NOTICES Agri exports to China hit 2.4M tonnes worth $1.9B in last 42 months
Agricultural exports to China in the 14 quarters to June 30 amounted to 2.4 million tonnes, worth $1.942 billion, said a Chinese embassy report citing Cambodian agriculture ministry data, as the government’s new policies to boost productivity in the field and turn the Kingdom into ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/agri-exports-china-hit-24m-tonnes-worth-19b-last-42-months
MoU Signing ceremony on technical assistance for promoting the development of the securities sector in Cambodia
On 18 August 2022, the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) announced a press released on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing ceremony between United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and Securities Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC) and Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX).The MoU on “Technical Assistance for ...
Cambodia Securities Exchange
Instructions on the termination of the provision of additional services to consumers in the form of "loan scheme"
On 22 September 2022, the Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia has posted an Instruction on the termination of the provision of additional services to consumers in the form of “loan scheme” on their official Facebook site. According to the Instruction, all mobile phone service providers in Cambodia ...
Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia
Tax revenue passes target amid money laundering cases
The General Department of Taxation (GTD) of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) has collected more than $2.94 billion of tax revenue for the period of first 10 months this year, which passes the amount set in the budget law 2022 and increases 26.96 ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501186161/tax-revenue-passes-target-amid-money-laundering-cases/
Media literacy becoming important, say NGOs and ministries
Media literacy refers to the ability to think objectively about the information a person comes into contact with through general media and, increasingly, social media. It is a common goal of the government and civil society organisations to bring this knowledge to the Cambodian people, ...
Keo Bosaba
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/media-literacy-becoming-important-say-ngos-and-ministries
Cambodia home to 3K-plus rare, IUCN Red List’s silver langurs
A senior official from the Ministry of Environment said Cambodia’s protected areas have a high population of Germain’s silvered langurs, an indicator of the success of conservation programmes. ...
Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-home-3k-plus-rare-iucn-red-lists-silver-langurs
UK to implement new trading scheme for Cambodia
Cambodia will start benefiting in April from the UK’s Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS), a new type of customs preference unveiled by the European country in August 2022. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501240564/uk-to-implement-new-trading-scheme-for-cambodia/
Finance ministry unveils 2030-vision toolkit
The Ministry of Economy and Finance on February 15 published a document establishing a series of internal goals, objectives, approaches and actions with a vision to 2030, to better align with the Royal Government of Cambodia’s (RGC) policies and strategies. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/finance-ministry-unveils-2030-vision-toolkit
Sendai office to bolster Japan ties: CCC
The apex Cambodian business association’s leaders are convinced that their new representative office in the Sendai region will materially accelerate the Kingdom’s trade and economic relations with Japan, largely by tapping into the opportunities created by the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sendai-office-bolster-japan-ties-ccc
Cambodia’s goods exports to US rise nearly a quarter on-year to $8.2B
Cambodia and the US traded goods worth $8.510 billion in the first 11 months of 2022, marking gains of 21.79 per cent on-year, with Cambodian exports to the world’s largest economy accounting for a 96.56 per cent share, according to the General Department of Customs ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodias-goods-exports-us-rise-nearly-quarter-year-82b
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation petition in support of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on the verdict of Kem Sokha
On 03 March 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has posted a petition in support of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on the verdict of Kem Sokha on their official social media site. According to the petition, all the civil servants under the ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction petition in support of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on the verdict of Kem Sokha
On 03 March 2022, the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction has posted a petition in support of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on the verdict of Kem Sokha on their official social media site. According to the petition, all the civil servants under ...
Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction
Child sex abuse posts halved but still of concern
The number of posts involving child sexual assaults from Cambodia last year was discovered to be around 220,000, which is still a problem even if it is down more than 100,000 cases from 2021. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501320171/child-sex-abuse-posts-halved-but-still-of-concern/
Koh Kong int’l airport not set for trial flights: governor
Koh Kong provincial governor Mithona Phouthong has warned that proposed flight trials at the province’s Dara Sakor International Airport could possibly be postponed as the developers need more time to complete construction and address some remaining shortcomings. ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/koh-kong-intl-airport-not-set-trial-flights-governor
Three land rights activists detained, questioned by police after organizing training workshop
Kratie authorities detained and questioned 17 members of the land rights organization Coalition of Cambodia Farmers Community (CCFC) on Wednesday afternoon as the group returned to Phnom Penh by bus from a staff training workshop hosted in Ratanakiri. ...
$106m collected in unpaid vehicle tax
The General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia announced on Thursday that it has collected roughly $106 million from tax of vehicles between September 2021 and December 31, 2022. ...
Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-106m-collected-in-unpaid-vehicle-tax
Cambodia eyes science, engineering to achieve high-income status
Cambodia aims to achieve high-income status by 2050 through a rapid shift from traditional to more inclusive and sustainable growth, using science and engineering. ...
Adur Pradeep
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501288913/cambodia-eyes-science-engineering-to-achieve-high-income-status/
Joint statement: Media and civil society groups deeply disturbed by government’s decision to revoke VOD’s media license and the sexual harassment of a female reporter
On 13 February 2023, 93 Media and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) released a joint statement to express their deeply disturbed by Prime Minister Hun Sen’s order to revoke the license of Voice of Democracy (VOD), and also condemn the recent sexual harassment and intimidation of ...
Cambodian Journalists Alliance Association (CamboJA)
Project aims to strengthen safe finance in communities
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) have rolled out a pilot campaign to promote financial literature, consumer empowerment and protection in Cambodian communities. ...
Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-project-aims-to-strengthen-safe-finance-in-communities
China strengthens investment in Cambodia
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has announced that it approved 113 new investment and expansion projects with combined registered capital of about $1.1 billion in the first half of this year, of which nearly 65% came from Chinese investors. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501324125/china-strengthens-investment-in-cambodia/