RCEP trade pact takes effect in South Korea
The mega free trade pact of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership took effect in South Korea on Tuesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501018289/rcep-trade-pact-takes-effect-in-south-korea/
Firms enlisted in online VAT drive
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) has said it will work with 49 businesses that provide online services in Cambodia to promote the implementation of value-added tax (VAT) on e-commerce transactions, in a move that responds to the recent boom in the online market. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/firms-enlisted-online-vat-drive
Cambodia’s garment export nets $11.3 billion in 2021
Despite facing challenges over raw material supplies, strict crossing border measures imposed by the deadly Covid-19, Cambodia’s garment sector saw the robust growth of export last year. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501025229/cambodias-garment-export-nets-11-3-billion-in-2021/
1.4GW Stung Treng hydropower dam okayed in principle
The government has agreed in principle to a 1,400MW hydropower dam in Stung Treng province to be built jointly by local conglomerate Royal Group of Companies Ltd and China (Cambodia) Rich International Co Ltd. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/14gw-stung-treng-hydropower-dam-okayed-principle
Innovation in Agriculture Critical to Food Security
Promoting innovation in agriculture will benefit Cambodia’s sustainable production and ensure food security, experts say. ...
Sao Phal Niseiy
https://cambodianess.com/article/innovation-in-agriculture-critical-to-food-security
Construction of Phnom Penh Logistics Center (PPLC) planned to commence In November
The construction of Phnom Penh Logistics Center (PPLC) is planned to kick off in November this year. The information was revealed by Sun Chanthol, Senior Minister and Minister of Public Works and Transport while receiving a courtesy call from Ambassador of Singapore to Cambodia Ms. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501031702/construction-of-phnom-penh-logistics-center-pplc-planned-to-commence-in-november/
Cambodia considers setting up embassy in Pakistan
Cambodian and Pakistani officials in Phnom Penh discussed plans for a Cambodian embassy in Islamabad, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Chum Sounry. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501040611/cambodia-considers-setting-up-embassy-in-pakistan/
Rubber latex, wood exports worth over $77M in Jan-Feb
Cambodia netted more than $77 million from rubber latex and wood exports in the first two months of 2022, according to data released by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery’s General Directorate of Rubber. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rubber-latex-wood-exports-worth-over-77m-jan-feb
One Tonne aerial bomb found in river near Sokha Phnom Penh Hotel
Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) found an unexploded aerial bomb form the civil war era in the 1970s. The explosive device was uncovered by an excavator removing sediment from the river in Tonle Boun Muk near the Sokha Hotel in Phnom Penh and in front ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501070584/one-tonne-aerial-bomb-found-in-river-near-sokha-phnom-penh-hotel/
Cambodia-US relationship reaches highest level ever in past 72 years
The relations between Cambodia and the US have reached the highest level ever during the past 72 years, noted Prime Minister Hun Sen while receiving former US Senator Donald M. Benton in Washington DC in the morning of May 11 (Washington DC time), on the ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501073940/cambodia-us-relationship-reaches-highest-level-ever-in-past-72-years/
New Mlech water treatment plant in Kampot inaugurated
The new Mlech Water Treatment Plant in Kampot province’s Chumkiri district, which can produce 2,000 cubic metres of clean water a day, was formally inaugurated to meet the needs of the people in the area as well as in neighbouring Takeo province. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-mlech-water-treatment-plant-kampot-inaugurated
Over 70 wildlife species recorded in Phnom Tnout-Phnom Pok sanctuary
A recent wildlife survey which has been conducted in Phnom Tnout-Phnom Pok Wildlife Sanctuary in Preah Vihear province has recorded more than 70 species, including endangered ones. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501090718/over-70-wildlife-species-recorded-in-phnom-tnout-phnom-pok-sanctuary/
MoC earns $15m in 2022
The Ministry of Commerce has earned more than $15 million to bolster the national budget, an increase of more than six percent over 2021, according to a report. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-moc-earns-15m-in-2022
Data visualization training in journalism
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On 11 September 2023, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) conducted an enriching training session titled “Data visualization in journalism,” attended by a group of 14 journalists (2 females) from various locations such as Phnom Penh, Kratie, Siem Reap, Battambang, Stung Treng, and Mondulkiri.With our “Data visualization ...
Preah Sihanouk Provincial Court of Appeal releases two land activists in Koh Kong province
The Sihanoukville Provincial Court of Appeal has decided to release two land activists on bail on charges of incitement and defamation in connection with a long-running land dispute in Koh Kong province. ...
Complaint advances against investor Oikocredit for role in microfinance sector’s abuses
A Dutch government watchdog group accepted a complaint last Friday alleging that social investor Oikocredit contributed to abuses in Cambodia’s microfinance sector. ...
Protecting against investment fraud in the securities sector
The SERC was established on October 19, 2007 under “Preah Reach Kram No. NS/RKM/1007/028”, which promulgated the “Law on the Issuance and Trading of Non-Government Securities”, as the sole authority to regulate, monitor and develop the securities sector in the Kingdom. ...
Foreign tourist arrivals increase 394 percent in first half of 2022
The number of international tourists to Cambodia soared by 394 percent to 506,762 in the first six months of this year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501109007/foreign-tourist-arrivals-increase-394-percent-in-first-half-of-2022/
Japan to open Toyota factory in Cambodia
Japan will establish a Toyota car factory in Cambodia, affirmed Kishida Fumio, Prime Minister of Japan in a bilateral meeting with Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501159273/japan-to-open-toyota-factory-in-cambodia/