ADB commits $1.26 bln to support Cambodia’s development for 5 years
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced in a news release on Wednesday that it has committed approximately $1.26 billion to support the Cambodian government from 2024 to 2028. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501505346/adb-commits-1-26-bln-to-support-cambodias-development-for-5-years/
Microfinance sector provided $5.12B loans to 1.57M clients in 2023
The microfinance sector has provided a credit sum of $5.12 billion to 1.57 million clients, an average of $3,260 per account last year, creating direct employment for 21,567 people nationwide with a business network of 904 offices. ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501440074/microfinance-sector-provided-5-12b-loans-to-1-57m-clients-in-2023/
Cambodia spent nearly $1 billion on import pigs and poultries each year
The representatives of the Cambodian Livestock Raisers Association said that if we use the $ 1 billion to raise pigs and poultry locally, we could generate more jobs for the people in the country and they do not need to migrate to work in a ...
1,000 luxury trees planted to mark the 70th anniversary of Cambodia-U.S. relations
Some 1,000 luxury tree saplings have been planted along National Road 6A from Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changvar roundabout to the boundary of Kandal province. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50718837/1000-luxury-trees-planted-to-mark-the-70th-anniversary-of-cambodia-u-s-relations/
More than 1,600 workers and traders have been infected with Covid-19 since March 21
As of the evening of April 19, more than 1,000 workers and more than 600 traders have been infected with Covid-19, which infections recorded from March 21. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50841675/more-than-1600-workers-and-traders-have-been-infected-with-covid-19-since-march-21/
Tycoon’s company receives 1,247 Hectares along Kep coastal waters for satellite city development
A company linked to tycoon Khun Sear, TP Moral Group, received 1,247 hectares of coastal waters in Kep province to develop a new satellite city and “special tourism zone” according to a March 6 sub-decree signed by former Prime Minister Hun Sen and publicized in ...
Phon Sothyroth
https://cambojanews.com/tycoons-company-receives-1267-hectares-along-kep-coastal-waters-for-satellite-city-development/
Cambodia has 1.3 million migrant workers abroad, while domestic employment rate is over 99 percent
Prime Minister Hun Sen confirmed in a message on the occasion of the 137th anniversary of International Labor Day on May 1, that currently there are about 1.3 million Cambodian workers abroad, while the employment rate in the country remained at 99.3 percent. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501282502/cambodia-has-1-3-million-migrant-workers-abroad-while-domestic-employment-rate-is-over-99-percent/
PPAP posts over $8 million in revenue in Q1, a decrease of 13 percent
Publicly-listed river port operator, Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP), reported a revenue of some US $8.23 million during the first three months of 2023, a year-on-year decrease of 13 percent. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501277374/ppap-posts-over-8-million-in-revenue-in-q1-a-decrease-of-13-percent/
Cambodia posts some $89 million in rice exports to China in H1
Cambodia raked in $88.9 million from exporting 138,364 tonnes of milled rice to China in the first half of 2023, according to the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501321641/cambodia-posts-some-89-million-in-rice-exports-to-china-in-h1/
Cambodia makes $187 million from rubber exports of nearly 140,000 tonnes in H1
Cambodia exported 139,220 tons of dry rubber in the first half of 2023, up 2.72 percent from 135,537 tons over the same period last year, said a report from the General Directorate of Rubber on Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501332130/cambodia-makes-187-million-from-rubber-exports-of-nearly-140000-tonnes-in-h1/
GMS countries endorse $1B plan for climate resilience and sustainability
Environment ministers and deputy ministers from the six countries of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) have endorsed a new five-year environmental strategy. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gms-countries-endorse-1b-plan-for-climate-resilience-and-sustainability
112 new factories open in Cambodia in first 7 months of 2022
Some 112 new factories, with a total investment of $1.19 billion, had opened in Cambodia during the first seven months of 2022, an industry ministry spokesperson said here on Thursday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501130941/112-new-factories-open-in-cambodia-in-first-7-months-of-2022/
Vaccine trial for dengue ‘promising'
Researchers in Colombia have conducted a promising randomised trial of a vaccine for the dengue virus, a disease that affects thousands of Cambodians every year, according to results published in the September issue of The Lancet. ...
Stuart White
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vaccine-trial-dengue-%E2%80%98promising
Tourists flock to amazing Angkor Botanical Garden
More and more tourists have flocked into Angkor Botanical Garden in Siem Reap province after the official inauguration last week. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501081095/tourists-flock-to-amazing-angkor-botanical-garden/
Total of 394,458 people have received their fifth dose of COVID-19 vaccine since June 9
Take up of COVID-19 vaccination drive’s 5th dose regime still leaves much to be desired off. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501113987/total-of-394458-people-have-received-their-fifth-dose-of-covid-19-vaccine-since-june-9/
Cambodia allocates $1.16 billion USD for economic, social supports during COVID-19
The Cambodian government has allocated 1.16 billion U.S. dollars to address the economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Economy and Finance Ministry Secretary of State Vongsey Vissoth said here on Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50743006/cambodia-allocates-1-16-billion-usd-for-economic-social-supports-during-covid-19/
More than 1.57 million international tourists recorded in Cambodia over last 10 months
In the 10 months of 2022, Cambodia received more than 1.57 million international tourists, an increase of nearly 1,000 percent, compared to the same period last year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501194121/more-than-1-57-million-international-tourists-recorded-in-cambodia-over-last-10-months/
Nearly 1,000 people in Koh Kong province submit a petition to the commune authorities to find a land solution
About 500 people representing nearly 1,000 people from 5 communes gathered to submit a petition to the commune authorities in Sre Ambel district, find a suitable land solution for them. ...
Sorn Chanratha
https://www.rfa.org/khmer/news/land/nearly-1-land-disputes-in-koh-kong-petition-commune-authorities-for-resolution-09202022052203.html
Civil society planted more than 1,000 trees in Udom Sre Pus community after soldiers installed bulldozers
Civil society groups have planted trees at the Udom Sre Pus and Prey Metta Natural communities in Trapeang Chor commune, Oral district, Kampong Speu, after the army troops installed bulldozers almost completely. ...
Interior Minister says Cambodians lost $40m to online fraud in H1 2024
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Sokha, who also serves as chairman of the National Committee for Combatting Human Trafficking (NCCT), has directed all law enforcement and other authorities to intensify efforts to prevent human trafficking, noting that the perpetrators of those crimes ...