Preah Sihanouk authorities issue eviction notices
Authorities in Preah Sihanouk’s Stung Hav district on Wednesday issued a week’s deadline for 20 families who illegally built huts on privately-owned land to remove the structures and move out. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50748169/preah-sihanouk-authorities-issue-eviction-notices/
CLV PMs talk trade, investment
Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (CLV) on March 10 reaffirmed their commitment to boost border trade and investment with a specific focus on the construction of border markets and to improve customs clearance procedures. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/clv-pms-talk-trade-investment
Ministry to launch new jobsite to boost employment
The Ministry of Labour will launch a new job website – WORKNET – on employment services and labour market information in Cambodia on April 8, to help Cambodians find jobs during the pandemic. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50829112/ministry-to-launch-new-jobsite-to-boost-employment/
Journalist union urges end to fake news dissemination
The Union of Journalist Federations of Cambodia (UJFC) has called on journalists and social media users to put greater focus on moral and ethical considerations when disseminating information in order to avoid spreading fake news. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/journalist-union-urges-end-fake-news-dissemination
New UK trade rules to profit exporters
The UK government on July 19 launched a consultation on new trading rules designed to stimulate commercial transactions with lower-income nations, including Cambodia. ...
Thou Vireak
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/new-uk-trade-rules-profit-exporters
Road tax can now be paid through GDT app
Vehicle owners can now pay road tax on their mobile devices through the GDT Taxpayer App, after the latest update, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance’s General Department of Taxation (GDT) on July 30. ...
Thou Vireak
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/road-tax-can-now-be-paid-through-gdt-app
Ministry: No shortages of oxygen for Covid-19 care
As COVID-19 rages on with nearly 1,000 cases reported on July 6 alone, a senior health official said the government had secured sufficient oxygen supplies to treat patients with the disease. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-no-shortages-oxygen-covid-19-care
Cambodia sees remarkable drop in drug arrests this year
Cambodian authorities detained 9,828 drug-related suspects over the first nine months of this year, down 37 percent year-on-year, said an Anti-Drug Department’s report on Saturday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50946061/cambodia-sees-remarkable-drop-in-drug-arrests-this-year/
Cambodia to reopen schools today
Cambodia is going to reopen secondary and high schools in Phnom Penh on September 15 while Indonesia has tightened protocols on international travellers to help curb the spread of COVID-19. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50935146/cambodia-to-reopen-schools-today-indonesia-tightens-rules-on-foreign-tourists/
Indonesian navy seizes tanker wanted in Cambodia oil heist
Indonesia’s navy on August 25 said it has seized a tanker and its crew who were wanted on charges of stealing nearly 300,000 barrels of crude oil from Cambodia’s reserves. ...
AFP
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/indonesian-navy-seizes-tanker-wanted-cambodia-oil-heist
Seeing the forest for the trees: Cambodia commits to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050
Cambodia begins the new year as the first nation in Southeast Asia to publish a plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. The roadmap, known officially as a “Long-term strategy for Carbon Neutrality (LTS4CN)”, was submitted to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501009565/seeing-the-forest-for-the-trees-cambodia-commits-to-achieving-carbon-neutrality-by-2050/
Regional natural resource protection forum held in Battambang
The 13th regional forum on natural resource protection and preservation was organised in Battambang town on May 13 to promote increased participation by sub-national level authorities and communities. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/regional-natural-resource-protection-forum-held-battambang
New S Reap airport 44% done, still set to open in Oct 2023
Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport is still on track to open in October 2023, with work on Phase I reaching 44 per cent as of end-September, according to a senior civil aviation official. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-s-reap-airport-44-done-still-set-open-oct-2023
Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia look to enhance audit cooperation
The 10th Tripartite Meeting between the Supreme Audit Institutions of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam with the theme of “Follow up on audit recommendations” was held in central city of Da Nang on August 29. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501351613/vietnam-laos-cambodia-look-to-enhance-audit-cooperation/
Guatemala and Cambodia to foster culture and trade cooperation
The Republic of Guatemala is committed to further promote the cooperation on culture and trade with Cambodia. The commitment was made by Carlos Humberto Jiménez Licona, newly-appointed Ambassador of the Republic of Guatemala to Cambodia, while paying a courtesy call on Cambodian Acting Head of ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501150469/guatemala-and-cambodia-to-foster-culture-and-trade-cooperation/
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
Association disputes ‘crime haven’ tag as trafficking reports mount
The Federation of Khmer Chinese in Cambodia on Wednesday disputed international media characterizations of the country as a haven for criminal syndicates as attention grows on human trafficking at scam compounds. ...
VOD Staff
https://vodenglish.news/association-disputes-crime-haven-tag-as-trafficking-reports-mount/
Cambodia’s export to Japan reached almost $2B last year
Cambodia exported $1,939 million worth of products to Japan last year, a year-on-year increase of 10.5 percent, the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) report said on Monday. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501233908/cambodias-export-to-japan-reached-almost-2b-last-year/
Tax system to be updated to make payment easy, evasion tough
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) during a meeting on Tuesday announced a work plan for this year with an emphasis on developing a system that will make paying taxes easy and evasion difficult. ...
Hong Sovannary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501255720/tax-system-to-be-updated-to-make-payment-easy-evasion-tough/
Kingdom likely to seek British funds for MRT
Both countries discussed new opportunities and exchanged technical views on financing models for infrastructure development. The discussion centred on the planning and financing the Mass Rapid Transit system for Phnom Penh. ...
Hong Sovannary
http://khmertimeskh.com/501238164/kingdom-likely-to-seek-british-funds-for-mrt/