Cambodia improves in Corruption Perceptions Index
Cambodia scored a 21 out of 100 on Transparency International’s (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2020, a one poInt improvement over last year’s score. ...
Brian Badzmierowski
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50808341/cambodia-improves-in-corruption-perceptions-index/
Exports to China gain modest 8% in 2020
Cambodia’s total export value to China extended its winning streak last year, weathering supply chain disruptions due to the Covid-19 outbreak. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/exports-china-gain-modest-8-2020
Phnom Penh Autonomous Port maintains growth in Q1
Locally-listed Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) reported $7,770,742 in revenue for the first quarter of 2021, up 2.19 percent over the $7,603,877 posted in the corresponding period last year. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/phnom-penh-autonomous-port-maintains-growth-q1
MoC e-commerce marketplace expected to launch in July
The Ministry of Commerce’s Go4eCam e-commerce marketplace is expected to go online in July, according to Long Kemvichet, the deputy director general at the ministry’s General Department of international Trade. ...
Brian Badzmierowski
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50830823/moc-e-commerce-marketplace-expected-to-launch-in-july/
More than 200,000 garment workers in Phnom Penh get jabs
More than 200,000 garment workers in the red zones in Phnom Penh have been vaccinated during a vaccination campaign. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50858647/more-than-200000-garment-workers-in-phnom-penh-get-jabs/
Koh Kong authorities say offer in land dispute is fair
Koh Kong Provincial Administration officials have said that an ongoing land dispute in Botum Sakor district is nearing an end, with 70 of 131 families accepting the government’s offer for a resolution which it deems fair. ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50866528/koh-kong-authorities-say-offer-in-land-dispute-is-fair/
200MW power plant in Cambodia commissioned by MAN Energy
Engineering company MAN Energy Solutions and Chinese state-owned energy company China National Machinery Corporation (CHMC) have commissioned a 200MW power generation plant in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50848698/200mw-power-plant-in-cambodia-commissioned-by-man-energy/
Koh Kong governor: Annul documents for land in protected areas
The Koh Kong Provincial Administration has annulled the validity of documents for land sales in natural protected areas and biodiversity preservation corridors. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-governor-annul-documents-land-protected-areas
Cambodia-Japan trade tops $1.1B in first half
Trade between Cambodia and Japan reached $1.10977 billion in the first half of 2021, up 9.57 per cent year-on-year from $1.01281 billion, according to data from the Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro). ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-japan-trade-tops-11b-first-half
Cambodia is the 10th largest cassava grower in the world
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has identified Cambodia as the fourth largest cassava grower in Asia and the 10th largest in the world. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50909841/cambodia-is-the-10th-largest-cassava-grower-in-the-world/
No more tigers live in Cambodia on World Tiger Day
There are no longer any wild tigers in Cambodia due to indiscriminate hunting, loss of habitat and the use of snares, according to the Environment Ministry yesterday on World Tiger Day. ...
Mao Chanvireak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50904513/no-more-tigers-live-in-cambodia-on-world-tiger-day/
Economic growth projected at 4.8 percent in 2022: Deputy PM
Cambodia’s economic growth is projected to see robust growth next year because of economic recovery resulting from the government’s Covid-19 vaccination programmme. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50918131/economic-growth-projected-at-4-8-percent-in-2022-deputy-pm/
200 families dispute 4,000ha of land in Siem Reap
The Siem Reap provincial administration said it was investigating a land dispute between more than 200 families and a group of eight people concerning 4,000ha of land in the Varin district. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/200-families-dispute-4000ha-land-siem-reap
New vehicles sold in Kingdom need safety certification
The Ministry of industry, Science, Technology and innovation has advised all companies, factories, enterprises and importers of all types of new vehicles in Cambodia to apply for safety certification of those vehicles at the institute of Standards of Cambodia (ISC). ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-vehicles-sold-kingdom-need-safety-certification
Thirty Tuol Kork families request change in plans for relocations
Residents from villages 16 and 17 who have been affected by the railway development project in the capital’s Tuol Kork district met with municipal hall officials to discuss the plans for their relocation to Kandal province or Phnom Penh’s Kambol district. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thirty-tuol-kork-families-request-change-plans-relocations
Ministry launches review of asbestos status in Kingdom
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training plans to collaborate with two outside organisations to raise public awareness in Cambodia about the dangers of asbestos, an industrial material widely used throughout the world for various applications. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-launches-review-asbestos-status-kingdom
Cambodia’s top diplomat heads for official visit in the Republic of Korea
Deputy Prime Minister Prak Sokhonn, Minister of Foreign Affairs and international Cooperation, left here last night to pay an official visit to the Republic of Korea (ROK) and co-chair the 11th Mekong-ROK Foreign Ministers Meeting. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50930439/cambodias-top-diplomat-heads-for-official-visit-in-the-republic-of-korea/
Religious ceremonies and gatherings allowed to resume in Cambodia
The Ministry of Cults and Religious Affairs has authorised the resumption of all religious ceremonies and gatherings in Cambodia ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50969229/religious-ceremonies-and-gatherings-allowed-to-resume-in-cambodia/
Taskforce to fight all state land grabs in M’kiri forests
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon formed a joint-task force for the prevention of forestry crimes in Mondulkiri province following a clampdown on illegal occupation of state land there. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/taskforce-fight-all-state-land-grabs-mkiri-forests
World Bank financing will strengthen learning, access to education in Cambodia
The World Bank has approved financing, along with a grant from the Global Partnership for Education, will provide $69.25 million in new funding to help Cambodia improve equitable access to basic education and respond rapidly to crises affecting the education system. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501010317/world-bank-financing-will-strengthen-learning-access-to-education-in-cambodia/