Jiangsu, Shantou seek more investment in Cambodia
China’s Jiangsu province and Shantou city in Guangdong are seeking to enhance cooperation with Cambodia to boost investment and trade between the two nations. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/jiangsu-shantou-seek-more-investment-in-cambodia
Japan to provide $106 million in aid to Mekong countries to boost co-operation in COVID-19 fight
Foreign ministers of Mekong countries and Japan discussed measures to boost co-operation in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and post-pandemic economic recovery. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50743556/japan-to-provide-106-million-in-aid-to-mekong-countries-to-boost-co-operation-in-covid-19-fight/
Government warns of storm-related flooding in coastal provinces
The government has warned those living in coastal provinces and areas along the Vietnamese border to be cautious as Cambodia braces for a spate of storms this week. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-warns-storm-related-flooding-coastal-provinces
NGO reports massive forest clearing in Prey Lang area
The Cambodian Youth Network yesterday said hundreds of hectares of forest land in the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary have been illegally cleared in Stung Treng and Preah Vihear provinces. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50657343/ngo-reports-massive-forest-clearing-in-prey-lang-area/
Officials demolish 49 illegal huts in Siem Reap
After the authorities on Friday and Saturday dismantled 49 of some 1,000 huts which had been built illegally on forest land in Siem Reap’s Phnom Kulen National Park, Banteay Srei district governor Khim Finan said on Sunday that a hunt was on for a group ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/officials-demolish-49-illegal-huts-siem-reap
World Innovations Forum holds first meet-up in the Kingdom
Monday night saw the first foray of World Innovations Forum Foundation In Phnom Penh, gatherIng an eclectic group of local and International entrepreneurs as part of their SeedIng Innovation 2020 programme – a bid to change the way International development is done. ...
Gerald Flynn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50661465/world-innovations-forum-holds-first-meet-up-in-the-kingdom/
New law set to benefit those working in the private sector
Workers and employees in the private sector will receive the same benefits as those in the public sector if they pay their income tax and fulfill other legal requirements. The recently passed Law on Social Security Schemes states that workers and employees in the private ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-law-set-benefit-those-working-private-sector
Five nabbed over marble quarrying in protected area
Kampong Speu provincial police yesterday arrested three Cambodians and two Vietnamese nationals who allegedly quarried for marble in a protected area in Oral district. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50664280/five-nabbed-over-marble-quarrying-in-protected-area/
Digital platform for sustainable charcoal production in the works
An innovative digital platform for the government is being developed to promote the sustainable production and consumption of charcoal. It’s the work of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), which partnered with the Group for Environment, Renewable Energies and Solidarity (Geres), the Regional Community Forestry ...
PM orders probe on two-star general in Koh Kong
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday ordered a high-ranking government official and local authorities to investigate land reclamation allegedly implicating an army officer in Koh Kong province. ...
Sun Mesa
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50672752/pm-orders-probe-on-two-star-general-in-koh-kong
CMAA seeks 2,000 soldiers to partake in mine-clearance
The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority is seeking 2,000 army personnel to engage in demining so the Kingdom can to achieve its mine-free goal by 2025. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50671879/cmaa-seeks-2000-soldiers-to-partake-in-mine-clearance
Illegal land clearing in Banteay Srei stopped
Siem Reap province’s Banteay Srei district authorities on Friday stopped and warned of legal action against the unauthorised clearing of forest land led by a machinery owner at the district’s Hal village in Tbeng commune. District governor Khim Finan told The Post on Sunday that ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illegal-land-clearing-banteay-srei-stopped
Restoration of irrigation systems set to begin in four provinces
The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology, through the Asian Development Bank (ADB)-financed Climate Friendly Agri-Business Value Chains (CFAVC) Sector Project, will begin restoring 32 irrigation systems and dig 800 ponds in Takeo, Kampong Cham, Kampot and Tbong Khmum provinces. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/restoration-irrigation-systems-set-begin-four-provinces
Firm set to launch 150MW solar power plants in Kingdom
Jinkosolar Holding Co Ltd has announced it is to supply photovoltaic panels for three solar power plants in Cambodia with a combined capacity of 150MW. New York Stock Exchange-listed JinkoSolar said Cheetah solar panels will be installed at two photovoltaic power stations in Pursat province’s ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/firm-set-launch-150mw-solar-power-plants-kingdom
Construction of Samlot-Koh Kong road to begin in March
Construction work on the new National Road No.10 connecting Battambang to Koh Kong is scheduled to begin in March, with the ground-breaking ceremony to be presided over by Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50691532/construction-of-samlot-koh-kong-road-to-begin-in-march
Regional appeal courts set in motion
King Norodom Sihamoni has issued a royal decree ordering the opening of three regional appeal courts in Preah Sihanouk, Battambang and Tbong Khmum provinces. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/regional-appeal-courts-set-motion
Rangers seize guns, snares and chainsaws in north Cardamoms
NGO Wildlife Alliance’s rangers seized an AK-47 assault rifle, four chainsaws, metal snares and other miscellaneous items from a suspect at Roveang Station in the northern Cardamom Mountains last week. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rangers-seize-guns-snares-and-chainsaws-north-cardamoms
Waste-to-energy project in Phnom Penh proposed
The Ministry of Mines and Energy has unveiled a project which will convert waste materials to energy in Phnom Penh. A study on the waste materials for conversion will also be conducted simultaneously. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50700938/waste-to-energy-project-in-phnom-penh-proposed
Extra $120 mln in capital for ABA Bank
National Bank of Canada has injected an additional capital investment of $120 million to support the further growth of Cambodia-based ABA Bank. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50709858/extra-120-mln-in-capital-for-aba-bank/
