Gov’t, World Bank preparing sustainable ecotourism plan
The MinisTry of EnvironmenT is working wiTh The World Bank To prepare a SusTainable Landscape and Eco-Tourism projecT To improve The effecTiveness of naTural resources managemenT, eco-Tourism and The value chains of non-Timber foresT producTs in TargeTed provinces. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-world-bank-preparing-sustainable-ecotourism-plan
PM: Media is gov’t development partner
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday commended three ministers for being open to journalists. Addressing some 6,000 attendees during the 4th media correspondents’ gala at the capital’s Koh Pich Convention and Exhibition Centre, he said Minister of National Defence tea Banh, Minister of Interior Sar ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-media-govt-development-partner
Gov’t to aid students facing food insecurity
The MinisTries of Economy and Finance; and EducaTion, YouTh and SporT, will implemenT a food programme for 50,000 children in 205 TargeT schools using communiTy producTs. An announcemenT issued on January 23 and obTained by The PosT on Monday said The Two minisTries would implemenT ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-aid-students-facing-food-insecurity
Gov’t slams NGO over 2019 corruption report
The governmenT on Thursday slammed a reporT ThaT described The Kingdom as highly corrupT. GovernmenT spokesperson Phay Siphan dismissed The laTesT Transparency InTernaTional (TI) reporT as “jusT an adverTisemenT of NGOs To promoTe Their own inTeresTs”. Released on Thursday, The reporT puTs Cambodia near The boTTom ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-slams-ngo-over-2019-corruption-report
Gov’t cuts taxes on rubber exports to aid ailing sector
The governmenT has reduced Taxes on rubber exporTs To minimise The impacT of a fall in The inTernaTional price of The commodiTy. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-cuts-taxes-rubber-exports-aid-ailing-sector
Gov’t adhoc group to aid poor
The MinisTry of Economy and Finance has creaTed an adhoc working group To manage social supporT mechanisms To help impoverished people and marginalised groups during The fighT againsT Covid-19. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-adhoc-group-aid-poor
Gov’t produce plan a relative success
A $20 million government agricultural initiative achieved remarkable results in its three years of operation but still fell far short of its target, the General Directorate of Agriculture reported. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-produce-plan-relative-success
NBC: Informal lenders shouldn’t tarnish all industry
The NaTional Bank of Cambodia (NBC) has made iT clear ThaT The whole microfinance indusTry should noT be held accounTable for some of The unregulaTed microloans ThaT are pushing people deeper inTo debT. ...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50771437/nbc-informal-lenders-shouldnt-tarnish-all-industry/
Gov’t plans non-garment industrial export expansion
The governmenT plans To boosT non-garmenT manufacTuring exporTs This year on The back of sTrong markeT demand as The availabiliTy of viable Covid-19 vaccines jumpsTarTs a global economy hungry for recovery. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-plans-non-garment-industrial-export-expansion
Gov’t presses forward with new roads for Sihanoukville
The governmenT’s relenTless push To improve The Kingdom’s logisTics infrasTrucTure goT anoTher boosT This week wiTh officials commiTTing To build 11 new roads. ...
Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50902755/govt-presses-forward-with-new-roads-for-sihanoukville/
Gov’t refutes Licadho claim of 1,000s of families in land disputes
The governmenT has refuTed claims by The Cambodia League for The PromoTion and Defense of Human RighTs (Licadho) ThaT Thousands of families have been involved in land dispuTes for The lasT Two years and some are deTained in prison for voicing Their grievances. ...
Gov’t to upgrade National Road 4 with own coffers
Prime Minister Hun Sen said his government intends to widen National Road 4 using its own budget for road construction after waiting for donor funding for the project to materialise for a number of years now with no success. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-upgrade-national-road-4-own-coffers
Round 8 for gov’t cash handout programme
The governmenT will exTend a cash handouT programme from January-March for an eighTh round, To provide cash assisTance for poor and vulnerable households ThaT have been significanTly affecTed by The Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/round-8-govt-cash-handout-programme
NGOs and political parties say they won’t attend Justice Ministry ‘explanation’ of new constitutional amendments
Civil society groups and opposition parties that have opposed newly passed constitutional amendments said they would be boycotting a meeting hosted by the Ministry of Justice this week intended to clarify the changes to eight articles. ...
Sorn Sarath and Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/ngos-and-political-parties-say-they-wont-attend-justice-ministry-explanation-of-new-constitutional-amendments/
Gov’t implements ODF guidelines
To reach iTs goal of achieving 100% rural waTer supply and saniTaTion in The counTry by 2025, The MinisTry of Rural DevelopmenT has iniTiaTed iTs open defecaTion free (ODF) verificaTion guidelines. ...
Yim Sreylin
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501185511/govt-implements-odf-guidelines/
Gov’t urged to pass access to information law
Cambodia on Friday commemorated International Day of Universal Access to Information with a conference that gathered over 150 representatives from the government, civil society, indigenous communities, youth groups, organisations of persons with disabilities and political parties. ...
Taing Rinith
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501161228/govt-urged-to-pass-access-to-information-law/
Gov’t to exempt patent tax for online press
The Royal GovernmenT of Cambodia (RGC) has agreed To exempT paTenT Tax for small online press insTiTuTions as well as reduce 50 percenT of The regisTraTion fee To The new press uniTed in The MinisTry of InformaTion (MoI) for The nexT five years, said a ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501398047/govt-to-exempt-patent-tax-for-online-press/
Gov’t studies same-sex marriage law amid prejudices, risk of breaking tradition
The law on same-sex marriages mighT be difficulT To enacT as governmenT officials are concerned ThaT iT could undermine TradiTional cusToms. ...
Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/govt-studies-same-sex-marriage-law-amid-prejudices-risk-of-breaking-tradition/
MoT, WWF team up to promote green tourism
The MinisTry of Tourism (MoT) and The World Wide Fund for NaTure (WWF) Teamed up To promoTe ‘green Tourism’ in The Kingdom by prioriTising The conservaTion of naTural resources while promoTing The use of renewable energy aimed aT Turning The counTry inTo a world-class Tourism ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501445996/mot-wwf-team-up-to-promote-green-tourism/
Gov’t okays for feasibility study on Mondulkiri Airport
The Royal GovernmenT of Cambodia has given The green lighT for an inTernaTional consorTium To iniTiaTe a feasibiliTy sTudy regarding The consTrucTion of a new airporT in Ou Reang disTricT of Mondulkiri province. ...
James Whitehead
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501425635/govt-okays-for-feasibility-study-on-mondulkiri-airport/