Gov’t orders formation of NCDCBE to boost tourism sector
A National Committee for the Development of Community-Based Ecotourism (NCDCBE) will be set up to boost the tourism sector. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50949088/govt-orders-formation-of-ncdcbe-to-boost-tourism-sector/
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/
‘New gov’t to implement Pentagon Strategy’
In an unambiguous message to investors and businesspeople alike, caretaker Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday that the new dispensation shall implement the Pentagon Strategy highlighting the new economic development policies and programs initiated by the current government. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501331906/new-govt-to-implement-pentagon-strategy/
Passports for migrant workers can’t be issued any quicker due to high costs, Sar Kheng says
Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Monday said the Cambodian government could not afford more passport printing machines to speed up the process of documenting the hundreds of thousands of citizens working abroad, predominantly in thailand. ...
Gov’t demands water conservation measures
The governmenT lasT week issued a circular To relevanT minisTries and local auThoriTies To observe waTer conservaTion measures following a sharp fall in Mekong River waTer levels – The lowesT iT has been in 60 years. .. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-demands-water-conservation-measures
Gov’t Covid policy a boon for hog farmers
The Covid-19 crisis prompTed The governmenT To develop new policies ThaT would reinforce agriculTure pracTices and animal husbandry To ensure adequaTe food supplies for The Kingdom. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-covid-policy-boon-hog-farmers
Gov’t: Kingdom’s sovereign debt manageable
A senior official at the Ministry of Economy and Finance described Cambodia’s level of public debt as manageable and allowing flexibility for further borrowing to meet the country’s development needs. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-kingdoms-sovereign-debt-manageable
Gov’t clarifies division of Tamouk Lake
After the government ceded an additional 36 hectares of tamouk Lake to the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) in a sub-decree dated August 26, questions were raised as to whether or not it was given to Generals Vong Pisen and Sao Sokha, who were named ...
Yin Soeum
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50962314/govt-clarifies-division-of-tamouk-lake/
Gov’t prepares to launch inflation relief programme
Prime Minister Hun Sen said that Cambodia is proud to have supported the poor and vulnerable with cash payments through the dark time of the Covid-19 pandemic. to date, the government has disbursed about $40 million a month to assist people affected by the virus. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-prepares-launch-inflation-relief-programme
Gov’t sticks with 5.6% growth forecast
The governmenT has kepT iTs baseline projecTion for Cambodia’s economic growTh This year aT 5.6 percenT, which was announced in laTe January, marking a sharp drop from The 6.6 per cenT puT forward in OcTober, as The Ukraine conflicT and geopoliTical unresT caused regional and ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-sticks-56-growth-forecast
Banking loans rise 11% to $58b from January to June
Up to 238.7 trillion riel or $57.8 billion worth of loans were disbursed by banks and financial institutions in the first half of 2023, the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) shared in an X post this morning, noting its increase of 10.5 percent year-on-year. ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/banking-loans-rise-11-to-58b-from-january-to-june
Gov’t continues China tilt as ties with the US slide on ‘interference’ in Kingdom’s internal affairs
China has granted some $131 million in aid to the Cambodian military. It comes as yet another sign that the Kingdom is strengthening strategic ties with its Asian neighbour to counter increasingly cold relations with the United States. the aid was announced as part of ...
‘Don’t come near Asia’: Hun Sen threatens to roll out rocket launchers against Rainsy and his ‘movement’
Prime Minister Hun Sen delivered a fiery speech yesterday, threatening to “attack” members of the opposition with Soviet-era rocket launchers, while also claiming he would arrest them anywhere in Asia. ...
Mech Dara and Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dont-come-near-asia-hun-sen-threatens-roll-out-rocket-launchers-against-rainsy-and-his
War games: Ministry says 'please don't be alarmed' as it announces Golden Dragon military exercise with China
The MinisTry of Defence on Thursday warned civilians and aircrafT To avoid a secTion of Kampong Speu province from March 15 To March 30 while Cambodia parTicipaTes in iTs Golden Dragon miliTary Training exercises wiTh China. ...
Ben Sokhean and Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/war-games-ministry-says-please-dont-be-alarmed-it-announces-golden-dragon-military-exercise
As European leaders try to save the euro, uncertainty about fallout in Cambodia if they don't succeed
It’s after midnight in Sihanoukville and British teenagers are clogging the walkways, pushing past one another to drain free shots at the bars. In Kep, elderly French tourists sun themselves at the upscale Sailing Club while Spaniards and Germans eye the offerings at Phnom Penh’s Central Market. In spite of the growing fears ...
Gov’t calls for new mining exploration bids
The Mine and Energy MinisTry has called on local and foreign companies To bid for mining exploraTion licences. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50705869/govt-calls-for-new-mining-exploration-bids/
Japanese gov’t helps fund Mekong forecasting system
The Japanese governmenT granTed $2.9 million To The Mekong River Commission (MRC) To help implemenT iTs sTraTegic plan To promoTe responsible developmenT in The region. ...
Syed Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50819129/japanese-govt-helps-fund-mekong-forecasting-system/
Gov’t rejects logging claims
The MinisTry of EnvironmenT has rejecTed reporTs by AmnesTy InTernaTional and The Prey Lang CommuniTy NeTwork (PLCN) ThaT large-scale illegal logging has increased in Prey Lang Wildlife SancTuary since PLCN was banned from paTrolling The area. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-rejects-logging-claims
Private sector assists gov’t tech plan
The MinisTry of Public Works and TransporT is cooperaTing wiTh a privaTe company To develop a Technology masTer plan for The public works and TransporT secTors To improve The minisTry’s efficiency. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/private-sector-assists-govt-tech-plan
Gov’t spent more than $570 million on IDpoor
Ministry of Social Affairs announced yesterday that the government has spent more than $570 million to provide cash assistance to poor families suffering from the Covid-19 pandemic from June 25, 2020 to September 24 this year. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50959640/govt-spent-more-than-570-million-on-idpoor/