PM offers VOD staff jobs at state organizations
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday offered VOD staff to work in the government after the media organization had its license revoked on Monday. ...
Chhorn Raksmey
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-pm-offers-vod-staff-jobs-at-state-organizations
Cambodia ‘95% self-sufficient’ for meat
In the past year, Cambodia has managed to supply itself with 95 per cent of the meat required for domestic demand, with the domestic and export markets worth a total of more than $2 billion in value, according to Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-95-self-sufficient-meat
Condo oversupply persists amid low FDI and foreign buyers
Total foreign direct investment (FDI) to the real estate sector peaked at $3.6 billion in the years preceding Covid-19, where half of the approved investments was backed by Chinese investors. In 2019 alone, FDI financing in the property and real estate development in Cambodia stood around ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/condo-oversupply-persists-amid-low-fdi-and-foreign-buyers
Trade with Malaysia soars 23% to $620M in 2022
The merchandise trade volume between Cambodia and Malaysia totalled $620.373 million in 2022, rising by 23.33 per cent over a year earlier, with Cambodian exports accounting for a 18.03 per cent share, down by 2.11 percentage points on a yearly basis, according to the General ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/trade-malaysia-soars-23-620m-2022
Bakong likely to make forays into Rwanda
National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and the National Bank of Rwanda recently held talks to explore ways to establish Bakong online payment system in that country, said an NBC statement. ...
Sreekanth Ravindran
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501315349/bakong-likely-to-make-forays-into-rwanda/
Royal turtles on verge of comeback: Official
Ministry of Environment spokesman Neth Pheaktra called on fishermen to help conserve the endangered royal turtle (batagur affinis). The species, also known as the Southern river terrapin, are on the verge of extinction in Cambodia, but a successful breeding programme is offering some hope. ...
Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/royal-turtles-verge-comeback-official
Press release on the implementation of the Law on Consumer Protection and Prakas on unfair contract clause in the banking and financial sector
On 24 March 2023, the Ministry of Commerce and the National Bank of Cambodia posted a press release regarding the Press release on the implementation of the Law on Consumer Protection and Prakas on unfair contract clauses in the banking and financial sector on their ...
National Bank of Cambodia
Losing 104 rural credit agencies ‘may allow growth’ in finance sector
The central bank’s recent revocation of the operating licences of 104 rural credit institutions (RCI) – nearly half – should not have significant ramifications on the Kingdom’s wider financial system, industry insiders and observers have assured. ...
Exports to Thailand, Vietnam up as traditional markets shrink
Cambodia’s exports to neighbouring Thailand and Vietnam surged in January this year compared to the same period last year in sharp contrast to the country’s exports to traditionally strong markets such as China and the US declining during the period. According to the data of ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501241502/exports-to-thailand-vietnam-up-as-traditional-markets-shrink/
MFIs seek boosting financial literacy at communal level
A project to strengthen financial literacy at the local level has been launched to promote knowledge related to finance, rights, and client protection as well as to increase clients’ access to formal financial services within communities. ...
Ou Sokmean
https://cambodianess.com/article/mfis-seek-boosting-financial-literacy-at-communal-level
International trade tops $23 billion in H1
International trade for Cambodia amounted to $23.69 billion in the first six months of this year, a 13% decrease compared to the same period last year, the General Department of Customs and Excise report showed on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501322261/international-trade-tops-23-billion-in-h1/
International trade down 13% in first half of 2023
Cambodia’s international trade performance in the first half of 2023 registered $23.69 billion, a decrease of 13 percent from $27.24 billion in the same period last year, according to a report from the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) on Monday. ...
Mon Sokeo
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-international-trade-down-13-in-first-half-of-2023
Tax agency asks Japan to fast-track DTA talks
The Cambodian tax chief on May 29 asked Tokyo to speed up talks on a Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) between the Kingdom and Japan, as Customs (GDCE) reported that their bilateral goods trade closed 2022 just shy of $1.95 billion, achieving a nearly one-eighth surge ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tax-agency-asks-japan-fast-track-dta-talks
Cambodia, China sign MoU on translating Khmer works
A Memorandum of Understanding to translate and publish history and culture books from Khmer into Chinese has been signed by the Royal Academy of Cambodia, the National Press and the Chinese Publishing Administration. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501423485/cambodia-china-sign-mou-on-translating-khmer-works/
Calls out for vocational programme enrollments
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has urged young people to promptly register for courses at technical institutes throughout the country. The move follows the government’s official announcement of a national programme on technical and vocational training for 1.5 million young individuals from impoverished ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/calls-out-for-vocational-programme-enrollments
CMAA wins Model Leadership award from Spirit of Soccer
Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) First Vice-President Ly Thuch became the proud recipient of an award from the Spirit of Soccer (SOS), a humanitarian educational organisation. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501406077/cmaa-wins-model-leadership-award-from-spirit-of-soccer/
Rangers discover grey-headed eagle nests
In Kampong Thom province, adjacent to the Tonle Sap Lake and Stung Sen River, park rangers, backed by NatureLife Cambodia, discovered eight grey-headed fish eagle nests during the new spawning season, which concluded in December. ...
Kim Yutharo
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rangers-discover-grey-headed-eagle-nests
Cambodian PM meets leaders of Vietnamese companies
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet received yesterday in Hanoi Mr. PhanDucTu, Board Chairman of the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV), during his stay in Vietnam for a two-day official visit. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501406158/cambodian-pm-meets-leaders-of-vietnamese-companies/
Global landmine victim assistance conference in Cambodia promises support to survivors
The third global conference on assistance to landmine victims concluded in the capital of Cambodia on Thursday, vowing to carry out actions and policies to improve the lives of survivors and affected communities, a senior Cambodian official said. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501379482/global-landmine-victim-assistance-conference-in-cambodia-promises-support-to-survivors/
Campaign on “An Enterprise is a Peaceful Community” supported
Social analysts and workers unions have voiced their support for a campaign on “An Enterprise is a Peaceful Community”, which will be launched in 2024. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501390203/campaign-on-an-enterprise-is-a-peaceful-community-supported/