Grant to save S-21 victims’ clothes
US ambassador to Cambodia Patrick Murphy and Minister of Culture and Fine Arts Phoeurng Sackona on Thursday signed an agreement granting $75,000 in funds to preserve textiles belonging to the victims who perished at S-21, the notorious genocide prison from the Khmer Rouge era. The ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-kr-tribunal/grant-save-s-21-victims-clothes
US embassy welcomes PM to strengthen bilateral ties
US Ambassador W. Patrick Murphy Welcomed Prime Minister Hun Sen to the U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh in a move that aims to strengthen bilateral relations into 2023. It added that the United States has Welcomed Cambodia’s leadership of ASEAN during a year of “global ...
Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/us-embassy-welcomes-pm-to-strengthen-bilateral-ties
China pledges to speed up Phnom Penh-Poipet Expressway project
The Chinese government is planning to form a technical working group to speed up the Phnom Penh-Poipet Expressway project. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-china-pledges-to-speed-up-phnom-penh-poipet-expressway-project
Sharp seals Cambodia PV deal
Sharp has scored its first international order for its transparent PV panels with a 27.5kw deal in Cambodia. The Osaka-based electronics group will provide 290 of its NA-B095AA see-through panels, as well as inverters and balance of plant (BOP) services, for a cafe in a shopping ...
Brian Publicover
http://www.rechargenews.com/solar/asia_australia/article1359643.ece
Japan grants Cambodia approximately $60M in aid and loans
Cambodia and Japan signed and exchanged notes concerning a yen loan project and a grant aid project during Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko’s official visit to Cambodia from July5-6, 2024. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501519125/japan-grants-cambodia-approximately-60m-in-aid-and-loans/
Listed Chinese firm licensed to build another solar park
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) granted a business licence to Chinese panel maker Risen Energy (Cambodia) to build a 60 megawatt (mw) solar farm in Battambang province. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50726630/listed-chinese-firm-licensed-to-build-another-solar-park/
PM Hun Sen to attend Asia-Pacific Water Summit in Japan
Prime Minister Hun Sen will attend the 4th Asia-Pacific water Summit (APwS) in Japan, which was postponed last April because of the global Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501045322/pm-hun-sen-to-attend-asia-pacific-water-summit-in-japan/
$9.6 billion 2023 national budget approved
The Council of Ministers has approved a draft budget for 2023 of 39,206,205 million riels, or $9.6 billion, a 13 percent increase on 2022. ...
Prak Chan Thul
https://kiripost.com/stories/96-billion-2023-national-budget-approved
Kingdom-US hold talks to boost tourism
Minister of Tourism Sok Soken Tuesday held talks with United States (US) Ambassador to Cambodia warren (w) Patrick Murphy to enhance partnership in the tourism sector as well as issues pertaining to mutual interests. ...
Nheng Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501375026/kingdom-us-hold-talks-to-boost-tourism/
MFIs urged to help ease flood victims' financial burden
Prime minister Hun Sen on Monday called on all microfinance institutions (MFIs) to throw a financial lifeline to people affected by flooding and defer loan repayments and ease interest rates. ...
Chhorn Raksmey
https://kiripost.com/stories/mfis-urged-to-help-ease-flood-victims-financial-burden
Pandemic hits artists’ livelihoods
Artists in Cambodia have been hit hard by Covid-19, with the unemployment rate in the last half of 2022 standing at nearly 30 percent, recent research reveals. ...
Meas Molika
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-pandemic-hits-artists-livelihoods
Royal Group a step closer to new coal-fired power plant
Sinosteel Equipment Co Ltd and Royal Group wholly-owned Cambodia Bodong Shaguo Energy Co Ltd signed an Engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract for the new 700 mw coal-fired power plant project. ...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50784902/royal-group-a-step-closer-to-new-coal-fired-power-plant/
Women’s Affairs Ministry and partners work to improve women’s financial inclusion
The Ministry of Women’s Affairs in collaboration With the Women’s World Banking organized here on Aug. 10 a Workshop on “Establishing the Foundation Blocks: Accelerating the Expansion of Women’s Financial Inclusion in Cambodia”. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501341451/womens-affairs-ministry-and-partners-work-to-improve-womens-financial-inclusion/
Chinese Ambassador Designate looks to boost bilateral relations
Wang Wenbin, the neWly appointed Chinese Ambassador Designate to Cambodia, has pledged to enhance cooperation betWeen China and Cambodia, aiming to achieve greater accomplishments and benefits for the people of both nations. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501519091/chinese-ambassador-designate-looks-to-boost-bilateral-relations/
US ambassador offers increased help fighting human trafficking in meeting with Sar Kheng
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng reiterated to the US ambassador to Cambodia W. Patrick Murphy that Cambodia Was committed to combating all forms of human trafficking, pointing to the complex nature of the crime today due to technology as one barrier to effective enforcement. ...
Cambodia turns challenges into opportunities for Australian investors
Huge investment potential in Cambodian sectors such as automotive, agriculture development, tourism, technology and innovation, education, logistics and supply chains, and mining have been identified in the latest investment handbook. ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-turns-challenges-into-opportunities-for-australian-investors
Japan-Cambodia to build more cooperation in different sectors
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok Chenda Sophea, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and visiting Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Ms. Kamikawa Yoko, held a constructive bilateral talk on some keys to cooperation. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501519123/japan-cambodia-to-build-more-cooperation-in-different-sectors/
New coal-fired power plant in national park commissioned
The Kingdom’s tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group has secured 168.8 hectares of land in Koh Kong’s Botum Sakor National Park under a leasing agreement to develop a 700 megawatt (mw) coal power plant, according to a government sub-decree. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50753768/new-coal-fired-power-plant-in-national-park-commissioned/
Cambodia seeks more economic cooperation with OIF nations
Cambodia is seeking more economic, trade, and investment ties with Francophonie nations, Prime Minister Hun Sen told visiting Secretary-General of the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) Louise Mushikiwabo at a meeting yesterday. ...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501049475/cambodia-seeks-more-economic-cooperation-with-oif-nations/
US-Cambodia Friendship Week held in Siem Reap
About 200 people attended the “2023 American-Cambodian Friendship Week”in Siem Reap on Wednesday to boost social development, promote youth education and vocational training, human resources, healthcare, and development of the tourism sector. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501364496/us-cambodia-friendship-week-held-in-siem-reap/