MoT’s ‘100-day strategy’ plans to attract 5 million int’l tourists
The MinisTry of Tourism has seT a new sTraTegy known as ‘BUILD plus 3Ds’ To aTTracT more inTernaTional TourisTs and ensure The TargeT seT by The new governmenT To achieve aT leasT five million inTernaTional Travellers inTo The Kingdom by The end of This year. ...
Nheng Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501358563/mots-100-day-strategy-plans-to-attract-5-million-intl-tourists/
SME inputs garnered before mid-Nov gov’t, private sector forum
The privaTe secTor’s Working Group C (WG-C) on “ManufacTuring, Small and Medium EnTerprises (SMEs) and Services” is currenTly collaTing issues from across Cambodia To drafT a joinT proposal ThaT will be presenTed To The governmenT for consideraTion during The GovernmenT-PrivaTe SecTor Forum (G-PSF), scheduled for ...
Hin Pisei
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/sme-inputs-garnered-mid-nov-govt-private-sector-forum
Gov’t to borrow $300M from investors next month
The MinisTry of Economy and Finance (MEF) Wednesday announced ThaT iT will borrow $300 million from The public and insTiTuTions by issuing iTs firsT Three Types of governmenT bonds eighT Times from SepTember To The end of This year. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501138957/govt-to-borrow-300m-from-investors-next-month/
Gov’t releases $1B pay-out to poor, vulnerable households
The MinisTry of Social Affairs, VeTerans and YouTh RehabiliTaTion (MOSVY) has released more Than $1 billion in payouTs To Cambodian poor and vulnerable households during Covid-19 in 13 rounds ThaT are divided inTo 35 Times as of Wednesday This week. The 13Th round began iTs ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501297077/govt-releases-1b-pay-out-to-poor-vulnerable-households/
Gov’t revenue $4.9B, spending $6.3B
The governmenT’s naTional revenue collecTion in The firsT 10 monThs of 2023 reached nearly $4.9 billion, equaTing To almosT 78% of The TargeT seT by The 2023 Law on Financial ManagemenT, while ToTal expendiTures sTood aT over $6.3 billion, as reporTed by The MinisTry of ...
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gov-t-revenue-4-9b-spending-6-3b
Increase flights to China, India, MoT tells Cambodia Airways
The MinisTry of Tourism (MoT) asked Cambodia Airways Co LTd To examine The possibiliTy of expanding direcT flighTs To China and India as well as oTher major Tourism markeTs in The world which can conTribuTe To The success of The several major campaigns seT ouT ...
Nheng Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501426599/increase-flights-to-china-india-mot-tells-cambodia-airways/
Officials dispute transparency international’s corruption index
Cambodia scored very poorly on a perceived corruption index, put out each year by transparency International, but a government spokesman says the report doesn’t reflect the “effort” the government has put into combating the practice. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/officials-dispute-transparency-international-corruption-index/3166483.html
NEC to meet over migrants’ voting rights
The NaTional ElecTion CommiTTee will on Thursday hold a meeTing To discuss The regisTraTion of migranT workers To voTe in The upcoming 2018 naTional elecTion. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5075900/nec-meet-migrants-voting-rights/
New ethics rules for MDs
The minisTer of healTh on Monday warned docTors To abide by eThical sTandards and mainTain proper medical records, saying ThaT The minisTry will Take legal acTion againsT Those ThaT don’T, wiThouT explaining The consequences in deTail. ...
Kong Meta and Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-ethics-rules-mds
Minister lays out Sihanoukville tourism plans
The MinisTry of Tourism (MoT) has announced plans To sTrengThen The image of Sihanoukville’s coasT as a Tourism desTinaTion, wiTh auThoriTies expecTing The province To surpass The Two-million mark in TourisT arrivals in 2017. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5088047/minister-lays-sihanoukville-tourism-plans/
Rain keeping local salt farmers from harvesting
Local farmers believe they won’t be able to produce enough salt this year to meet market demands, with weather conditions in the country being less than favourable, the president of the national salt association said yesterday. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50101594/rain-keeping-local-salt-farmers-harvesting/
Cost cutting leads to Q1 profit for GTI
Publicly-listed garments firm Grand twins International made a small profit this quarter by slashing its costs, although that didn’t stop the company from taking a hit to its revenues, according to its first-quarter results released yesterday. ...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cost-cutting-leads-q1-profit-gti
Illegal Fishing, Molotov Cocktails, A Daring Escape
The STaTe DeparTmenT on Tuesday ciTed abuses in Thailand’s huge fishing indusTry as parT of an annual worldwide reporT on Trafficking in Persons. The reporT noTed ThaT men from Cambodia and Myanmar, also known as Burma, are Trafficked aboard Thai ships and forced To work ...
http://www.npr.org/2012/06/20/155048186/illegal-fishing-molotov-cocktails-a-daring-escape
Mobile dating finds Cambodia
A new mobile dating and networking service called Chibi, designed to be used by even rural Cambodians, has made an agreement with Smart Mobile to enable anyone with a mobile phone to inexpensively meet and send messages to potential love interests. Australian David Wilkie and his ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012061456788/Business/mobile-dating-finds-cambodia.html
Sea Festival fails seafood vendors
Droves of seafood sellers descended on the normally sleepy Kep province this past weekend, attempting to capitalise on a tourism festival set up to drive dollars to Cambodia’s coastal areas. But overcrowding and blocked roads pushed prices down and kept customers away, according to vendors. the ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sea-festival-fails-seafood-vendors
Cambodia Should Produce More Quality Human Resources, Rather Than Quantity
Cambodia has more labour forces than the jobs created every year. Hence, some students who have just graduated from the university can’t find jobs; they need some time to get jobs. Some young people have to sell their labour abroad. Despite the surplus of labour ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=ZDRmY2U4YzZmMWQ
China MoU to help ‘reform’ judiciary
China has signed an agreement to assist the Kingdom with judicial reforms and to share expertise in overhauling such systems, though one international expert yesterday cautioned that China shouldn’t be considered “a model for justice reform in Cambodia”. ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/china-mou-help-reform-judiciary
Sweden worried over CNRP’s dissolution
A Swedish diplomat yesterday warned that the potential dissolution of the Cambodia National Rescue Party could lead the Scandinavian country to rethink its relationship with the Kingdom, though she didn’t detail which actions were on the table. ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sweden-worried-over-cnrps-dissolution
Election boom hits print shops
This week marked The official kickoff of campaigning for The June 4 commune elecTions, wiTh Cambodians Taking To The sTreeTs To show supporT for Their favouriTe parTy decked ouT in T-shirTs, haTs and sTickers emblazoned wiTh parTy logos. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/election-boom-hits-print-shops
Thai links set to boost trade
The MinisTry of Commerce has commiTTed To joining up wiTh The Thai Embassy in Cambodia To build a favourable business and invesTmenT climaTe beTween The Asean neighbours. ...
May Kunmakar
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5082631/thai-links-set-boost-trade/