Thai court fixes May 9 hearing for Oddar Meanchey villagers versus global sugar producer case
Three villagers from Cambodia traveled to Thailand to file documents against one of the world’s largest sugar manufacturers, Thai-owned Mitr Phol Sugar Co Ltd, at a Thai court on Wednesday. ...
Commentators have their say on end of The Post’s print publication
Following the announcement that The Phnom Penh Post, and Post Khmer, its Khmer language sister paper, will cease publication in print form on March 29, several social observers, government officials, intellectuals and readers were prompted to share their thoughts at the end of more than ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/commentators-have-their-say-on-end-of-the-post-s-print-publication
MoT, SME Bank launch financial scheme to help tour operators in SR
The Ministry of Tourism (MoT) in collaboration with the Small and Medium Enterprise Bank of Cambodia (SME Bank) early this week launched financial schemes aimed at providing tourism business owners to develop or expand their operations in Siem Reap province. ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501468046/mot-sme-bank-launch-financial-scheme-to-help-tour-operators-in-sr/
Tax collection up 4.49 percent to $3.6 billion
Cambodia increased its tax collection by 4.49 percent year-over-year to $3.6 billion in 2023. We exceeded our target (101.13 percent) with this year’s collection, said the General Department of Taxation (GDT) at the Ministry of Economy and Finance. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501428582/tax-collection-up-4-49-percent-to-3-6-billion/
Tourism, manufacturing, infra development to raise GDP to 6.4% in 2024
Manufacturing, the recovery of Cambodian tourism on the back of regional improvement, and infrastructure development are likely to boost gross domestic product (GDP) growth, projected at 6.4 percent this year, up from 5.5 percent in 2023. ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/tourism-manufacturing-infra-development-to-raise-gdp-to-64-in-2024
Ministry of Social Affairs signs agreement with 30 associations and NGOs on 3-Year development project
At least 30 associAtions and non-governmental organizAtions (NGOs) have signed an agreement with the Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth RehabilitAtion to launch a three-year social assistance project in Cambodia worth more than $18.5 million. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501441308/ministry-of-social-affairs-signs-agreement-with-30-associations-and-ngos-on-3-year-development-project/
Minister calls for women’s role in digitalisation of economy
Ahead of the 113th anniversary of International Women’s Day on March 8, the Ministry of Tourism addressed women’s role in the digitalisation of Cambodia’s economy at a special event on their premises in Phnom Penh on Friday. ...
Jigmee Palden Pazo
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501449700/minister-calls-for-womens-role-in-digitalisation-of-economy/
PM announces 617 PIPs worth $11.7 billion
In a major push for socioeconomic development and generating more job opportunities, the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) earmarked a three-year rolling plan for the Public Investment Programme (PIP) to complete 617 projects at the cost of $11.69 billion. ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501458798/pm-announces-617-pips-worth-11-7-billion/
Japan provides nearly $14 million in grants for mine action training
The Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) and SATO KOGYO Co. Ltd signed a contract agreement for the project “construction of training facilities AT the Technical Institute of Mine Action in Kampong Chhang Province and the Outreach Facilities (Techo Peace Museum) in Siem Reap province”. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501440360/japan-provides-nearly-14-million-in-grants-for-mine-action-training/
MoT, EuroCham agree to bolster tourism investment
The Ministry of Tourism (MoT) and European Chamber of Commerce (EuroCham) on Tuesday agreed to join hands in attracting public and private investments aimed at enhancing the Kingdom’s tourism sector through the Cambodian Tourism Marketing and Promotion Board (CTB). ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501440070/mot-eurocham-agree-to-bolster-tourism-investment/
Gov’t peruses documents for receiving Japanese aid
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC) held talks with a delegation from the Embassy of Japan (EoJ) aimed at exchanging views and methods to accelerate banking document procedures in receiving Japanese grant aid for development projects in the Kingdom. ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501442506/govt-peruses-documents-for-receiving-japanese-aid/
Cambodia reaffirms commitment to work with CICA for prosperity of Asia
Secretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC) Khy Sovanratana has received a courtesy call from Ambassador Kairat Sarybay, Secretary General of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501479122/cambodia-reaffirms-commitment-to-work-with-cica-for-prosperity-of-asia/
World Bank approves $79.5 million in financing to strengthen education in Cambodia
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved an additional $79.5 million for the expansion of ongoing activities aimed at improving access to quality education throughout Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501498328/world-bank-approves-79-5-million-in-financing-to-strengthen-education-in-cambodia/
27% of decision-making roles in government held by women
A total of 10,786 women work in government decision-making positions at national and sub-national levels out of 39,594 people, equivalent to 27 percent, Hun Many, Minister of Civil Service, said reporting figures for the first three months of 2024. ...
Yatt Malai
https://kiripost.com/stories/27-of-decision-making-roles-in-government-held-by-women
Crop insurance sees 40 percent boost, covers 76k farmers
Crop insurance coverage has increased more than 40 percent to cover over 76,000 farmers in the country, as per data shared at an event titled, ‘Updates of Insurance Market in Cambodia’, held on Thursday in Phnom Penh. ...
Rachel David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501526832/crop-insurance-sees-40-percent-boost-covers-76k-farmers/
Top diplomat to take part in MLC Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sok Chenda Sophea will lead a delegation to the 9th Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (MLC) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Chiang Mai, Thailand on August 16 at the invitation of his Thai counterpart Maris Sangiampongsa. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/top-diplomat-to-take-part-in-mlc-foreign-ministers-meeting
Official urges women’s economic empowerment to combat human trafficking
A senior official at the Ministry of Women’s Affairs has urged for human trafficking prevention by promoting women’s economic empowerment and identifying the needs and opportunities for women working in the informal economy. ...
Cambodia launches tourist app enabling payments with KHQR
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) on Monday launched the ‘Bakong Tourists App’ helping foreign tourists in Cambodia to make payments using the country’s universal KHQR code at over 3.3 million retail merchant outlets. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501544895/cambodia-launches-tourist-app-enabling-payments-with-khqr/
Making Digital Maps Using Free and Simple Mapping Applications
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“There may be times when you want to explain things through maps, but you don’t know how to create the maps. With the currently available technology, creating map has become relatively easy. You no longer need to be an expert to develop maps, provided that ...
'Land Grabs' Mar Cambodia's Boom, Rattle Investors
Phnom Penh–Kong Song’s farmland was his family’s livelihood for three decades until the bulldozers moved in and tore down his home in rural Cambodia to make way for a multimillion dollar foreign-led business. His family was one of 253 forcibly evicted five years ago in southern ...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/01/cambodia-evictions-idUSL3E8JD2DV20110901