GDT collects over $300M in taxes for January
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) collected $300.59 million in tax revenue last month, or about 8.42 per cent of the $3.57170 billion target set in the 2023 Law on Financial Management, marking a 4.29 per cent increase over January 2022. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gdt-collects-over-300m-taxes-january
Key road job with longest bridge ‘in 2024’
A groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a 58km road and bridges crossing the Tonle Sap River connecting Kampong Chhnang to Kampong Thom provinces will be held in 2024, with several relevant ministries assuring that the project would have no serious impact on the environment. ...
Sem Pisey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/key-road-job-longest-bridge-2024
Kantha Bopha treats over 70,000 kids in Apr
Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospitals provided examination, treatment and operations to more than 70,000 sick children during the month of April, according to its latest report. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kantha-bopha-treats-over-70000-kids-apr
NEC defines media’s role in 2023 general election
As the 2023 national election is approaching, the International Relations Institute at the Royal Academy of Cambodia (RAC) and the Club of Cambodian Journalists (CCJ) held a two-day training workshop to highlight the key role of the media in the poll. ...
Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-defines-medias-role-2023-general-election
PM pushes for commercial, labour courts in next five-year mandate
Prime Minister Hun Sen requested that the Ministry of Justice prepare legal frameworks that will expedite the formation of dedicated commercial and labour courts. ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-pushes-commercial-labour-courts-next-five-year-mandate
PPWSA posts higher net profit in Q1’23
The capital’s sole water concessionaire, Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority, saw increased net profit and revenue between January and March this year ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-ppwsa-posts-higher-net-profit-in-q123
Boeung Tonle Chhmar, an important foraging habitat for waterbirds in Tonle Sap
Boeung Tonle Chhmar is an important foraging habitat for waterbirds in Tonle Sap, according to a news release of NatureLife Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501291186/boeung-tonle-chhmar-an-important-foraging-habitat-for-waterbirds-in-tonle-sap/
Concern as Omicron variant cases rise in neighbouring countries
The Ministry of Health has alerted people to be vigilant and continue to practise preventive measures followed for COVID-19, as transmission from a new sub- variant, Omicron XBB.1.5, are increasing in neighbouring countries. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501298252/concern-as-omicron-variant-cases-rise-in-neighbouring-countries/
Cambodia expects tourism generating $4B in 2023
With the expectation of attracting around 4 million international and 15 million domestic tourists this year, Cambodia expects the tourism sector to generate about $4 billion. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501220676/cambodia-expects-tourism-generating-4b-in-2023/
CSX breaks another record-high trading value in 2022
The Cambodia Securities Exchange broke another record-high trading value for two consecutive years in 2022, as it received seven listings, an increase by 2.5 times over 2021. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501221450/csx-breaks-another-record-high-trading-value-in-2022/
CGCC gave $92m business loans in 2022
CGCC dished out more than $92 million in 985 business loans in 2022, providing a financial lifeline to companies battling against the impact of Covid-19 and global inflation. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-cgcc-gave-92m-business-loans-in-2022
Foreign tourist arrivals generated $1.4 billion in 2022
Cambodia welcomed 2.28 million foreign tourists last year, injecting $1.4 billion to the national economy. The Ministry of Tourism’s report showed that the revenue had an increase of 667 percent compared to 2021. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501257327/foreign-tourist-arrivals-generated-1-4-billion-in-2022/
$4m pumped into improving nutrition in schools
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) has pledged to spend $4 million this year to provide food to school children by using community-based agricultural products to promote nutrition and education in areas of high poverty and vulnerability. ...
Chhorn Raksmey
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-4m-pumped-into-improving-nutrition-in-schools
More than 50 hectare forest land in economic concession cleared
More than 50 hectare of forest land in an economic concession planted with pine trees, which was cleared by unknown people for the purpose of fencing in the area to claim ownership, has been inspected by the joint authorities of Mondulkiri province. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501258524/more-than-50-hectare-forest-land-in-economic-concession-cleared/
Adult male dolphin found dead from fishing net in Stung Treng
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has reiterated its demands that fishermen stop all fishing activity including the use of nets, hooks and illegal fishing equipment in the dolphin conservation zone in Stung Treng province to ensure the sustainability of the endangered species and ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/adult-male-dolphin-found-dead-fishing-net-stung-treng
Cambodia Securities Exchange rollout of green bonds set to bloom in 2023
With the growing effects of climate change increasingly a major concern globally, balancing economic activities with environmental considerations has never been more urgent. ...
Battambang landfill is officially inaugurated to participate in the development of sanitation
Senior Minister Sun Chanthol, Minister of Public Works and Transport, presided over the handover and official inauguration ceremony of a large landfill in Battambang city of Urban Environment Management in the Tonle Sap Phase 2 Project under the Asian Development Bank (ADB) loan. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501259003/battambang-landfill-is-officially-inaugurated-to-participate-in-the-development-of-sanitation/
Economy to grow 5.5% in 2023 and 6% by 2024
Cambodia’s economy is forecast to grow at 5.5 percent in 2023 and 6 percent in 2024, due to a stronger tourist rebound and faster growth in the services sector, according to a report by Asian Development Bank (ADB). ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-economy-to-grow-55-in-2023-and-6-by-2024
Cambodia records 1.26 million air passengers in Q1
Cambodia reported 1.26 million air travelers during the first quarter of 2023, up 549 percent from only 195,000 passengers over the same period last year, said the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation’s report released on Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501276387/cambodia-records-1-26-million-air-passengers-in-q1/
Cambodia clears 9 investment plans in garment, footwear, travel goods
The Cambodian Investment Board under the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) recently approved investment proposals for 11 more companies, creating 11,000 jobs. The companies will have a total investment of $57.3 million. Nine of these are in the garment, footwear and travel goods ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501239855/cambodia-clears-9-investment-plans-in-garment-footwear-travel-goods/