Model primary standards in effect
Minister of Education, Youth and Sport Hang Chuon Naron has introduced model primary school standards, unveiling a document on child development linked to primary education and an accelerated first-year Khmer language textbook. ...
Kim Yutharo
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/model-primary-standards-in-effect
Royal gendarmerie arrests 11 Pursat residents in wildlife crime crackdown
Cambodia’s Royal Gendarmerie arrested 11 Pursat province residents Tuesday after the military force deployed nearly 300 of its officers to crack down on natural resource crimes. ...
Eung Sea
https://cambojanews.com/royal-gendarmerie-arrests-11-pursat-residents-in-wildlife-crime-crackdown/
Investment in financial sector falls 28.7%
Investment in the financial sector declined by 28.7 percent in 2023, despite an increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) of 14.5 percent, according to the National Bank of Cambodia’s (NBC) 2023 annual report. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/investment-in-financial-sector-falls-287
US Calls for improved business climate in Cambodia
The US-ASEAN Business Council has requested that Cambodia cooperate to facilitate US company investment, business, and trade in the Kingdom, particularly to improve the climate. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/us-calls-for-improved-business-climate-in-cambodia
‘We are dying to live in our homeland’: Siem Reap villagers protest against Apsara
On Monday hundreds of families living inside the Angkor archaeological park protested against the Apsara National Authority, which manages the park, for barring them from doing construction and other activities that support their livelihoods. ...
Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/we-are-dying-to-live-in-our-homeland-siem-reap-villagers-protest-against-apsara/
Sunwah Group sees investment potential in Cambodia
Hong Kong-based Sunwah Group, along with a group of leading investors, have evinced interest to invest in a range of areas including financial technology to smart city development and property and energy to tourism in Cambodia. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501469668/sunwah-group-sees-investment-potential-in-cambodia/
China encouraged to invest more in Cambodia
Cambodia and China have agreed to enhance the China-Cambodia Free Trade Agreement’s implementation quality, with an expert suggesting the need to push harder for trade balance. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/china-encouraged-to-invest-more-in-cambodia
OVOP movement gathering strength in Cambodia
The Seventh National Day for the promotion of Khmer products will be celebrated today (April 9), under the theme ‘Sustainable Production and Supply to the Market – One Village, One Product Movement.’ ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501469672/ovop-movement-gathering-strength-in-cambodia/
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) published a new dataset on "Power generation in Cambodia”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) published a new dataset on “Power generation in Cambodia”. This power generation in Cambodia dataset is extracted from the Mekong Infrastructure Tracker database, which builds on existing data to present a comprehensive source of information on energy, transportation, and water infrastructure ...
Cambodia posts 57% rise in agricultural exports
Cambodia exported more than 6.13 million tonnes of agricultural products in the first half of 2024, an increase of 57 percent compared to the same period in 2023, earning more than $2.8 billion, according to a report of the General Directorate of Agriculture posted by ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501517943/cambodia-posts-57-rise-in-agricultural-exports/
Cambodia posts 57% rise in agricultural exports
Cambodia exported more than 6.13 million tonnes of agricultural products in the first half of 2024, an increase of 57 percent compared to the same period in 2023, earning more than $2.8 billion, according to a report of the General Directorate of Agriculture posted by ...
Mom Kunthea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501517943/cambodia-posts-57-rise-in-agricultural-exports/
ERW victims increase by 67% in first six months of 2024
In the first six months of 2024, there have been 35 casualties from mines, unexploded ordnance (UXOs), and explosive remnants of war (ERWs), an increase of 67% compared to the same period in 2023 when there were 21 victims. ...
Som Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501517980/erw-victims-increase-by-67-in-first-six-months-of-2024/
Cambodia makes $305 mil from milled rice export in 8 months
Cambodia exported 412,023 tonnes of milled rice in the first eight months of this year, with a revenue of $305 million, the Cambodia Rice Federation said in a news release on Thursday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501554308/cambodia-makes-305-mil-from-milled-rice-export-in-8-months/
27 projects worth $306 million get incentives in Preah Sihanouk
With this, the number of projects eligible under the special investment promotion programme soared to 110. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501552494/27-projects-worth-306-million-get-incentives-in-preah-sihanouk/
Press release on the progress of digital policies and regulations in the digital sector in Cambodia
On 4 November 2022, the Ministry of Post and Telecommunication of Cambodia (MPTC) released a public announcement on the Progress of Digital Policies and Regulations in the Digital Sector in Cambodia.To promote the digital sector’s development in Cambodia, the Royal Government has set out key ...
Ministry of Post and Telecommunication of Cambodia (MPTC)
More than one million vehicles travelled on Chinese-invested expressway in Cambodia in 3 months
More than 1 million vehicles had travelled on Cambodia’s first-ever expressway in the first three months since its inauguration in October last year, according to data released by the freeway operator on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501212948/more-than-one-million-vehicles-travelled-on-chinese-invested-expressway-in-cambodia-in-3-months/
PPSP back in black in Q1’23 with $5.7m net profit
A surge in land sales has helped tycoon Kith Meng’s Phnom Penh SEZ Plc (PPSP) to return to the black, posting $5.7 million net profit in the first quarter ended March 31 (Q1’23) after suffering a $680,743 net loss a year ago. ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-ppsp-back-in-black-in-q123-with-57m-net-profit
Viet Nam, Cambodia aim for $20billion in trade, boost cooperation in defence, transport
Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Monday had talks in Hà Nội with Cambodian counterpart Samdech Hun Manet, who was on a two-day visit to Việt Nam, also his first to an ASEAN country. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501405428/viet-nam-cambodia-aim-for-20billion-in-trade-boost-cooperation-in-defence-transport/
Cambodian Economy Hurt by Land Evictions
Kratie province – Cambodia’s transformation from war-torn basket-case to one of Asia’s most promising emerging economies is being overshadowed by a backwards lurch in human rights and land policies that critics say are entrenching poverty. Next week’s visit by Barack Obama, the fist by a U.S. ...
Press release on the prioritization of road repair and construction, rainwater system amd sewage system in Preah Sihanouk province
On 04 September 2019, the Ministry of Economy and Finance issued a press release on the outcome of the meeting between Economic and Financial Policy Committee (EFPC) and relevant ministries. The meeting outcomes are to (1) implement the work plan of restoring canal and existing ...
Ministry of Economy and Finance