Investment incentives mulled for agriculture
The Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC) has requested that the government study consider offering additional tax exemptions to the agriculture sector, in order to support last year’s 2022-2030 agricultural policy. ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/investment-incentives-mulled-agriculture
Student housing falls short in quality, livability and safety
Living in a compact space is just a part of university life, especially for students who come from the provinces to study in Phnom Penh. While the city keeps building an abundance of international-standard complexes, almost none of these are realistic choices for students, many ...
Natalie Leung and Catherine Harry
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/student-housing-falls-short-quality-livability-and-safety
NAY Maneth
Communications ManagerManeth manages social media platforms, designing, and programs of Open Development Cambodia (ODC). He is also in charge of other internal and external communications.Maneth graduated from the Institute for International Studies and Public Policy, RUPP, with International Relations major and completed his exchange study ...
Medical bills lead many into debt, survey reveals
Small-scale health insurance policies can be an effective way to avoid drowning in debt, according to a survey released yesterday. Fifty-eight percent of 5,275 households surveyed in Kandal, Takeo and Kampot provinces had taken out loans, with health care and medical costs being the chief reason, ...
Cambodia can achieve SDGs, but deep fiscal reform needed: ADB report
Cambodia has a good chance of achieving its social protection agenda under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) but will need to balance different social protection investments, according to a report published on Wednesday by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). With the right fiscal reforms and policies ...
NGOs ordered to retract MFI report
The government yesterday ordered two NGOs to retract a critical report on the negative impacts of microloans after summoning their representatives for a meeting to defend their research. The report, published last month by Licadho and Sahmakum Teang Tnaut, featured seven case studies of abuse chosen ...
Khuon Narim
http://Khuon Narim
Press release on the outcome of the meeting of the permanence committee of the national assembly
On 25 December 2018, the National Assembly of Cambodia published an press release on the outcome of meeting of the Permanence Committee of the National Assembly which was organized at 03:00 PM. After the meeting, the Permanence Committee of the National Assembly decided to hand ...
National Assembly of Cambodia
JICA moots city transit system
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is helping Cambodia conduct a feasibility study on an automated gateway transit system (AGT) to overcome Phnom Penh’s daily gridlock, caused by traffic congestion, during peak hours. Hideaki Wase, an urban transportation advisor in JICA, told Khmer Times yesterday that ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28026/jica-moots-city-transit-system/
NGOs slam the new Mekong dam
Environmental organizations and civil society groups have expressed concern at plans to build another dam along the Mekong River in Laos and asked the Lao government to suspend the project due to the effects it will have on communities, water flow and fishery resources in ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35615/ngos-slam-the-new-mekong-dam/
Commune bosses 'need skill upgrade'
Speaking on Monday, Dr Touch pointed to an opposition CNRP policy of eliminating the Ministry of Rural Development and offering $500,000 dollars to commune chiefs to develop their local areas through projects such as road and bridge building. “We need commune chiefs who have studied to ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38908/commune-bosses--need-skill-upgrade-/
Gender course to be piloted at Royal University
Gender studies will be incorporated into the curriculum at Cambodia’s largest university in an effort to shape the country’s top students’ views on the role of women in society, educators and experts said on Wednesday at a workshop on the course. A pilot program will begin ...
Holly Robertson and Sun Heng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/gender-course-to-be-piloted-at-royal-university-63740/
Japan bank to join hands with Cambodia
Japanese regional bank Shiga Bank said that it will join hands with major Cambodian bank Canadia Bank Plc by the end of the month to gain access to economic information in the Southeast Asian country to provide to Japanese companies. It will be the first partnership ...
Bangkok Post News Staff
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/news/446702/japan-bank-to-form-tie-up-with-cambodia-bank
Keeping women out of the work force is economic nonsense
Gender equality is “humanity’s biggest project,” Lakshmi Puri told the U.N. this past week. Puri, the deputy executive director of U.N. Women, wants to achieve “Planet 50-50” by 2030. When it comes to the workplace, equal employment opportunities aren’t just a benefit to women. Several new ...
Thomas K. Grose
http://n.pr/1CfvrKL
China gives $3m for city surveillance system
The Chinese government on Tuesday donated $3 million to Cambodia to set up a closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance system across Phnom Penh to help cut down on crime and traffic accidents, according to the national police. “This is a donation from the Chinese Ministry of Public ...
Sek Odom and Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/china-gives-3m-for-phnom-penh-surveillance-system-66349/
Flood instructions issued for schools to bolster safety
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport on Wednesday issued guidelines for schools to lessen the impact of flood damage. Minister Hang Chuon Naron said the recent flash floods have affected school buildings, study materials and equipment. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/flood-instructions-issued-schools-bolster-safety
Firm eyes Svay Rieng to set up tyre factory
According to a feasibility study revealed in a report published by Tyrepress Media, the tire-maker is interested in building a facility within Svay Rieng province’s QiLu (Cambodia) Special Economic Zone that is capable of making five million semi-steel radials a year. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/firm-eyes-svay-rieng-set-tyre-factory
Teachers, parents urged to promote online education
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport continues to advise teachers and parents of students to encourage study through e-learning by accessing lessons from the ministry’s website and social media. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/teachers-parents-urged-promote-online-education
Climate-proof farming techniques ‘boost yields’
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon presented a study on water and soil management using climate-wise farming techniques that can help farmers adapt to climate change and increase their rice yields at the same time. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/climate-proof-farming-techniques-boost-yields
China set to open gates for Cambodian ‘pra’ fish exports
China will import “pra” fish from Cambodia in the near future, once technical experts study and assess sanitary and other associated risks in virtual inspections and give the all-clear, Chinese ambassador to Cambodia Wang Wentian affirmed on December 6. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/china-set-open-gates-cambodian-pra-fish-exports