Cambodia receives medical aid to combat COVID-19 from UAE
The UAE Tuesday sent an aid plane carrying 5 metric tonnes of medical supplies and testing kits to Cambodia to bolster the country’s efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19. This aid will assist approximately 5,000 medical professionals as they work to contain the virus. ...
Khmer Times Staff
http://khmertimeskh.com/50759831/cambodia-receives-medical-aid-to-combat-covid-19-from-uae/
Another dolphin calf spotted in Kratie
Another Mekong dolphin calf of less than a week-old was spotted on Monday, swimming alongside nine adult dolphins at the Kampi pool in Kampi Dolphin Canyon in Sambok commune, Chit Borey district, Kratie province. ...
Mao Chanvireak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50885686/another-dolphin-calf-spotted-in-kratie/
Kingdom's commune elections kick off
As people across the country took to polling stations to vote their local leaders in the 5th mandate commune council elections on the morning of June 5, Prime Minister Hun Sen and his wife Bun Rany also cast their ballots amid a throng of voters ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdoms-commune-elections-kick
ADB retains Cambodia’s growth forecast at 5.3 percent in 2022 and 6.2 percent in 2023, down by 0.3 percent
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) maintained its economic growth forecast for Cambodia at 5.3 percent in 2022, but lowered the 2023 forecast to 6.2 percent from the earlier prediction of 6.5 percent due to weaker global growth, according to its updated outlook report released on ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501155788/adb-retains-cambodias-growth-forecast-at-5-3-percent-in-2022-and-6-2-percent-in-2023-down-by-0-3-percent/
PWSA FY’22 net profit sees 16% contraction
Increase in water sales and construction service saw Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority’s (PWSA) net profits inch up to 22.1 billion riel ($5.5 million) in its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2022, from approximately 22 billion riel last year. ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-pwsa-fy22-net-profit-sees-16-contraction
Avian flu outbreak in Kampot confirmed
The first outbreak of H5N1 this year was confirmed in Kampot province on May 10, health officials said yesterday. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/avian-flu-outbreak-kampot-confirmed
League for Democracy Party holds congress
Some 5,000 supporters turned out for the congress of the League for Democracy Party in Phnom Penh yesterday. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/league-democracy-party-holds-congress
Rosewood, resin trees seized in separate raids
Officials confiscated nearly 5 tonnes of rosewood and resin tree timber in Siem Reap and Preah Vihear provinces on Sunday in separate incidents. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rosewood-resin-trees-seized-separate-raids
Road deaths crest 2014 mark
The death toll on Cambodia’s roads this year is up 5 per cent from all of 2014, according to government figures released yesterday. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/road-deaths-crest-2014-mark
Gasoline retail prices creep up in country
Retail prices for gasoline have gradually increased by approximately 5 percent since December last year, raising concern from motorists. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5078692/gasoline-retail-prices-creep-country/
Japanese Firm set to Open Plant in Poipet
Japanese electronics firm Nidec Corporation has invested about $37.5 million to establish a factory in Poipet City that will produce parts for computer hard drives ...
Japan provides US$11 mln for maternal and child health project
Japan provides US$11.5 million in grand aids to Cambodia for the implementation of the Project for Expansion of National Maternal and Child Health Center. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=NWUxNDNlOTcxMjE
Mother nature’s youthful ambassadors get to work
Forty young environmental envoys began training on December 5 to become Young Eco Ambassadors, tasked with raising awareness of the need to protect the environment. ...
Duch Lalin
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18498/mother-nature---s-youthful-ambassadors-get-to-work/
Millions given for waste management
The government has allocated $5 million across the Kingdom’s 46 sub-districts and towns to help with waste management by national and local institutions. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25476/millions-given-for-waste-management/
UN envoy making informal visit
The UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association will arrive in Cambodia on February 5, his office announced on Friday. ...
Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/un-envoy-making-informal-visit
CNRP Meach Sovannara’s accident
Meach Sovannara, the CNRP lawmaker who was let out of jail on bail in May, was involved in a car accident on National Road 5 on Thursday. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12221/cnrp-meach-sovannara---s-accident/
Kingdom may fall short of Tourism target
Cambodia may not achieve its goal of attracting 5 million tourists this year due to the slowdown in the global economy, according to the Ministry of Tourism. ...
Muny Sithyna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13765//
Kingdom inflation rises on oil prices
Inflation in Cambodia rose 5.8 per cent year-on-year in January, according to figures from the National Institute of Statistics. Rising fuel costs had spurred the inflation, which was felt largely in the price of food, officials said. Data showed food and non-alcoholic beverage prices in January increased ...
Mikasa's Koh Rong factory Sees it join Japanese influx
Mikasa Corporation, a famous Japanese sports goods manufacturing company, is to invest more than $5 million in building a ball production factory in Cambodia’s Koh Kong Special Economic Zone (KKSEZ) and plans to start construction early next year according to officials. Hiroshi Suzuki, chief executive ...
Exports to China Fell 10% in First Six Months
Revenues generated from Cambodian exports to China fell by 10 percent in the first half of the year, according to figures released by the Ministry of Commerce last week. About $60 million worth of goods were exported from Cambodia to China between January and June, the ...