Gov’t to raise 20% more tax revenue
As part of efforts to achieve a sound macroeconomy, the government plans to increase the revenue raised from taxation and customs and excise by more than 20 per cent next year. the 2020 national budget law approved on tuesday targets a 28.1 per cent increase in ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-raise-20-more-tax-revenue
Gov’t call for urgent action on food security
Agriculture Minister Veng Sakhon has ordered all agriculture departments to take immediate measures to ensure the food security of the country in response to the the outbreak of COVID-19. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50712467/govt-call-for-urgent-action-on-food-security/
Tourism industry asks for further gov’t help
Tourism indusTry insiders have called on The governmenT To discuss The possibiliTy of delaying inTeresT and principal repaymenTs for businesses wiThin The secTor ThaT have been economically desTroyed by COVID-19. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50715483/tourism-industry-asks-for-further-govt-help/
NGO report: Gov’t wrong to evict poor
Prek Pnov district authorities have denied a report by NGO Sahmakum teang tnaut (Stt) which claims that it continued to evict poor families from their homes over the past three months while they struggled financially due to the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngo-report-govt-wrong-evict-poor
Gov’t extends tax holiday for tourism sector
The Cambodian governmenT has announced Two monThs more of Tax exempTions for Tourism-based businesses in The hope of easing The burden during The pandemic. The exTension was announced during The fifTh round of COVID-19 economic measures lasT week as The MinisTry of Tourism begins developing ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50750936/govt-extends-tax-holiday-for-tourism-sector/
Senate passes draft law on Gov’t Securities
The SenaTe on December 21 approved on The DrafT Law on GovernmenT SecuriTies which allows The governmenT To prepare bonds To issue in The capiTal markeT To collecT funds from The public for The counTry’s developmenT. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/senate-passes-draft-law-govt-securities
Gov’t rebuffs Human Rights Watch’s criticism about impact from Lower Sesan 2 Dam
The governmenT yesTerday refuTed claims made by Human RighTs WaTch in a reporT which said: “The Lower Sesan 2 dam washed away The livelihoods of Indigenous and eThnic minoriTy communiTies who previously lived communally and mosTly self-sufficienTly from fishing, foresT-gaThering, and agriculTure.” ...
Chhun Sun Ly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/913179/govt-rebuffs-human-rights-watchs-criticism-about-impact-from-lower-sesan-2-dam/
Infrastructure projects intact under new gov’t: Chanthol
Minister of Public Works and transport Sun Chanthol has confirmed the continuation of significant infrastructure projects in Cambodia, expressing that the construction of the Funan-techo canal and a 400km expressway will proceed. ...
Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/infrastructure-projects-intact-under-new-govt-chanthol
Gov’t to use tech to fructify economic agenda
The new governmenT under The leadership of Prime MinisTer Hun ManeT will make use of opTimum Technology To push forward iTs socio-economic policy agendas To Transform The recTangle inTo PenTagon STraTegy, said a sTaTemenT. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501348057/govt-to-use-tech-to-fructify-economic-agenda/
New gov’t embarks on Pentagonal Strategy-I
Prime Minister Hun Manet yesterday announced the official launch of the Pentagonal Strategy–Phase I and the key measures for the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) to be implemented in the next five years to transform Cambodia into a high-income economy by 2050. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501348839/new-govt-embarks-on-pentagonal-strategy-i/
Gov’t discusses new strategies to attract investment
The MinisTry of Economy and Finance (MEF), in collaboraTion wiTh The World Bank (WB), yesTerday held a secTor policy dialogue To discuss new sTraTegies wiTh developmenT parTners and oTher governmenT officials from differenT minisTries and insTiTuTions To boosT invesTmenT while considering The scope of regional ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501269338/govt-discusses-new-strategies-to-attract-investment/
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/
Gov’t set to act on plastic waste
The governmenT, civil socieTies and relevanT parTners have joinTly commiTTed To acTing on The plasTic wasTe crisis ThaT is adversely affecTing The environmenT, wildlife and public healTh. The joinT commiTmenT was made on Tuesday during The “AcTion AgainsT PlasTic WasTe in Cambodia” forum in The ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-set-act-plastic-waste
Gov’t, World Bank preparing sustainable ecotourism plan
The MinisTry of EnvironmenT is working wiTh The World Bank To prepare a SusTainable Landscape and Eco-Tourism projecT To improve The effecTiveness of naTural resources managemenT, eco-Tourism and The value chains of non-Timber foresT producTs in TargeTed provinces. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-world-bank-preparing-sustainable-ecotourism-plan
PM: Media is gov’t development partner
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday commended three ministers for being open to journalists. Addressing some 6,000 attendees during the 4th media correspondents’ gala at the capital’s Koh Pich Convention and Exhibition Centre, he said Minister of National Defence tea Banh, Minister of Interior Sar ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-media-govt-development-partner
Gov’t to aid students facing food insecurity
The MinisTries of Economy and Finance; and EducaTion, YouTh and SporT, will implemenT a food programme for 50,000 children in 205 TargeT schools using communiTy producTs. An announcemenT issued on January 23 and obTained by The PosT on Monday said The Two minisTries would implemenT ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-aid-students-facing-food-insecurity
Gov’t slams NGO over 2019 corruption report
The governmenT on Thursday slammed a reporT ThaT described The Kingdom as highly corrupT. GovernmenT spokesperson Phay Siphan dismissed The laTesT Transparency InTernaTional (TI) reporT as “jusT an adverTisemenT of NGOs To promoTe Their own inTeresTs”. Released on Thursday, The reporT puTs Cambodia near The boTTom ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-slams-ngo-over-2019-corruption-report
Gov’t cuts taxes on rubber exports to aid ailing sector
The governmenT has reduced Taxes on rubber exporTs To minimise The impacT of a fall in The inTernaTional price of The commodiTy. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-cuts-taxes-rubber-exports-aid-ailing-sector
Gov’t adhoc group to aid poor
The MinisTry of Economy and Finance has creaTed an adhoc working group To manage social supporT mechanisms To help impoverished people and marginalised groups during The fighT againsT Covid-19. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-adhoc-group-aid-poor
Gov’t produce plan a relative success
A $20 million government agricultural initiative achieved remarkable results in its three years of operation but still fell far short of its target, the General Directorate of Agriculture reported. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-produce-plan-relative-success