Cambodian rice exports burdened by power and transport costs
The Ministry of Commerce and Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) are continuing working to solve The long-running challenges of The Kingdom’s high cost of electricity and transportation in order to boost The country’s rice industry. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50722616/cambodian-rice-exports-burdened-by-power-and-transport-costs/
Minister reassures Cambodia’s response to COVID-19 fallouts
Vongsey Vissoth has reiterated the Royal Government of Cambodia’s promising response to the fallouts of the COVID-19. National budget has been reprioritised to allocate about $1 billion to address the emergency areas. ...
Phal Sophanith/AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50776547/minister-reassures-cambodias-response-to-covid-19-fallouts/
Gov’t pledges to improve conditions of workers
The Royal Government of Cambodia pledged to improve The working conditions of employees in The private sector with a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with ILO last week at The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training. ...
Jigmee Palden Pazo
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501487836/govt-pledges-to-improve-conditions-of-workers/
Ministry registers over 11,000 new businesses
The Ministry of Commerce registered 11,506 new companies and enterprises in The January-November period of 2023, up 14.58 percent from 10,046 in The same period last year, a report of The Ministry of Commerce showed. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501414977/ministry-registers-over-11000-new-businesses/
GE looks to deal with government on coal plants
US-based energy giant General Electric (GE) hopes to finalise an agreement with the Ministry of Mines and Energy by November that would see the Kingdom’s coal and gas plants using emissions-monitoring technology for the first time, company executives said yesterday. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ge-looks-deal-government-coal-plants
Cambodia supports Lao PDR’s ASEAN Chairmanship next year
The Royal Government of Cambodia expressed its support to Lao PDR’s chairmanship of ASEAN next year, according to a press release from The Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued this afternoon at The end of The two-day official visit of Cambodian Prime ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501239159/cambodia-supports-lao-pdrs-asean-chairmanship-next-year/
China free trade agreement negotiations to start in December
Negotiations for a free trade agreement between Cambodia and China, the second-biggest economy in the world, will begin next month, the Chinese Embassy in Phnom Penh announced yesterday. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50660011/china-free-trade-agreement-negotiations-to-start-in-december/
New scrutiny for centres
Unlicensed orphanages have six months to register with the government under new legislation that also strictly defines the circumstances under which children can live at such facilities.the sub-decree “management on children care centres” signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen on September 11 sets out nine ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-scrutiny-centres
Jobs plentiful, but wages low for Kingdom’s youth
While unemployment rates are low among Cambodian youths, their jobs are largely poorly paid and informal, providing them with just enough money to survive on, according to a recent report.the report, released on Sunday by youth NGO the Youth Resource Development Program (YRDP) and the ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/jobs-plentiful-wages-low-kingdoms-youth
Flooding damage escalates
Flooding has affected close to 287,000 hectares of rice fields, with about 27,800 considered damaged beyond repair, according to government statistics released on Monday. The data from The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries reveal that rising waters have affected about 11 per cent of The ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/flooding-damage-escalates
ASEAN urge peace in Ukraine
ASEAN foreign ministers have expressed deep concern over the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine and urged all parties to show the utmost restraint in order to prevent the situation from escalating. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/asean-urge-peace-ukraine
Consumer loans swell by 12%, reflecting banking industry growth
Consumer loans increased by 12 percent in the first half of 2024 compared to the previous year’s figure of 10.5 percent, said Association of Banks in Cambodia (ABC) Chairman and MayBank CEO Rath Sophoan at the Cambodia Banking Conference 2024, on Thursday. ...
Rachel David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501546093/consumer-loans-swell-by-12-reflecting-banking-industry-growth/
Customs revenue up by 30 pct in first quarter
Revenue from customs duties and excise tax grew by around 30 per cent to $472 million during the first quarter of the year ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/customs-revenue-30-pct-first-quarter
Storms to rage until next month
The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology has issued anoTher bad weaTher advisory, warning storms will continue until The start of next month. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37819/storms-to-rage-until-next-month/
Interior ministry names 22 new spokespeople, no contact details
The job of spokesperson for The Ministry of Interior, long held by General Khieu Sopheak, has been split up and given to 22 different ministry officials, according to a statement released Friday, though contact details for The new point people have not been published. ...
Matt Blomberg and Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/interior-ministry-names-22-new-spokespeople-no-contact-details-102165/
Education official did ‘not rape,’ minister says
Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron on Wednesday defended the decision not to expel a senior official from the ministry after he was arrested for sexually assaulting his interpreter during a visit to South Korea in May, saying the crime was not serious—“not rape.” ...
Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/education-official-did-not-rape-minister-says-116242/
Payments lagging as deadline for telecom fees approaches
The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications has collected less than one-third of a set of annual fees owed to it by telecommunications companies by The end of this month, with more than 80 percent of The fees so far coming from a single provider. ...
Hor Kimsay and Brendan O’Byrne
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/payments-lagging-deadline-telecom-fees-approaches
Soldiers train rangers to fight illegal logging
A group of 56 rangers from the Ministry of Environment last week completed a one-month training course in Phnom Penh run by the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) to help save Cambodia’s protected areas from illegal loggers, a first for the country’s rangers. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/soldiers-train-rangers-to-fight-illegal-logging-78016/
Ministry to review oil company’s plans
The company that has been given production rights over a 5,500-square-km area off The coast of Sihanoukville known as Block D has been given 10 days to submit Their exploration plans to be reviewed by The Mines and Energy Ministry, a spokesman said Thursday. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/ministry-to-review-oil-companys-plans-85061/
Nat’l Road 4 to be widened
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport is in The final stages of project planning for The widening of National Road 4 from 7m to 10m. The project is scheduled to last 24 months from 2022 to 2023. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/natl-road-4-be-widened