays-official-visit-to-vietnam/
Ministry of foreign affairs to build first diplomatic institute
The Foreign Affairs Ministry expects to complete construction on its first training institute for local diplomats in the next 18 months, officials said Monday. Foreign Affairs Ministry spokes-man Chum Sounry said work on the National Institute for diplomatic and Relations of International Study began in December. ...
Chhorn Phearun
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/second2/ministry-foreign-affairs-build-first-diplomatic-institute-126811/
PM urges universities to boost research cooperation
PM Hun Manet is asking public and private universities to increase cooperation for joint research and mutual study visits with both national and international universities. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501505827/pm-urges-universities-to-boost-research-cooperation/
Chinese state firm in talks to take over rail project
With renovation work on the country’s dilapidated railway at a standstill, the Ministry of Public Works has entered into talks with a regional consortium backed by one of the largest firms in China to replace the railway’s current operator, officials said yesterday. Faced with a ...
Navy arrests 4 Cambodian rosewood smugglers
Royal Thai Navy ships intercepted a Cambodian fishing boat illegally smuggling 10 million baht in Siamese rosewood out of the kingdom. The HTMS Chao Phraya staffed with military, customs and forestry office personnel captured the 18-meter-long fishing vessel carrying 296 logs in its fish holds ...
http://www.pattayamail.com/localnews/navy-arrests-4-cambodian-rosewood-smugglers-25782?ref=pmci
Railway audit finds poor maintenance of tracks
Toll Royal Railway, the private operator of Cambodia’s train service, has no system in place to regularly inspect the state of its tracks, and lacks qualified inspectors to check either tracks or bridges, according to a recent safety audit of the firm’s Phnom Penh operations. The ...
Zsombor Peter and Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/railway-audit-finds-poor-maintenance-of-tracks-55756/
President of Chamber of Commerce Is Re-Elected
The Cambodia Chamber of Commerce re-elected Royal Group chairman Kith Meng for his second three-year term as president yesterday. The presidents of 11 provincial chambers of commerce voted for Mr Meng, who is also president of the Phnom Penh Chamber of Commerce. ...
PAL to complete investment in Cambodia Air in July
PAL Holdings Inc., operator of flag carrier Philippine Airlines Inc., said Monday it expects to complete a $10-million investment in Cambodia Air by July 15 this year. PAL teamed up with Royal Group of Cambodia in April to establish its first international airline venture known as ...
http://manilastandardtoday.com/2013/05/28/pal-to-complete-investment-in-cambodia-air-in-july/
GMAC head sets clothing export goal
Cambodia is set for a 30 per cent increase in garment exports this year, according to Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia [GMAC] President Van Sou Ieng. The sector was heavily dependent on foreign buyers, which were increasing their orders as the global economy recovered, he said. ...
Medical bills lead many into debt, survey reveals
Small-scale health insurance policies can be an effective way to avoid drowning in debt, according to a survey released yesterday. Fifty-eight percent of 5,275 households surveyed in Kandal, Takeo and Kampot provinces had taken out loans, with health care and medical costs being the chief reason, ...
Women run Cambodia's street economy: report
Women make up the majority of street vendors selling food, clothes and a range of other retail goods across Cambodia, a new report in the peer-reviewed International Journal of Business has revealed. Using data from Cambodia’s economic census, researchers Nobuo Hirohata and Kazuhiro Fukuyo, from Yamaguchi ...
Cristina Maza
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/women-run-cambodias-street-economy-report