Cambodia sees strong rice market in Australia
Local rice miller and exporter Amru Rice (Cambodia) Co Ltd is looking forward to increasing fragrant rice exports to Australia, a market with high growth potential for aromatic rice. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-sees-strong-rice-market-australia
Parties eye ‘common ground’ in wage talks
In the latest meeting of the National Council on Minimum Wage (NCMW) regarding 2024 wage determination for the textile, garment, bag, footwear and travel goods sectors, both parties have reached an agreement to conclude negotiations by September 28. ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/parties-eye-common-ground-wage-talks
Protecting against investment fraud in the securities sector
While no investment is entirely without risk, the Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC) is 100 per cent committed to ensuring that investors in the Kingdom are protected from fraudulent practices. ...
Cambodia to prioritise ASEAN in foreign policy
Cambodia’s state-owned news agency Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP) recently published an article, forecasting the foreign policy of the Royal Government for the seventh term under the leadership of new Prime Minister Hun Manet. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501349068/cambodia-to-prioritise-asean-in-foreign-policy-media/
Govt calls for improved eye protection in workplace
To ensure the eye health of employees, the Ministry of Health has urged for greater eye protection and safety measures in the workplace. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501373326/govt-calls-for-improved-eye-protection-in-workplace/
Rare sarus cranes hatch in Keo Seima sanctuary
In late August, a dedicated wildlife monitoring team from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS Cambodia) in Mondulkiri province made a remarkable discovery – locating another rare sarus crane nest, in which two newborn birds had been safely hatched. Sharing the encouraging news on September 4, WCS ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/rare-sarus-cranes-hatch-keo-seima-sanctuary
Thach Setha sentenced to 18 months in prison, faces further charges
The Phnom Penh Municipal convicted Candlelight Party Co-Vice President Thach Setha last Thursday of issuing bad checks and sentenced him to 18 months in prison. ...
Khuon Narim and Hel Komsan
https://cambojanews.com/thach-setha-sentenced-to-18-months-in-prison-faces-further-charges/
70 families in Phnom Krom village, Siem Reap province demand for land titles
Seventy families in Phnom Krom village, Sangkat Siem Reap, Siem Reap city, have requested Siem Reap provincial authorities to grant them land titles as they claim the land is in dispute with soldiers. ...
Khut Sokun
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2022/10/10/70-families-in-phnom-krom-siem-reap-demand-land-title/
Cambodia earns $89 million from milled rice export to China in Jan-July
Cambodia exported 169,766 tons of milled rice to China in the first seven months of 2022, earning $89 million in revenue, the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) said on Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501125411/cambodia-earns-89-million-from-milled-rice-export-to-china-in-jan-july/
NBC sees Cambodia’s GDP growth at 5.3% in 2022
Global growth recovery and rapid resumption in economic activity will give impetus to Cambodia’s economic growth this year, according to the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC). ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501123527/nbc-sees-cambodias-gdp-growth-at-5-3-in-2022/
Communities from Koh Kong and Kampong Speu provinces submit petitions to ministries for intervention in land disputes
About 400 people from various communities in Koh Kong and Kampong Speu provinces have come forward to petition various ministries in Phnom Penh for intervention in the long-running land dispute with Ly Yong Phat. ...
Indonesia takes on chairmanship of ASEAN in Cambodia
Indonesian President Joko Widodo took on the chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) here on Sunday and announced that in 2023 the theme of this bloc will be “ASEAN Affairs: Epicenter of Growth.” ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501184346/indonesia-takes-on-chairmanship-of-asean-in-cambodia/
Significant drop in maternal, infant and mortality rates
A recent report from the Ministry of Health has indicated that maternal, infant and neonatal mortality rates have decreased significantly. ...
យឹម ស្រីលីន
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501102956/significant-drop-in-maternal-infant-and-mortality-rates/
307 small nature tourism projects approved in September
The Ministry of Environment as of September 2022 has approved 307 small-scale ecotourism development projects covering 2,670 hectares in the Natural Resource Protection and Cambodia Biodiversity Conservation Corridor. ...
Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501161817/307-small-nature-tourism-projects-approved-in-september/
Zero-Snaring Campaign kicks off in Mondulkiri
The Ministry of Environment and environmentalists have express of the risk of loss of rare species amid government cooperating with relevant partners to launch the fourth “Zero-Snaring Campaign” in Mondulkiri province to protect the wildlife animal in the last protected areas. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501121632/zero-snaring-campaign-kicks-off-in-mondulkiri/
Over 220,000 domestic visitors tour Cambodia in the last weekend of July
A total of 220,937 national and international visitors traveled across Cambodia in the last weekend of July. The figure suggested an increase by 3.43 percent compared to the previous weekend thanks to better weather conditions, ie less rainfall, according to a report of the Ministry ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501123924/over-220000-domestic-visitors-tour-cambodia-in-the-last-weekend-of-july/
Vietnam, Cambodia boost cooperation in culture, art
Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Dao Cuong and secretary of state and spokesman of Cambodia’s Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts Long Ponnasirivath signed a cultural and artistic cooperation programme for the 2023 – 2027 period at a meeting in Ho ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501159301/vietnam-cambodia-boost-cooperation-in-culture-art/
Kingdom deports 130 in two days: GDI
Cambodia deported 130 foreigners, three of them women, on November 7 and 8 after discovering that they had entered the Kingdom illegally. They are now banned from entering Cambodia for three years. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-deports-130-two-days-gdi
Poaching rare specimens ‘persists’ in O Meanchey
Community activists and natural resource conservationists have expressed concerns over the continued hunting and snaring of wildlife in protected sanctuaries, especially this summer, when many rare and endangered species have been found killed or injured by snaring. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/poaching-rare-specimens-persists-o-meanchey
