Alternative education programme to expand to 15 provinces
The Basic Education Equivalency Programme has plans to expand centres to 15 provinces so online education can be provided to drop out students who want to finish Grade 9. According to a Unesco report, BEEP was initially launched in Phnom Penh in February last year. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50680053/alternative-education-programme-to-expand-to-15-provinces
Transport minister answers questions on road quality
Speaking before the Supreme Consultation Forum on Wednesday, Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol admitted his ministry’s shortcomings in the management of public construction works that have contributed to the fast deterioration of local roads. The Supreme Consultation Forum summoned Sun Chanthol to ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/transport-minister-answers-questions-road-quality
Transport ministry reaps benefits of personal plates
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has generated some $2 million from the sale of personalised number plates since it launched the service last month. From January 7 to February 4, the ministry had sold 468 such plates to vehicle owners throughout the country, ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/transport-ministry-reaps-benefits-personal-plates
Families’ evictions to be reviewed
Phnom Penh Municipal Council chairman Pa Socheatvong said the Municipal Hall has decided to temporarily suspend administrative action against eight families involved in a land dispute at the Russey Keo development area. Officials will be sent to investigate whether demolishing the houses Of the eight ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/families-evictions-be-reviewed
Over 1.5 million vehicles checked for overloading
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport on Thursday reported that it had inspected over 1.5 million vehicles between December last year and this month, in a continued effort to address the Kingdom’s road safety concerns. “No matter how much money the government spends on ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/over-15-million-vehicles-checked-overloading
Bidding for personalised number plates to be capped at $860 million
Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol on Tuesday launched a bidding system of the sale of personalised number plates for vehicles. Speaking during the launch, Chanthol said bidding will start at between two million and more than one billion riel ($500 and more ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bidding-personalised-number-plates-be-capped-860-million
COVID-19: Gov’t to set up new economic measures
Despite no new cases of COVID-19 reported in Cambodia since January, the government is planning new measures to tackle the financial effect the virus continues to have on the country. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50698578/covid-19-govt-to-set-up-new-economic-measures
Economy minister urges better infrastructure to prevent congestion at border crossings
The Cambodian government has pushed the implementation of separated border crossings and single window service checkpoints along the Thai and Vietnamese border checkpoints to better facilitate cross-border transportation, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance. ...
Siem Reap officials shut down timber processing facility
The Siem Reap provincial Forestry Administration on Monday identified the owner of an illegal wood processing facility in Siem Reap town’s Chreav commune after he escaped authorities when they raided it on Friday. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/siem-reap-officials-shut-down-timber-processing-facility
Anti-drug push for schools
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, in collaboration with the National Authority for Combating Drugs (NACD) and related partner organisations are preparing educational documents in an effort to prevent and control illicit drug use in schools. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/anti-drug-push-schools
Cambodia nets $21M from mining
Cambodia collected $21 million in non-tax revenue from the mining sector last year, up five per cent from 2018, said a Ministry of Mines and Energy senior official. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-nets-21m-mining
Unemployed to get $40 per month
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has instructed enterprises, business owners and travel agencies in five provinces to prepare the proper forms for the suspension of employment contracts. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unemployed-get-40-month
High-stakes Grade 12 exams kick off
Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron applauded the vast majority of Grade-12 students for obeying the strict no-cheating rules he introduced three years ago as nationwide testing kicked off yesterday with relatively few hiccups. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/high-stakes-grade-12-exams-kick
Announcement on providing tax services for the provision of tax identification card on means of transportation for all types of vehicles at the provincial tax branches and commercial banks
On 30 June 2020, the General Department of Taxation issued an announcement to all vehicle owners who requested tax identification to get theirs at any working time at the provincial tax branches and commercial banks where they have requested to make the above identification card. ...
General Department of Taxation
Construction suffers from low growth
In the light of COVID-19, however, the sector is estimated to have suffered negative rate growth of 5.3 percent in 2020 and is expected to hit a growth rate of 3.3 per cent next year, according to an updated report by the Ministry of Economy ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50736882/construction-suffers-from-low-growth/
Schools to be reopened in ‘three stages’
With guidance from Prime Minister Hun Sen, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, is in the process of reopening schools in three stages. But no timeline has been set, ministry spokesperson Ros Soveacha said on Thursday. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/schools-be-reopened-three-stages
Nutrilatt, parents will head to court over formula effects
The Ministry of Commerce’s General Department of Consumer Protection, Competition and Fraud Repression will send a case involving the parents of 24 infants who were allegedly affected by consuming the milk powder products of Nutrilatt Master LM Co, Ltd to court on November 14. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nutrilatt-parents-will-head-court-over-formula-effects
Seeds sown for Stung Treng agriculture
Stung Treng provincial authorities will work with integrated food-distribution company Hun Ty Co Ltd to exploit the province’s potential for crop cultivation and potentially set up a processing plant for export down the line, provincial administration spokesman Men Kung told The Post on November 26. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/seeds-sown-stung-treng-agriculture
Huawei pledges to support digital development in Cambodia
Chinese-owned giant telecom and technology company Huawei has pledged to support Cambodia’s digital development and bring new technology, according to its Cambodia’s country director. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50747254/huawei-pledges-to-support-digital-development-in-cambodia/
Ministry moves to pen accord to develop major logistics hub
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport plans to finalise a draft on “Framework Agreement” for the Phnom Penh Logistics Centre (PPLC) development project soon, leading to a signing with the developer, according to minister Sun Chanthol. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ministry-moves-pen-accord-develop-major-logistics-hub