Furniture exports decrease by almost 29% on-year to $164M in January-April
Cambodia earned $164.111 million from the export of “furniture, lighting signs, prefabricated buildings” in the first four months of 2023, down 28.82 per cent year-on-year from $230.544 million and down 52.01 per cent half-on-half (compared to July-October 2022) from $341.97 million, according to provisional Customs ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/furniture-exports-decrease-almost-29-year-164m-january-april
Cambodia airports receive 481,582 foreign tourists in Q1
Cambodia’s three international airports welcomed 481,582 foreign tourists in the first quarter of 2023, a staggering 453 percent increase from the same period in 2022. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501302669/cambodia-airports-receive-481582-foreign-tourists-in-q1/
Cambodia-ASEAN trade valued at over $7 billion in H1
Cambodia’s trade with ASEAN member countries was valued at $7.1 billion in the first six months of this year, accounting for 30 percent of the Kingdom’s total international trade. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501331365/cambodia-asean-trade-valued-at-over-7-billion-in-h1/
Commander-in-Chief of Cambodian Armed Forces pays official visit to Vietnam
Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Tan Cuong chaired an official reception ceremony for and held talks with visiting Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces General VongPisen in Hanoi ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501378235/commander-in-chief-of-cambodian-armed-forces-pays-official-visit-to-vietnam/
Turkish government donates 150 bicycles to poor students in Kampong Chhnang
The Kampong Chhnang Provincial Governor, Sun Sovannarith, expressed his deep gratitude to the Turkish government and people for their generous donation of 150 bicycles distributed among underprivileged students in the province. The bicycles were received on October 18th. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501378856/turkish-government-donates-150-bicycles-to-poor-students-in-kampong-chhnang/
Education minister issues order limiting cellphone use in classes
Minister of Education, Youth and Sport Hang Chuon Naron has issued a directive barring students from using phones or electronic devices in classrooms or during study hours without the permission of teachers. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/education-minister-issues-order-limiting-cellphone-use-classes
Two more in Cambodia infected with H5N1 avian flu
Health officials in Cambodia are investigating two new severe human H5N1 avian flu infections, pushing the country’s total for the year to six cases. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501398754/two-more-in-cambodia-infected-with-h5n1-avian-flu/
ADB, MPWT build $6.28 million landfill project in Battambang
The Asia Development Bank (ADB) in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) has successfully built a 20-hectare controlled landfill in Battambang province, aiming to serve 126,000 people in the community with the capacity to remove 100 tonnes of trash daily for ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501404698/adb-mpwt-build-6-28-million-landfill-project-in-battambang/
Ministry plans new generation schools in every province
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport announced the creation of more new generation schools across the country to contribute to the development of the national economy. ...
Ton Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501404741/ministry-plans-new-generation-schools-in-every-province/
Calls for more transparency, accountability, and clearer definitions in draft law
Legal and technical experts provided international best practice and areas for improvement of Cambodia’s draft law on personal data protection during a workshop. ...
Rov Hongseng
https://kiripost.com/stories/calls-for-more-transparency-accountability-and-clearer-definitions-in-draft-law
World Bank says floods pose significant risk to education and healthcare in Cambodia
Seasonal flooding is the most common and frequent disaster in Cambodia. Major flooding events occur every five years and can be particularly devastating. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501394156/world-bank-says-floods-pose-significant-risk-to-education-and-healthcare-in-cambodia/
CAPFISH-Capture receives 2023 GEM Award in Austria
The CAPFISH-Capture: Post-harvest Development project team in Cambodia received the 2023 Gender Equality Mobilisation Award (GEM Award) at the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO)’s General Conference on Tuesday in Vienna, Austria. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501399965/capfish-capture-receives-2023-gem-award-in-austria/
Kantha Bopha delivers 1,858 babies in December
The Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospital provided examinations and operations for nearly 100,000 children and offered pregnancy check-ups for over 8,000 women in December, with all treatments free of charge and without discrimination. ...
Kim Yutharo
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kantha-bopha-delivers-1-858-babies-in-december
Leadership urges unity in pursuit of 2050 target
As the government ambitiously sets its sights on becoming an upper-middle-income country by 2030 and a high-income one by 2050, it urged all stakeholders to join hands and prioritise key strategies, embracing the challenge to transform the vision into reality. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/leadership-urges-unity-in-pursuit-of-2050-target
Tetra Tech to support conservation in Cambodia under USAID contract
Tetra Tech has secured a contract from the U.S. Agency for International Development to support conservation efforts in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501418644/tetra-tech-to-support-conservation-in-cambodia-under-usaid-contract/
‘Peace Day in Cambodia’ declared public holiday
The government has designated December 29 as “Day of Peace in Cambodia” and a national holiday. The day reflects the end of the civil war in 1998 and the resulting 25 years of peace, which has led to rapid development and a fast-growing economy. ...
Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/-peace-day-in-cambodia-declared-public-holiday
Over 500 criminal cases recorded last year in PP
Last year 531 criminal cases were recorded in Phnom Penh city. Of these, 459 cases were solved. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501415874/over-500-criminal-cases-recorded-last-year-in-pp/
Siem Reap tourism vendor loans to be more accessible in 2024
The Small and Medium Enterprise Bank of Cambodia Plc. (SME Bank), loan terms for tourism vendors in Siem Reap Province will be loosened from the beginning of 2024 to encourage more uptake of funds exclusively by Siem Reap-based entities to bolster the sector’s return to ...
James Whitehead
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501418092/siem-reap-tourism-vendor-loans-to-be-more-accessible-in-2024/
SSEZ conducts $2.5B trade in nine months
Year 2023 witnessed the spectacular emergence of Cambodia’s Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) as a force to reckon with, as its enterprises hit 7.13 percent of the Kingdom’s total trade turnover, up from a mere 0.88 percent in 2013. In just nine months of the ...
Jigme Palden Pazo
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501381926/ssez-conducts-2-5b-trade-in-nine-months/
16 percent of households in Cambodia cannot afford nutritious diet
A total of 16 percent of households in Cambodia cannot afford a nutritious diet, highlighting the importance of social assistance programs to prevent more families from falling behind, said a new report released on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501388176/16-percent-of-households-in-cambodia-cannot-afford-nutritious-diet/
