GFT exports rise 17 percent in first half of 2024
Cambodia’s exports of garments, footwear and travel goods (GFT) increased by 16.89 percent in the first half of this year, compared to the same period last year, earning the country $6.15 billion, according to the trade data released by the General Department of Customs and ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501521386/gft-exports-rise-17-percent-in-first-half-of-2024/
Minimum wage for all a step closer
The Ministry of Labor said yesterday that it was working with experts and International Labor Organization (ILO) officials to create a draft law laying out the monthly minimum wage for workers in a variety of fields outside the garment and textile industry, which late last ...
Mom kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31388/minimum-wage-for-all-a-step-closer/
Announcement on the launch of public services related to employment and vocational training through automation system
On 06 January 2021, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training issued an announcement on the launch of public services related to employment and vocational training through the automation system. In order to enhance the use of information technology systems in the era of industrial ...
Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training
Ministry: Dengue fever cases kill 24, see fivefold increase
Twenty-four people have been killed by dengue fever in the first six months of this year – a fivefold increase on the same period last year when seven people died from the virus. There have been more than 10,000 reported cases of dengue so far ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-dengue-fever-cases-kill-24-see-fivefold-increase
Health Ministry issues dengue fever warning
The Ministry of Health has warned that dengue fever cases could spike this year after a fall in cases in 2017 when compared to 2016. A report from the ministry said that in the first three weeks of 2018, there was a 130 percent spike in ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50106515/health-ministry-issues-dengue-fever-warning/
Ministry chided over factories
Deputy Prime Minister Men Sam An has ordered the Industry Ministry to be stricter in its implementation and monitoring of industry and technical standards to ensure the safety of workers involved. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37610/ministry-chided-over-factories/
Skilled workers and infrastructure needed
Cambodia needs about $12 billion over a 10-year period to invest in the development of a skilled workforce and improved infrastructure in order to meet the goals of its Industrial Development Policy (IDP), Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak said recently. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/skilled-workers-and-infrastructure-needed
Malnutrition workshop planned for capital
The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with Helen Keller International, will organize a January 27 workshop to introduce the project “Treatment and care of children with an acute, moderate and severe malnutrition”. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/malnutrition-workshop-planned-capital
Correction and issuance of high school diplomas and provisional high school diplomas
On 10 September 2021, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports issued a notification on correction and issuance of high school diplomas and provisional high school diplomas.Applicant, parents or guardians and representatives of higher education institutions who wish to correct the information on the high ...
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Industry Ministry to Be Split, New ‘Handicraft’ Focus
The National Assembly is set to dismantle the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy, rebuilding it as the Ministry of Mines and Energy and creating a new Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts, a senior CPP lawmaker confirmed on Friday. The move comes just a few weeks ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/industry-ministry-to-be-split-new-handicraft-focus-46782/
Interior Ministry to meet with NGOs
The Interior Ministry is due to hold a forum today between government officials and NGOs to raise and iron out any problems leading up to the upcoming election in July. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50503204/interior-ministry-to-meet-with-ngos/
Mining group closer to gold
Indian mining firm Mesco Gold (Cambodia) has moved a step closer to producing gold in Cambodia with the installation of a processing plant at its Phum Syarung mine in Ratanakkiri province, remaining on schedule to start refining gold later this year, the firm said on ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mining-group-closer-gold
Four-month tax break for hotels and guesthouses in Siem Reap
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced yesterday that all registered hotels and guesthouses in Siem Reap will be exempt of all taxes from February until May this year. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50694704/four-month-tax-break-for-hotels-and-guesthouses-in-siem-reap
NIPTICT signs MoU with Bosch to launch Digital Makerspace
The National Institute of Post, Telecommunications and Information Communications Technology (NIPTICT) and Bosch (Cambodia), a local subsidiary of the Bosch Group, Germany’s leading electronics and engineering company, signed a memorandum of understanding this week to develop a Digital Makerspace at the institution. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50807537/niptict-signs-mou-with-bosch-to-launch-digital-makerspace/
Chinese Foreign Minister to visit Cambodia this week
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Singapore, Malaysia and Cambodia from August 10 to 13, foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning announced on Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501340165/chinese-foreign-minister-to-visit-cambodia-this-week/
Turkish government donates 150 bicycles to poor students in Kampong Chhnang
The Kampong Chhnang Provincial Governor, Sun Sovannarith, expressed his deep gratitude to the Turkish government and people for their generous donation of 150 bicycles distributed among underprivileged students in the province. The bicycles were received on October 18th. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501378856/turkish-government-donates-150-bicycles-to-poor-students-in-kampong-chhnang/
Garment workers to receive USD 100 per month from February
The Government already issued a Decision to require the employers to increase the minimum wage for the factory workers to USD 100 per month, starting from February 2014, said a government official. Vong Savann, a senior official of the Labor Ministry added that the Decision was ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=NmY5MTVmYTZhMzE
Hun Sen: Cambodia has no law to require the government to send draft law to NGOs
Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Monday that the cabinet is not obliged by any law to seek suggestions from the civil society. The premier made comments at a graduation ceremony of Asia European University in response to non-government organizations which condemned the approval on April ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=YmM2YjYxMzIxNmU
Stunting in children down 7 percent since 2010, survey finds
The number of children in the country who are stunted—leaving them physically smaller and mentally weaker than their properly nourished peers—dropped by 7 percent between 2010 and 2014, according to a nationwide survey released Tuesday. ...
Maria Paula Brito
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/stunting-in-children-down-7-percent-since-2010-survey-finds-79053/
Trucks sought to combat logging
The Natural Resource and Wildlife Preservation Organisation (NRWPO) said that on behalf of rangers, it will formally request the Ministry of Environment next week to provide proper vehicles to transport evidence of forestry crimes. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/trucks-sought-combat-logging