Kampot clocks in more than 12,000 tonnes of seafood yield in H1
Throughout the first half of 2022, fishermen across Kampot province harvested approximately more than 12,000 tonnes of freshwater and saltwater fish and crustaceans. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501114704/kampot-clocks-in-more-than-12000-tonnes-of-seafood-yield-in-h1/
Vietnam spends $1 billion importing cashew nuts from Cambodia
Cambodia exported a total of 670,000 tonnes of raw cashew nuts worth $1.07 billion last year to the international market, with 98.5 percent of its raw cashew nuts worth $1 billion being shipped to Vietnam. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501234910/vietnam-spends-1-billion-importing-cashew-nuts-from-cambodia/
33% rise in tax registrations Q1
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) registered 3,566 new businesses in the first quarter of the year, a year-on-year increase of 33 percent, a report said yesterday. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501284689/33-rise-in-tax-registrations-q1/
Cambodia’s remittances rise to $1.25B
Remittances from Cambodian migrant workers increased from $1.15 billion in 2021 to $1.25 billion in 2022 and are the third highest in the Asean as a share of national GDP after those of the Philippines and Vietnam, according to a new report. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501317625/cambodias-remittances-rise-to-1-25b/
CDC approves 190 new projects worth $3.2 billion investment in H1
From January to June 2024, the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved 190 new projects, production expansion projects, and special economic zone investment projects with a total investment of $3.2 billion and can create 168,572 jobs. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501518342/cdc-approves-190-new-projects-worth-3-2-billion-investment-in-h1/
City to have mass transit system in place by 2023
Cambodia will have an automated gateway transit system (AGT) ahead of 2023 – when the country is due to host the Southeast Asian Games – with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on track to complete the feasibility study by May next year, according to ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5090885/city-mass-transit-system-place-2023/
Cambodia’s industry is expected to grow by 9.2 percent in 2023
The Cambodian industry is expected to grow by 9.2 per cent in 2023 with support from improved external demand that help boost garment and non-garment manufacturing, while the garment sector is expected to grow by 8.1 per cent in that year due to demand in ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501100710/cambodias-industry-is-expected-to-grow-by-9-2-percent-in-2023/
Cambodia’s insurance industry sees slight growth in first 5 months of 2024
An Insurance Regulator of Cambodia (IRC) report showed on Monday that Cambodia’s insurance industry recorded a gross premium of $150 million in the first five months of 2024, up 1.2 percent from $148.1 million over the same period in 2023. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501511655/cambodias-insurance-industry-sees-slight-growth-in-first-5-months-of-2024/
Govt refutes ODC claim of major deforestation
The Ministry of Environment has dismissed the claim that forest cover has decreased from 43.21% in 2015 to 39.75% in 2023, as reported by Open Development Cambodia (ODC) on September 1. ...
Buth Reaskmey Kongkea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501551986/govt-refutes-ocd-claim-of-major-deforestation/
IMF sees Cambodia as ASEAN’s fastest growing economy in 2023 and 2024
Cambodia’s economy is projected to expand 5.6 percent this year and 6.1 percent next year, up from 5.2 percent last year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Tuesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501374620/imf-sees-cambodia-as-aseans-fastest-growing-economy-in-2023-and-2024/
About 60,000 Cambodians have gained employment in the first eight months of 2023
According to a recent report issued by the Cambodian Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training 1,188 new enterprises have begun their operation in Cambodia, employing nearly 60,000 people. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501373979/about-60000-cambodians-have-gained-employment-in-the-first-eight-months-of-2023/
ODC join Ministry of Posts and Telecommunication's workshop on capacity building for all post and telecommunication departments (Phase 2)
Picture from the Ministry of Post and Telecommunication facebook page on 28 April 2023.From 25th April to 27th May 2023, The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications organized a series of workshops with the aim of providing capacity building to subnational government officers from all its ...
Cambodia’s public debt almost touched $10 billion last year
Cambodia’s total public debt stock is expected to increase approximately 1.42 percent to reach $9.97 billion by the end of 2022 compared to over $7 billion five years ago, while the national budget law allowed the government to borrow about $1.26 billion or $1.7 billion ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501226200/cambodias-public-debt-almost-touched-10-billion-last-year/
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “Special economic zone in Cambodia”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “Special economic zone in Cambodia” adding 1 new map features in Preah Sihanouk from sub decree no. 54 on the establishment of King Bridge International Prey Nob special economic zone. This dataset describes the information of ...
Forest rangers seek 1,210 rifles after serious attacks
The Ministry of Environment sought permission from the Ministry of National Defence to arm municipal and provincial rangers with 1,210 rifles in response to one of its rangers being killed and two others critically assaulted while out on patrol in Mondulkiri and Kampong Thom provinces. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/forest-rangers-seek-1210-rifles-after-serious-attacks
Construction agreement of Bakheng Water Treatment Plant (Phase 1)
On November 14, 2019, Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) and VINCI Construction Grands Projets enter into agreement on Construction of Bakheng Water Treatment Plant (Phase 1) with the production capacity of 195,000m3/day. This construction contract is approximately USD 156 million which are financed by ...
Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA)
Garment, textile, footwear exports nearly $8B in Q1-Q3
Cambodia exported more than $7.97 billion worth of garment, textile and footwear (GTF) products in the first nine months of this year, up 13.18 per cent year-on-year from $7.044 billion, a report from the Ministry of Economy and Finance’s General Department of Customs and Excise ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/garment-textile-footwear-exports-nearly-8b-q1-q3
New Phnom Penh Airport cost estimated at $1.5 billion
Cambodia Airports and the Overseas Investment Corp (OCIC) have shown progress in discussions on the development of a new Phnom Penh International Airport which is expected to be finished next year. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50687604/new-international-travel-hub-seeks-development-cooperation