Trucks Banned on Phnom Penh Streets for Duration of Summit
Phnom Penh City Hall has banned all trucks transporting goods and gasoline from traveling on the city’s roads in daytime hours to ease traffic during the Asean Summit, according to a notice placed on the municipality’s website Saturday. The ministry of Education has also told 12 ...
Governors of Preah Sihanouk, Ratanakkiri and Pursat replaced
The governors of Preah Sihanouk, Ratanakkiri and Pursat provinces have been replaced by Royal Decree, according to officials, with the first of the transfer ceremonies being carried out Thursday morning. Sborng Sarath, the governor of Preah Sihanouk province, was replaced Thursday by Chhit Sokhom, the former ...
Saing Soenthrith
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/governors-of-preah-sihanouk-ratanakkiri-and-pursat-replaced-58415/
Phone card survey latest online scam
The Ministry of Interior’s departMent of inforMation technology called on social Media users to be cautious online and Maintain their vigilance against a new scaM by fraudsters who claiM they will provide people with a 50,000 riel in phone card froM H&aMp;M if they answer ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/phone-card-survey-latest-online-scam
Cambodia and Canada ready to work more together for the mutual benefit of both countries
Sok Chenda Sophea, Deputy Prime minister and minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, on October 25, received a courtesy call from Ping m. Kitnikone on the occasion of her appointment as the new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to the Kingdom of Cambodia ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501382298/cambodia-and-canada-ready-to-work-more-together-for-the-mutual-benefit-of-both-countries/
GIS workshop: fundamentals of QGIS
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is delighted to announce a Geographic Information System (GIS) Workshop: Fundamentals of QGIS of the three workshops each of which takes three days. This workshop series aims to provide a comprehensive knowledge on geographic information system and using open-source GIS platform ...
Open Development Cambodia
Korea joins MRC as new development partner
The Republic of Korea (ROK) has joined the Mekong River CoMMission (MRC) as its newest developMent partner. In a significant boost to regional cooperation and sustainable developMent, Korea has coMMitted a grant of $1,000,000 to the MRC for the year 2024, and the possibility of ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501532241/korea-joins-mrc-as-new-development-partner/
Bruised but Not Beaten, Protesters Return to Wat Phnom
Anger over the violent attack on peaceful protesters at Wat Phnom on Sunday night simmered at the site monday morning, with the same demonstrators returning to confront their alleged attackers and detaining a police official they accused of spying. Shortly before 11 p.m. on Sunday night, ...
Ben Woods and Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/bruised-but-not-beaten-protesters-return-to-wat-phnom-43049/
Fresh sand ‘fraud’, claims NGO Mother Nature, as sand numbers between Taiwan and the government appear to be off by more than 1.5M tonnes
More than $30 Million in CaMbodian sand exports registered by Taiwan appear to be Missing froM CaMbodia’s custoMs records, according to data froM both governMents, Marking yet another large-scale discrepancy in the KingdoM’s figures on the trade. ...
Phak Seangly and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fresh-sand-fraud-claims-ngo-mother-nature-sand-numbers-between-taiwan-and-government-appear
Japan provides almost $2M to aid mine clearance efforts
The Cambodian mine Action Centre (CmAC) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) on Tuesday signed the Record of Discussion on Technical Cooperation for the Project for Strengthening Organisational Functions of CmAC to implement mine clearance action for the next four years. The project will receive ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-provides-almost-2m-aid-mine-clearance-efforts
‘Ghost staff’ found, $1.7M returned to state coffers
The Ministry of Civil Service said More than seven billion riel ($1.7 Million) in salaries for civil servants was returned to the state last year after it discovered that the books had been cooked to pay ‘ghost officials’. This is despite claiMs by the Ministry of ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ghost-staff-found-17m-returned-state-coffers
Former general manager stands trial for $2m embezzlement
The Phnom Penh municipal Court yesterday began the trial for a former oil and gas company general manager accused of stealing nearly $2 million from the company between 2018 and 2019. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50740990/former-general-manager-stands-trial-for-2m-embezzlement/
Australia gives $57M for vaccine programme to reopen economy
Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs granted $57 million yesterday for Cambodia and the region to have improved access to safe, effective and affordable COVID-19 vaccines. ...
Harrison White
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50757288/australia-gives-57m-for-vaccine-programme-to-reopen-economy/
Kingdom receives $97M investment for inter-provincial irrigation project
Minister of EconoMy and Finance Aun PornMoniroth said the governMent welcoMed investMents worth €80 Million ($97 Million) froM the European InvestMent Bank (EIB) for the Irrigated Agriculture IMproveMent Project (IAIP) in CaMbodia. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-receives-97m-investment-inter-provincial-irrigation-project
$37M 60MW Kampong Chhnang solar farm to break ground soon: official
Prime Road Alternative (Cambodia) Co Ltd will soon break ground on a 60mW solar power plant in southwestern Kampong Chhnang province valued at $37.4 million. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/37m-60mw-kampong-chhnang-solar-farm-break-ground-soon-official
IMF approves $240M grant for pandemic recovery fund
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a $240 Million grant to CaMbodia to rehabilitate its econoMy and recover froM the affects of the Covid-19 pandeMic. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/imf-approves-240m-grant-pandemic-recovery-fund
Kingdom buys 5M Chinese vaccines for children 12-17
The government has purchased an additional five million doses of Covid-19 vaccine from China to vaccinate the 12-17 age group in a bid to reopen schools, with their shipments expected in August and September. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-buys-5m-chinese-vaccines-children-12-17
$240M IMF allocation on way to Kingdom
Cambodia will receive about $240 million out of the International monetary Fund’s (ImF) largest-ever distribution of Special Drawing Rights (SDR), equivalent to some $650 billion, which came into effect on August 23. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/240m-imf-allocation-way-kingdom
Taskforce to fight all state land grabs in M’kiri forests
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon forMed a joint-task force for the prevention of forestry criMes in Mondulkiri province following a claMpdown on illegal occupation of state land there. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/taskforce-fight-all-state-land-grabs-mkiri-forests
One Window Service units generate over $21M in ‘21
The One Window Service Units (OWSU) across the country provided administrative services to more than 440,000 people in 2021, generating more than $21 million in revenue for state coffers. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/one-window-service-units-generate-over-21m-21
Three Bunong summoned over death threat in M’kiri
Mondulkiri provincial Military Police have suMMoned three MeMbers of the Bunong indigenous coMMunity in SokduM coMMune’s Laoka village of Sen MonoroM town to appear on May 19 over accusations that they disregarded the court ruling and used violence and Made death threats against a local ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/three-bunong-summoned-over-death-threat-mkiri