International airports welcome 3.4M passengers in eight months
International airports in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Sihanoukville welcomed a combined 3.4 million passengers in the eight-month period of this year, a staggering 180 percent increase over the same period in 2022, a senior official at the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation said. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501358752/international-airports-welcome-3-4m-passengers-in-eight-months/
New book delves into dynamics of geo-politics, int’l trade, legal affairs
In a recent book launch at CamTech University in Phnom Penh, former commerce minister Pan Sorasak hailed the release of RCEP: Part 1: Geo-Political, Geo-Economic and Legal Analysis. ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-book-delves-dynamics-geo-politics-intl-trade-legal-affairs
MoT’s ‘100-day strategy’ plans to attract 5 million int’l tourists
The Ministry of Tourism has set a new strategy known as ‘BUILD plus 3Ds’ to attract more international tourists and ensure the target set by the new government to achieve at least five million international travellers into the Kingdom by the end of this year. ...
Nheng Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501358563/mots-100-day-strategy-plans-to-attract-5-million-intl-tourists/
Nation celebrates International Day of Deaf
Cambodia celebrated the 11th National Deaf Day and the 66th International Day of Deaf yesterday at the Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation to meet the needs of the deaf and to raise awareness about their rights and freedoms. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501361852/nation-celebrates-international-day-of-deaf/
Traffic fatalities decline but remain a concern
At least 1,000 people were killed and over 2,700 injured in traffic accidents in Cambodia during the first eight months of the year, according to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport. These figures mark a 9 per cent decrease compared to the same period ...
Neang Sokunthea and Sok Raksa
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/traffic-fatalities-decline-remain-concern
Sokha calls for cheaper passports
New Minister of Interior Sar Sokha has requested that officials in his ministry examine the possibility of lowering the prices of Cambodian passports, noting that current prices are relatively high. Speaking to officials at the Ministry of Interior on September 4, Sokha said the move would ...
Orm Bunthoeurn and Kim Yutharo
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/sokha-calls-cheaper-passports
Cambodia-Canada trade falls 25% Jan-July due to global slowdown: GDCE
The effects of the ongoing global political and economic crisis has likely affected bilateral trade between Cambodia and Canada, as reflected by a 24.7 per cent year-on-year fall in trade value at $535 million in the first seven months of 2023, versus $711.1 million last ...
Hin Pisei
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-canada-trade-falls-25-jan-july-due-global-slowdown-gdce
Japan collaboration on enhancing media eyed
Minister of Information Neth Pheaktra recently met with Japanese ambassador atsushi Ueno to explore ways to enhance media collaboration between the two countries. Pheaktra emphasised the need to combat fake news, stating at his September 6 meeting with Ueno that it poses a threat to society. ...
Sok Raksa
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-collaboration-enhancing-media-eyed
Indigenous community finds 86 forest crimes in Preah Roka Wildlife Sanctuary
Indigenous community of Preah Vihear province continues to find nearly 86 forest crimes at Preah Roka Wildlife Sanctuary this September, while local officials denied the findings and asked the patrol community to cooperate with relevant officials to conserve those natural resources together. ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.postkhmer.com/national/2023-09-22-0930-254674.html
Australia partners agri-food strategy
Cambodia and Australia inaugurated a new Food Innovation Partnership on September 22, aimed at assisting agri-food small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing products that meet food safety standards and broadening their market reach. ...
Sok Raksa
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/australia-partners-agri-food-strategy
Hundreds gather for two-day Citizens’ Forum
Civil society organisations (CSOs) and hundreds of people from all walks of life met at a two-day “Cambodian citizens’ forum” in the capital to voice their concerns, hoping their issues will be addressed and included in national and regional policies. ...
Long Kimmarita and Eng Reachny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hundreds-gather-two-day-citizens-forum
Phnom Penh port sees 30% jump in Jan-Sept container throughput
Public listed Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) recorded a 30 percent year-on-year jump in container throughput at 329,043 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent unit) in the first nine months ended Sept 30, 2022 compared to 256,407 TEUs. ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/phnom-penh-port-sees-30-jump-in-jan-sept-container-throughput
Communal titling ends in relief for some, anxiety for others
Indigenous communities attempting to register communal lands are often left in bureaucratic limbo and are at risk of losing this land, advocates said this week, even as the government handed more than 4,000 hectares to three communities in May. ...
ភិន រតនា
https://vodenglish.news/communal-titling-ends-in-relief-for-some-anxiety-for-others/
Lumphat sanctuary to generate carbon credit by 2024
Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary – home to a variety of endangered animals and birds – is expected to generate carbon credits in 130,000 hectares of the sanctuary by 2024 and reduce carbon emission by at least 115,000 tonnes per year. ...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501190983/lumphat-sanctuary-to-generate-carbon-credit-by-2024/
Citizens from two districts in Tbong Khmum province have submitted a petition to the relevant authorities to help resolve a long-running land dispute
More than 200 people from Memot and Tambor districts, Tbong Khmum province have filed a petition at Tbong Khmum Provincial Hall and appealed to the Court of Appeal to intervene in the years-long land dispute which makes their lives more difficult. ...
RCEP enables trade among Asian neighbours to ripen
Trucks loaded with Vietnamese durians lined up for customs inspections recently at the China and Vietnam Youyi Pass, a border crossing located in a natural gap between a series of steep cliffs and hills covered in conifers and bamboo on the border of the two ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501234938/rcep-enables-trade-among-asian-neighbours-to-ripen/
Saing Koma connects rice millers with rural agriculture cooperatives
Yang Saing Koma, secretary of state at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, announced that the ministry has successfully negotiated the signing of rice supply contracts between rice mills and agricultural cooperatives in three provinces. ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/saing-koma-connects-rice-millers-rural-agriculture-cooperatives
Cambodia’s financial sector still ‘strong’: Belgium’s Incofin
The Cambodian banking sector remains strong and not at significant risk of collapse, despite the occasional incidence of foreign investors pulling back after being spooked by “negative” news stories, according to Belgium-based global impact fund Incofin Investment Management Comm VA. ...
Rann Reuy
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodias-financial-sector-still-strong-belgiums-incofin
Guidelines issued to stabilize construction and retail sector
Due to the slower global economic recovery and conflicts between Russia and Ukraine, the government has issued guidelines aimed at maintaining the stability of the construction and real estate sector, considered a priority sector to support overall economic growth in Cambodia. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-guidelines-issued-to-stabilize-construction-and-retail-sector