GDT collects $1.34 billion in Q1 amid challenges
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) has collected more than $1.34 billion of tax revenue in the first three months of 2023, an increase of 6.39 percent compared to the same period of the previous year, while ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501280694/gdt-collects-1-34-billion-in-q1-amid-challenges/
11,177 hectares in Bokor National Park granted to tycoon Sok Kong
Oknha Sok Kong received 11,177 hectares of land inside Preah Monivong Bokor National Park via an August 4, 2022 sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen, published in the Council of Ministers’ Royal Gazette last week. ...
Khuon Narim and Phon Sotthyroth
https://cambojanews.com/11177-hectares-in-bokor-national-park-granted-to-tycoon-sok-kong/
Open Development Cambodia publishes a new dataset on “Primary schools in 2022”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new dataset on “Primary schools in 2022”. This dataset shows the performance, expenditure, and revenue budget of each primary school in 2022 of each commune in the targeted communes/Sangkat under the Innovation for Social Accountability in Cambodia (ISAC).=>Please click ...
Rice exports approach one million tonnes exported in first two months of 2023
In the first two months of 2023, Cambodia exported nearly 100,000 tonnes of milled rice worth $72.67 million to 38 markets through 40 milled rice export companies, according to a report from the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF). ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-exports-approach-one-million-tonnes-exported-first-two-months-2023
Three-day leave for workers to vote in July 23 election
Authorities have ordered private businesses and employers to allow their staff a paid three-day leave to go to their home provinces and vote in the upcoming National Election. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501301998/three-day-leave-for-workers-to-vote-in-july-23-election/
Cambodia attracts 2.57 mln int’l tourists in H1 of 2023: minister
Cambodia recorded some 2.57 million international visitors in the first half of 2023, a sharp increase of 409 percent from 506,762 over the same period last year, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501318525/cambodia-attracts-2-57-mln-intl-tourists-in-h1-of-2023-minister/
Cambodia records 3.7 million air passengers in the first 9 months
Cambodia received nearly 3.7 million air travelers during the first nine months of 2023, a year-on-year increase of 162 percent, said a senior official on Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501378854/cambodia-records-3-7-million-air-passengers-in-the-first-9-months/
Domestic and Chinese investors lead $619 million investment boom in Cambodia
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has given the green light to 21 new investment projects in November 2023. With a total investment capital of nearly $619 million, these projects can potentially create approximately 22,000 jobs. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501404257/domestic-and-chinese-investors-lead-619-million-investment-boom-in-cambodia/
Empowering Communities, A Transformative Force in Cambodia’s HIV Response
December 1 is the 35th anniversary of World AIDS Day, an opportunity to reflect on Cambodia’s dramatic progress in addressing HIV/AIDS, particularly over the past decade, and recognize the work that remains to end the disease as a public health threat. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501399952/empowering-communities-a-transformative-force-in-cambodias-hiv-response/
Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Association plays important role in fostering both countries’ relations
Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Association has been playing an important role in building the closer ties between the people of the two countries through various activities, including visit and cultural exchanges, youth-women-businessperson relationship promotion, humanitarian activities, and mutual support in preventing COVID-19. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501406116/vietnam-cambodia-friendship-association-plays-important-role-in-fostering-both-countries-relations/
Close to 800,000 foreign tourists converged on Angkor in 2023
Cambodia’s famed Angkor Archeological Park received 798,069 international visitors in 2023, up 177 percent from 287,454 in the previous year, said a news release on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501416584/close-to-800000-foreign-tourists-converged-on-angkor-in-2023/
STT report: forced evictions in Phnom Penh, Kandal, Takeo pushed people into debt crisis
A report by NGO Sahmakum Teang Tnaut Organization (STT) revealed that people who are forcibly evicted from their homes without proper resettlement are burdened with debt, have low access to food, while children experience disruptive education and are subject to child labor. ...
Phon Sothyroth
https://cambojanews.com/stt-report-forced-evictions-in-phnom-penh-kandal-takeo-pushed-people-into-debt-crisis/
MPTC to help digital transformation in tourism, information sectors
The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (MPTC) Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Tourism (MoT) and the Ministry of Information (MoI) to organise training programmes on digital skills for civil servants. ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501385578/mptc-to-help-digital-transformation-in-tourism-information-sectors/
NBC injected $139 million to stabilise riel in 2023
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) sold $139.1 million through auction last year to stabilise the riel exchange rate and to rebound the economy, according to the central bank’s report released on Monday. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501431035/nbc-injected-139-million-to-stabilise-riel-in-2023/
Cambodia’s economy projected at 6.6 pct in 2024: PM
Cambodia is expected to see a 6.6-percent rise in its economy in 2024 from 5.6 percent in 2023, the country’s Prime Minister Hun Manet said here on Tuesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501466941/cambodias-economy-projected-at-6-6-pct-in-2024-pm/
CDC approves projects worth $2.2 billion in first quarter
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved 106 fixed assets investment and expansion projects worth $2.2 billion in the first three months of this year, a jump of 649 percent over the same period last year. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501469196/cdc-approves-projects-worth-2-2-billion-in-first-quarter/
Cambodian PM receives CEOs of two companies in Davos
Dr. Hun Manet, Prime Minister of Kingdom of Cambodia, received separate courtesy calls from CEOs of two private companies in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 16. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501424482/cambodian-pm-receives-ceos-of-two-companies-in-davos/
MISTI, LABS explore avenues to enhance factory safety standards in Cambodia
Hem Vanndy, Minister of Industry Science Technology & Innovation, on May 2, 2024 received representatives from Life and Building Safety (LABS), led by its Country Manager, Mr Emerald Am, to explore avenues for enhancing factory safety in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501483110/misti-labs-explore-avenues-to-enhance-factory-safety-standards-in-cambodia/
Call for training participants: SMEs and informal economies in Siem Reap
Open Development Cambodia Organization (ODC) is pleased to announce the opening of registration for a full-day training session scheduled for 6 June 2024 in Siem Reap city, Siem Reap province. The training marks the implementation of the project “Strengthening Informal Economies and SMEs in Cambodia ...
Open Development Cambodia Organization
