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 ...
Organizing a press conference on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Cambodian and Australian governments on the resettlement of refugees in Cambodia
The Ministry of Interior of the Kingdom of Cambodia has a great honor to inform the local and international media about the press conference which will be conducted on 29 September 2009 at 9:30 a.m. aiming to discuss about the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Cambodian and Australian ...
Ministry of Interior
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/
Cambodia-Indonesia trade rise to record high in 2019
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Indonesia jumped 46 per cent to a record high of more than $792 million last year, from $543 million in 2018, the Ministry of Commerce said. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-indonesia-trade-rise-record-high-2019
Cash aid improves maternal and child healthcare in Kingdom
An inter-ministerial statement was issued last week highlighting the achievements and further initiatives of the government’s cash subsidy programme for pregnant women, which seeks to promote maternal and child welfare and improve the wellbeing of children from impoverished families. ...
Srey Kumneth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50714117/cash-aid-improves-maternal-and-child-healthcare-in-kingdom/
Cambodia calls for help in drug battle
At a Wednesday meeting of the signatories to the Mekong Memorandum of Understanding on Drug Control, National Authority for Combating Drugs (NACD) secretary-general Meas Virith requested participating countries and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to seek a solution for the region’s burgeoning ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-calls-help-drug-battle
Notification to all restaurant owners in Phnom Penh
On 18 May 2020, the Phnom Penh Municipal Administration issued a notification to all restaurant owners in Phnom Penh about the precautions to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The notification stated that, if the restaurants do not comply with the Phnom Penh Municipal ...
Phnom Penh Municipal Administration
Ministry pledges to achieve drop in poor landowners
The Ministry of Agriculture has pledged to achieve the goal of reducing poverty among small landholders despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The ministry is aiming to achieve this through the Agriculture Services Programme for Innovation, Resilience and Extension (ASPIRE) project Phase II by 2022. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50732783/ministry-pledges-to-achieve-drop-in-poor-landowners/
Tepco, Toshiba to manage power grids in Cambodia
Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings will team with Toshiba to manage power grids in Cambodia, hoping to secure a new earnings source as the utility grapples with soaring cleanup costs for the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster. ...
Nikkei
http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Deals/Tepco-Toshiba-to-manage-power-grids-in-Cambodia
More than 10,000 workers to be placed in quarantine
More than 10,000 garment workers who recently returned to Phnom Penh from various provinces after the Khmer New Year will be placed in mandatory quarantine, according to officials. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50715017/more-than-10000-workers-to-be-placed-in-quarantine/