USAID commits $24M to climate-smart project in Cambodia
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) on June 16 announced the launch of the USAID Morodok Baitang – a new five-year, $24 million project at four conservation areas of Keo Seima, Lumphat, Siem Pang and the Cardamom Mountains to fight against climate change. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/usaid-commits-24m-climate-smart-project-cambodia
Minister calling on farmers to get back to fields after Covid
At a meeting with 1,400 people in Attendance in Ro-ang commune of Kampong Cham province’s Kampong Siem district on April 30, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon advised them to work on recovering their family’s economic prospects by resuming all types of agriculture ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-calling-farmers-get-back-fields-after-covid
Gov’t issues 3rd Defence White Paper in 16 years
The Ministry of National Defence has issued a new Defence White Paper – the third such plan to have been introduced since 2000 – that details Cambodia’s policy and strategy to modernise the Kingdom’s armed forces, as it continues to dismiss rumours of Chinese military ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-issues-3rd-defence-white-paper-16-years
UN specialist assessing LGBT rights in Kingdom
Victor Madrigal-Borloz, an independent UN specialist on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual trends and gender identity, is on a 10 day tour of the Kingdom, at the request of the government. ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/un-specialist-assessing-lgbt-rights-kingdom
Digital infra success boosting Cambodia’s growth potential
The scale of progress in the Kingdom’s digital infrastructure has played a critical role in boosting the country’s growth potentials, senior telecom executives told a visiting delegation of Singapore Business Federation (SBF) on Thursday as they visited Huawei Cambodia office at Exchange Square. ...
Sreekanth Ravindran
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501336935/digital-infra-success-boosting-cambodias-growth-potential/
Green strategy to boost GDP
Cambodia is paving the way for a greener future by setting clear guidelines for climate action, according to a senior official at the Ministry of Environment. ...
Bor Pich Zelin
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/green-strategy-boost-gdp
Armed men nabbed after liberating drug lord in Siem Reap
Seven armed men who stormed a dental clinic in Siem Reap province to liberate a convicted Chinese drug lord in broad daylight on August 17 have now been arrested. Cambodian authorities are working with the Interpol to locate both the ringleaders and the fugitive inmate, ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/armed-men-nabbed-after-liberating-drug-lord-siem-reap-0
Thailand’s PTT Oil plans aviation fuel depot
Public-listed Thai conglomerate PTT Oil and Retail (OR) will be investing $100 million to develop an oil depot for aviation refuelling at Techo International Airport (TIA), Phnom Penh’s new airport, where first phase operation is scheduled in mid 2024. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/author/may-kunmakara/17732
Prey Veng exports nearly 1.6 million tons of rice, earning nearly $400 million in the first nine months of 2023
At least 1.6 million tonnes of rice was exported from Prey Veng province to Vietnam, earning nearly $400 million by the first nine months of 2023. This is according to the report of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Prey Veng Province on ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501359137/prey-veng-exports-nearly-1-6-million-tons-of-rice-earning-nearly-400-million-in-the-first-nine-months-of-2023/
Turkish delegation to arrive next week
A high-level delegation from Turkiye is set to visit Phnom Penh for an official visit, aimed at strengthening ties between the two countries, particularly in the area of trade. Their arrival is expected next week, although no exact date has been specified. ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/turkish-delegation-arrive-next-week
Manet responds to NYC billboard
Prime Minister Hun Manet has extended his gratitude to David Soth, a Cambodian resident in the US, for coordinating with an advertising company to display welcoming images on billboards in the US’ New York City, during his attendance at the 78th UN General Assembly. ...
Kim Yutharo
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/manet-responds-nyc-billboard
Foreign ministry holds diplomatic-business friendship golf tournament
The National Institute of Diplomacy and International Relations (NIDIR) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFA.IC) organised here at the Garden City Golf Club on Oct. 3 the “Diplomacy-Business Friendship Golf Tournament” under the presidency of Deputy Prime Minister SokChendaSophea, Minister of ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501371074/foreign-ministry-holds-diplomatic-business-friendship-golf-tournament/
Online biz registrations surging
The total capital of 28,618 companies registered in the online business registration system jumped to $8.4 billion as of Aug 27, compared to 20,693 companies with a total capital of $5.8 billion at the start of 2023. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/online-biz-registrations-surging
Online biz registrations surging
The total capital of 28,618 companies registered in the online business registration system jumped to $8.4 billion as of Aug 27, compared to 20,693 companies with a total capital of $5.8 billion at the start of 2023. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/online-biz-registrations-surging
MRC advances fund for climate-hit residents
The Mekong River Commission (MRC) took an important step towards creating a fund to aid residents most affected by climate change, combined with water infrastructure development, at the 56th meeting of the MRC joint committee in the Laotian capital Vientiane, on September 27. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mrc-advances-fund-climate-hit-residents
VINCI vows to promote Kingdom’s potential tourism destinations across Europe
The Tourism Ministry on Tuesday held talks with the VINCI Airports team to deepen the collaboration aimed at promoting and developing the Kingdom’s tourism sector, particularly by introducing tourism destinations to the French and Europeans while ensuring the best possible hospitality for passengers travelling by ...
Nheng Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501375666/vinci-vows-to-promote-kingdoms-potential-tourism-destinations-across-europe/
NGO urges law amendments to provide for indigenous people
The draft amendment of the Law on Protected Areas and the Forestry Law should provide indigenous communities with traditional right to livelihood and beliefs, protection and management of natural resources, a non-government organisation said at a press conference yesterday. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501147611/ngo-urges-law-amendments-to-provide-for-indigenous-people/
NCDM holds training seminar on IT tech in disaster management
The National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) and the World Food Programme (WFP) – in collaboration with the Department of Geography and Land Management at the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) – launched a three-day basic training course on use of remote sensing (RS) ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ncdm-holds-training-seminar-it-tech-disaster-management
Kingdom to sell more carbon credits
At the 27th UN climAte change conference (COP27) in Egypt, Cambodia agreed to sell 15 million tonnes of carbon credits to internAtional partners in order to offset their carbon emissions while reducing deforestAtion in the Kingdom through its REDD+ projects. ...
Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-sell-more-carbon-credits
Ministries make haste on draft laws on natural resources
An inter-ministerial meeting was held on Monday at the Ministry of Interior to expedite the drafting of forest, fisheries and protected area laws to define the responsibilities of sub-national administrations, organisations and citizens in protecting, conserving and developing natural resources. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501129170/ministries-make-haste-on-draft-laws-on-natural-resources/