New immigration bill targets illegal foreigners in Kingdom
General Department of Immigration (GDI) officials are discussing revisions to the new draft law on immigration to prevent foreigners from entering Cambodia illegally and to supervise those living in the Kingdom more effectively. The revisions draw wide support among civil society organisations. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-immigration-bill-targets-illegal-foreigners-kingdom
Authorities seize wild meat from market in Kratie
An emergency wildlife rescue team raided a market in Kratie. The team found nearly 14 kilograms of wild meat. The illegal meat found included 3.7 kilograms of wild boar meat and 10.2 kilograms of wild oxen meat. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50899443/authorities-seize-wild-meat-from-market-in-kratie/
Flood shelters in Tboung Khmum ready to go
Tboung Khmum provincial authorities have prepared safe shelters for residents in the event of a Mekong River flood this rainy season. ...
Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50906367/flood-shelters-in-tboung-khmum-ready-to-go/
Cambodia ranks top in women workforce
The UNDP in Cambodia published a statement yesterday on its Facebook page stating that the rate of women workers in the Kingdom is higher than others in the region. However, the wage gap between women and men remains a challenge. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50902846/cambodia-ranks-top-in-women-workforce/
Cambodia ranks top in women workforce
The UNDP in Cambodia published a statement yesterday on its Facebook page stating that the rate of women workers in the Kingdom is higher than others in the region. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50902846/cambodia-ranks-top-in-women-workforce/
Settling disputes in securities sector with the SERC mediation mechanism
The SERC – established under the Preah Reach Kram No. NS/RKM/1007/028 on October 19, 2007 that promulgates the Law on the Issuance and Trading of Non-Government Securities – is the sole authority that controls and supervises the securities sector. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/settling-disputes-securities-sector-serc-mediation-mechanism
Protected areas in Kampot given boost by governor
Kampot authorities have been ordered to take immediate action to stop and annul all signatures on land transfer letters for the purchase or sale of state land in protected areas and the biodiversity conservation corridor. ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50894829/protected-areas-in-kampot-given-boost-by-governor/
Cambodian customs department nets $1.52 billion in eight months
The General Department of Customs and Excise earned $1.5 billion as revenue in the first eight months this year, representing 64.2 percent of yearly plan. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50934455/cambodian-customs-department-nets-1-52-billion-in-eight-months/
Sweden’s good relations with Cambodia to continue in new form of section office
The Embassy of Sweden in Phnom Penh will close on November 30, 2021, but the diplomatic relations between Sweden and Cambodia will continue, the Embassy of Sweden in Phnom Penh recently affirmed. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50936592/swedens-good-relations-with-cambodia-to-continue-in-new-form-of-section-office/
WHO representative in Cambodia urges people to stay vigilant despite being fully vaccinated
World Health Organization representative (WHO) to Cambodia, Dr Li Ailan urged people to continue exercising caution although they have been fully vaccinated. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50974729/who-representative-in-cambodia-urges-people-to-stay-vigilant-despite-being-fully-vaccinated/
Forest activists allege logging scheme in Prey Lang
Forest activists from the Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) in Preah Vihear province claim that Macle Logistics Cambodia Co Ltd and PNT Co Ltd are working together to illegally collect timber being logged in the core area of the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/forest-activists-allege-logging-scheme-prey-lang
Road vehicle imports clock in at $977M
Cambodia imported road vehicles worth $977.4 million in the first 10 months of 2021, up by more than eight per cent from $901 million in January-October 2020, according to Ministry of Commerce data. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/road-vehicle-imports-clock-977m
Labour shortages in footwear, travel goods: association
Increasing orders for footwear and travel goods from international markets and the opening of new factories in the Kingdom have contributed to labour shortages in the sector, according to Cambodia Footwear Association (CFA) president Ly Kunthai. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/labour-shortages-footwear-travel-goods-association
China plays major role in global peace, health, development says Cambodian officials
China has been playing a major role in promoting global peace, public health and common development, Cambodian official and experts said. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501008204/china-plays-major-role-in-global-peace-health-development-says-cambodian-officials/
$2.3B of projects greenlit in January
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved final registration certificates for 25 projects in the first month of 2022, with total registered capital of nearly $2.3 billion and expected to create 23,175 jobs. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/23b-projects-greenlit-january
New Year held in 2022: PM
Prime Minister Hun Sen has announced that the Khmer New Year celebration and holidays – which falls in mid-April – will be celebrated this year, following two years of cancellations of public celebrations due to the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-year-held-2022-pm
K Cham on track to provide 100% electricity in province
A Kampong Cham Provincial Administration committee to provide electricity for all villages across the province by 2025 has announced there are only two more villages in rural areas that don’t have electricity because there is no investor interested to work on them. ...
Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501017411/k-cham-on-track-to-provide-100-electricity-in-province/
Ecotourism taking off in the Cardamom
Under the “Cambodia Sustainable Landscape and Ecotourism Project”, the Ministry of Environment is developing its vision and investment plans for tourist destinations in the Cardamom Mountains, with a focus on establishing ecotourism in protected areas of Siem Reap, Kampong Speu and Koh Kong provinces. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ecotourism-taking-cardamom
No change in P Vihear province poverty rate
Preah Vihear Provincial Administration has reported only a slight decline in the poverty rate despite a steady decrease before the pandemic. ...
Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501025862/no-change-in-p-vihear-province-poverty-rate/
New Preah Kossamak Cambodia-China Friendship Medical Building starts operations in Cambodia
The Cambodia-China Friendship Medical Building, a key livelihood project shouldered by State-owned China State Construction Engineering Corp, was officially put into use in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh on March 21. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501049708/new-preah-kossamak-cambodia-china-friendship-medical-building-starts-operations-in-cambodia/