New immigration bill targets illegal foreigners in Kingdom
General Department of Immigration (GDI) officials are discussing revisions to the new draft law on immigration to prevent foreigners from entering Cambodia illegally and to supervise those living in the Kingdom more effectively. The revisions draw wide support among civil society organisations. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-immigration-bill-targets-illegal-foreigners-kingdom
ECCC begins hearing Samphan appeal
The Supreme Court Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) held its first hearing in the Case 002/02 appeal by Khieu Samphan, the former head of state of the Democratic Kampuchea yesterday. ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50917197/eccc-begins-hearing-samphan-appeal/
Officials meet with their EU counterparts to talk recovery
Senior government officials and European counterparts met last Friday to discuss Cambodia’s economic plan. New trade policies to help the Kingdom recover from the pandemic were the focus of the conversation as well as the World Trade Organization’s role in shaping the post-pandemic recovery. ...
Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50896690/officials-meet-with-their-eu-counterparts-to-talk-recovery/
Arrival of the second batch of AstraZeneca vaccines manufactured in Japan and donated by the government of Japan
On 6 August 2021, Embassy of Japan in the Kingdom of Cambodia issued a press release on the arrival of the second batch of AstraZeneca vaccines manufactured in Japan and donated by the government of Japan. As part of the efforts of the Government of ...
Embassy of Japan in the Kingdom of Cambodia
Flexibility key for relations with China and US, says RAC president
At a round table conference yesterday on the theme “Cambodia between the great powers of China and the United States”, Royal Academy of Cambodia president Sok Touch said that Cambodia needs to be flexible between China and the US by remembering that “a good friend ...
Tin Sokhavuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50919480/flexibility-key-for-relations-with-china-and-us-says-rac-president/
Kingdom’s cattle suffer outbreak of skin disease
Since the outbreak of lumpy skin disease (LSD) among cattle in early June, 6,804 cases have been recorded with the first detected infections in Preah Vihear and Oddar Meanchey provinces followed by more cases in other provinces bordering Thailand. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdoms-cattle-suffer-outbreak-skin-disease
Credit Guarantee Corporation of Cambodia launches $50 million Co-Financing Guarantee Scheme to support SMEs
Credit Guarantee Corporation of Cambodia (CGCC) announce the launch of the Co-Financing Guarantee Scheme (CFGS). CFGS is specifically designed for the co-financing loans disbursed under the SMEs Co-Financing Scheme Phase II (SCFS II) of the SME Bank of Cambodia. ...
HGB Motors enters car assembly arena with $7M Poipet investment
HGB Motors Assembly Co Ltd is investing about $7 million in a car assembly plant in Poipet town, Banteay Meanchey province. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/hgb-motors-enters-car-assembly-arena-7m-poipet-investment
CHRC addresses human rights concerns about new NHRC
The Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) on Wednesday addressed the concerns expressed in a joint statement of 60 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), trade unions, associations and communities that was posted on the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (Licadho)’s website about ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50924056/chrc-addresses-human-rights-concerns-about-new-nhrc/
His Excellency Chhieng Yanara, Minister Attached to the Prime Minister and Secretary General of the Cambodian Rehabilitation and Development Board of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CRDB/CDC) held a Courtesy and discussion meeting with Mr. Andreas Zurbrugg, Deputy Head of Mission of Australian Embassy and colleagues through video conference
On 13 September 2021, the Council for the Development of Cambodia issued a press release on His Excellency Chhieng Yanara, Minister Attached to the Prime Minister and Secretary General of the Cambodian Rehabilitation and Development Board of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CRDB/CDC) ...
The Council for the Development of Cambodia
Signing of a protocol for the provision of a service plan for the development of Sihanoukville into a multi-purpose special economic zone between the Ministry of Economy and Finance and Urban Planning and Design Institute of Shenzhen (UPDIS)
On 18 October 2021, the Ministry of Economy and Finance issued a press release on the signing of a protocol for the provision of a service plan for the development of Sihanoukville into a multi-purpose special economic zone between the Ministry of Economy and Finance ...
Ministry of Economy and Finance
S’ville set to turn into ‘second Shenzhen’
The Ministry of Economy and Finance has awarded a master plan consultancy contract to top Chinese institute for the development and transformation of Preah Sihanouk province into a “Model Multi-Purpose Special Economic Zone”, Southeast Asia’s next logistics and resort hub and innovation centre. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sville-set-turn-second-shenzhen
The Asian Vision Institute and the Ministry of Environment signed the MOU on the cooperation on environmental management and sustainable development.
On 27 October 2021, the Asian Vision Institute issued a press release on the Asian Vision Institute and the Ministry of Environment signed the MOU on the cooperation on environmental management and sustainable development.The Ministry of Environment, represented by H.E. Dr Vann Monyneath, General Secretariat ...
Asian Vision Institute
Logistics e-learning to gain leg-up
The Cambodia Logistics Association (CLA) and OneSala Co Ltd have teamed up to develop a modern, tailor-made e-learning platform in the fields of transport and logistics. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/logistics-e-learning-gain-leg
Indigenous people are poorly educated with health, livelihood challenged
The government and Civil Society Organisations have said that indigenous people in Cambodia are poorly educated and their health and livelihoods are also challenged with them living according to their traditional culture. ...
PM reaffirms protection of peace, monarchy and throne
Prime Minister Hun Sen has reaffirmed the Royal Government’s commitment to continue protecting peace, monarchy and the throne. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50981801/pm-reaffirms-protection-of-peace-monarchy-and-throne/
Cambodia-US trade rises 32%
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and the US in the first 11 months of 2021 topped $8.396 billion, surging by more than 32.1 per cent from over $6.355 billion in the same period last year, according to US Census Bureau (USCB) data on January 10. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-us-trade-rises-32
The second dissemination workshop on the organization of the Economic and Commercial Mission of La Francophonie in Cambodia (MECA)
On 07 February 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on the second dissemination workshop on the organization of the Economic and Commercial Mission of La Francophonie in Cambodia (MECA).Within the framework of the Economic and Commercial Mission of ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Capital, businesses find ways to move factories to suburbs
The Phnom Penh Municipal Hall has been holding discussions with the Cambodia Trucking Association (CAMTA) and major businesses to find an efficient way of relocating factories and warehouses to the outskirts of Phnom Penh. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/capital-businesses-find-ways-move-factories-suburbs
Dissemination ceremony on the additional fund allocation for Small and Medium Enterprise Bank of Cambodia and Agricultural and Rural Development Bank
On 14 February 2022, the Ministry of Economic and Finance issued a press release on dissemination ceremony on the additional fund allocation for Small and Medium Enterprise Bank of Cambodia and Agricultural and Rural Development Bank. In fact, the Royal Government of Cambodia considers the ...
Ministry of Economic and Finance
