Mortality rate declines, population grows by 5.4m in 24 years
On the occasion of World Population Day, Prime Minister Hun Sen said that the country’s headcount has increased from 11.4 million to 16.8 million between 1998 and 2022. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501322474/mortality-rate-declines-population-grows-by-5-4m-in-24-years/
Community joins together to plant 5,400 saplings in Kampong Thom
The Fisheries Administration’s (FiA) Kampong Thom provincial cantonment and environment officials, in cooperation with Pov Veay Sen Chey Fisheries Community, have planted 5,400 saplings in Stoung district’s Peam Bang commune. ...
Kim Sarom
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/community-joins-together-plant-5400-saplings-kampong-thom
Cambodia collects $1.8 billion in Tax Income for first 5 months of this year
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) of the Ministry of Economy and Finance collected over $1.8 billion worth tax income in the first five months of this year, about 51 percent against the annual target. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501309834/cambodia-collects-1-8-billion-in-tax-income-for-first-5-months-of-this-year/
Cambodia attracts 268 new FDI’s, which creates more than 307,000 jobs in 2023
Cambodia attracted fixed-asset investment of $4.92 billion in 2023, up 22 percent from $4.03 billion in a year earlier, the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) said in a news release on Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501417705/cambodia-attracts-268-new-fdis-which-creates-more-than-307000-jobs-in-2023/
Cambodia makes $320.5 mln from rubber exports in first 9 months
Cambodia exported 242,304 tons of dry rubber in the first nine months of 2023, up 3.5 percent from 234,100 tons over the same period last year, said a report from the General Directorate of Rubber on Thursday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501379483/cambodia-makes-320-5-mln-from-rubber-exports-in-first-9-months/
UK’s role in Cambodia’s mine-free 2025 initiative applauded by CMAA
Ly Thuch, first vice-president of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA), has reiterated that mine clearance work across the country has brought nothing but smiles and happiness, with more and more people living in safety, free from the threat of the silent ...
Kim Yutharo
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/uks-role-cambodias-mine-free-2025-initiative-applauded-cmaa
$21mil nine-storey NEC HQ to be completed in 22 months
The National Election Committee (NEC) will spend about $21 million to construct its new nine-storey headquarters on the land gifted by the government. ...
Khmer Times staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501416872/21mil-nine-storey-nec-hq-to-be-completed-in-22-months/
Cambodia makes $377.5 million from rice exports in first ten months
Cambodia had exported 529,924 tonnes of milled rice in the first 10 months of 2023, earning a total revenue of $377.5 million, the Cambodia Rice Federation said in a news release on Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501389491/cambodia-makes-377-5-million-from-rice-exports-in-first-ten-months/
Chinese firm to invest $1 billion in tyre production, says PM
A Chinese company will invest $1 billion in tyre production, said Prime Minister Hun Manet in Melbourne on Sunday. ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501450445/chinese-firm-to-invest-1-billion-in-tyre-production-says-pm/
Letter of Understanding on Implementation of WFP Country Strategic Plan 2024-2028 in Cambodia Signed
The Royal Government of Cambodia and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) inked here on Jan. 30 the Letter of Understanding on the Implementation of the WFP Country Strategic Plan 2024-2028 in the Kingdom of Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501432038/letter-of-understanding-on-implementation-of-wfp-country-strategic-plan-2024-2028-in-cambodia-signed/
QIPs, SEZs get lion’s share of tax relief in Cambodia
When it came to relief for special taxes (excise), value-added taxes and customs duties on imports – QIPs and SEZs received a disproportionate amount of customs tax relief, said a recent World Bank report. In 2020, QIPs took around 51 percent of total tax exemption, ...
Rachel David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501469664/qips-sezs-get-lions-share-of-tax-relief-in-cambodia/
Transport Minister: Funan Techo Canal Project to Begin Construction in Late 2024
The Tonle Bassac Navigation Road and Logistics System Project, commonly known as the “Funan Techo Canal” project, is scheduled to conduct a groundbreaking ceremony in the fourth quarter of 2024. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501425184/transport-minister-funan-techo-canal-project-to-begin-construction-in-late-2024/
A large Indonesian company interested in Cambodia’s real estate and healthcare sectors
Lippo Group, a large Indonesian company, is interested in investments in the areas of real estate, healthcare, financial and banking services, supermarket, etc. in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501443469/a-large-indonesian-company-interested-in-cambodias-real-estate-and-healthcare-sectors/
Kingdom narrows healthcare gap for mothers in last two decades
Cambodia has managed to provide quality maternal care for all women, rich and poor, in the last two decades, said a World Bank report. Data shows the gap in access to maternal health care between the richest and poorest has narrowed. ...
Rachel David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501483294/kingdom-narrows-healthcare-gap-for-mothers-in-last-two-decades/
IMF says Cambodia’s inflation to be stable at 2.3 percent in 2024
Cambodia’s inflation will remain stable this year at 2.3 percent, marginally up from 2.1 percent for 2023, generally in line with other parts of Asia and the Pacific, said the IMF Regional Economic Outlook April 2024. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501483848/imf-says-cambodias-inflation-to-be-stable-at-2-3-percent-in-2024/
Kingdom’s export to EU up 11.9 percent in Q1
Cambodia exported $903 million worth of goods to the European Union (EU) up 11.9 percent from the $807 million in the same period last year, a report of the General Department of Customs and Excise revealed. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501474745/kingdoms-export-to-eu-up-11-9-percent-in-q1/
Ending a scourge: PM pushes for final steps to eradicate malaria in Cambodia
Prime Minister Hun Manet urged stakeholders to promote social and gender equality in order to eradicate malaria by 2025, with a particular emphasis on providing nondiscriminatory diagnostic and treatment services for malaria patients in rural, hard-to-reach locations. ...
Smart waste collection mobile-app pilot launched in Siem Reap
Smart waste collection through the mobile app “Smart Clean Siem Reap” was launched as a pilot project in four villages in Siem Reap town’s Slakram commune on June 5. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/smart-waste-collection-mobile-app-pilot-launched-in-siem-reap
Cambodia and Indonesia agree to strengthen cooperation in developing the banking sector of the two countries
Dr. Chea Serey, Governor of the National Bank of Cambodia, received a courtesy call from Santo Darmosumarto, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Indonesia to Cambodia, on June 26, 2024, at the National Bank of Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501514105/cambodia-and-indonesia-agree-to-strengthen-cooperation-in-developing-the-banking-sector-of-the-two-countries/
Landmine awareness campaign intensified in Preah Vihear amid rising incidents
The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) has ramped up its educational campaign in Preah Vihear province’s Choam Ksan district, aiming to raise awareness about the dangers of landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the area, which has seen the highest number of ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/landmine-awareness-campaign-intensified-in-preah-vihear-amid-rising-incidents