Cambodia highlights need for collective efforts to maintain poverty reduction outcomes in region
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn has stressed the importance of ensuring sustainable economic recovery and growth for the region, including through the materialization of the ASEAN Travel Corridor Arrangement Framework and operationalisation of the ASEAN Centre ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50907974/cambodia-highlights-need-for-collective-efforts-to-maintain-poverty-reduction-outcomes-in-region/
Master plan in works for transport systems
The government is preparing a master plan to develop intelligent transport systems (ITS) to properly consolidate and invigorate the technological development and capabilities in the industry, in the expectation of a soft launch in 2023. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/master-plan-works-transport-systems
Cambodia voted ‘world’s friendliest country’ in Rough Guides reader poll
Cambodia ranked number one among the “World’s Friendliest Countries”, according to a reader poll conducted by London-based international website “Rough Guides”. ...
JICA provides support to improve traffic safety control in Phnom Penh
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has provided support to contribute to strengthening traffic safety control in Phnom Penh. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50939333/jica-provides-support-to-improve-traffic-safety-control-in-phnom-penh/
Kingdom in rubber forecast project
Cambodia has signed an agreement on a project to assess and forecast the impact of climate change and labour availability in natural rubber production chains in Southeast Asia, to promote growth and development in the regional sector, according to the General Directorate of Rubber on ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-rubber-forecast-project
Three villages flooded in Kampong Speu
Three villages in Kampong Speu province were flooded and some 30 hectares of rice fields have been damaged by floodwaters. ...
Chhun Sun Ly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50958122/three-villages-flooded-in-kampong-speu/
More than 360 families in Ratanakiri province evacuated due to flooding
More than 360 families in Ratanakiri province have been evacuated to higher grounds due to flooding, an official said. ...
Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50955477/more-than-360-families-in-ratanakiri-province-evacuated-due-to-flooding/
Development in Botum Sakor National Park
Koh Kong Provincial Administration is examining a request from Anko Ahran Niharan company to invest on 6,145 hectares of land inside Botum Sakor National Park. ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50999244/development-in-botum-sakor-national-park/
Chinese-built national road facilitates travel, goods transport in SE. Cambodia
Linking Prey Veng and Tboung Khmum provinces in southeast Cambodia, the Chinese-built 96.4-km-long and 11-meter-wide National Road No. 11 has facilitated personnel flow and goods transport in the region. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50983952/chinese-built-national-road-facilitates-travel-goods-transport-in-se-cambodia/
Best operating costs in Kingdom: TMX
Cambodia has the lowest operating costs among nine countries in Asia that are recognised as major manufacturing hubs, according to Asia-Pacific business transformation consultancy TMX. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/best-operating-costs-kingdom-tmx
Authorities stumble onto over 60ha of deforestation in Kampong Thom
The Forestry Administration in Kampong Thom province has stumbled onto deforestation of more than 60 hectares of land in the Ang Ten community forest. ...
Samsung C&T mulls investing in Cambodia
South Korea’s Samsung C&T Corp has expressed interest in investing an undisclosed sum in Cambodian transport infrastructure, to enhance the economic growth of the ASEAN country. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/samsung-ct-mulls-investing-cambodia
Cambodia’s largest ports see growth in revenue last year despite pandemic
Cambodia’s two state-owned ports, Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS) and Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP), had seen double-digit growth in revenue in 2021 despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Public Works and Transport said in a report on Thursday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501014808/cambodias-largest-ports-see-growth-in-revenue-last-year-despite-pandemic/
Cambodian PM to Co-host World Summit 2022 in S. Korea
Prime Minister Hun Sen will lead a high level delegation to pay a visit to the Republic of Korea from Feb. 10 to 13, according to a press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501021639/cambodian-pm-to-co-host-world-summit-2022-in-s-korea/
Vietnamese FM tests positive for COVID-19 on arrival in Cambodia
Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son tested positive for COVID-19 upon his arrival in Cambodia on Wednesday afternoon, Cambodia’s Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn said. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501026585/vietnamese-fm-tests-positive-for-covid-19-on-arrival-in-cambodia/
Customs revenues reaches $2.295 billion in 2021
Approximately $2.295 billion was collected as customs revenue in 2021, about 97.1 percent of the yearly plan, according to the data from the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501023830/customs-revenues-reaches-2-295-billion-in-2021/
Tax revenues reaches $288 million in January 2022
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) of the Ministry of Economy and Finance collected $288.23 million in the first month of this year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501028271/tax-revenues-reaches-288-million-in-january-2022/
WWF ‘saddened’ by death of last dolphin in pool near Cambodia
The WWF has expressed regret over the death of the last known river dolphin in the transboundary pool in the Mekong between Laos and Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501028680/wwf-saddened-by-death-of-last-dolphin-in-pool-near-cambodia/
School feeding programme in Cambodia celebrated
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the United States Embassy, and Cambodia’s Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) celebrated the handover of the school feeding programme in 85 additional schools from WFP to the Cambodian Government. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501043512/school-feeding-programme-in-cambodia-celebrated/
Gov’t report says $600m spent in subsidies for poor
The Ministry of Economy and Finance said the government has spent nearly $600 million to help poor families across the country. ...
Tith Kognov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501042653/govt-report-says-600m-spent-in-subsidies-for-poor/