PPAP revenue rise to $8m, all round growth in Q1’24
Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) posted a 7.1 percent year-on-year revenue hike at $8.1 million for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024 from $7.5 million, with container throughput climbing 20.4 percent to 93,153 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units). ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/ppap-revenue-rise-to-8m-all-round-growth-in-q124
Call for training participants: SMEs and informal economies in Kampot and Kep
Open Development Cambodia Organization (ODC) is pleased to announce the opening of registration for a full-day training session scheduled for 3 May 2024 in Kampot City, Kampot Province. The training marks the implementation of the project “Strengthening Informal Economies and SMEs in Cambodia through Open ...
Open Development Cambodia Organization
In the first 4 months of 2024, police cracked down on more than 3 tons of drugs
General Meas Vyrith, Secretary General of the National Authority for Combating Drugs (NACD), said that in the first four months of 2024, law enforcement forces had cracked down on more than 3 tons of drugs and arrested suspects, along with other facilities. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501477932/in-the-first-4-months-of-2024-police-cracked-down-on-more-than-3-tons-of-drugs/
25 investment projects worth over $246 million approved by CDC in May
In May 2024, the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved 24 new projects and one production expansion project with a total investment of more than $246 million, creating about 15,000 jobs. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501503519/25-investment-projects-worth-over-246-million-approved-by-cdc-in-may/
Kantha Bopha raise $1.3M in first 11 days of fundraising drive
The Cambodia Kantha Bopha Foundation (CKBF) received over $1.3 million in donations from more than 130,000 philanthropists in the first eleven days of its “10,000 Riel 10,000 Donors” campaign, which aims to help provide free medical treatment to Cambodian children. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kantha-bopha-raise-1-3m-in-first-11-days-of-fundraising-drive
Four community fisheries in Kampot attended a training on business plan and digital literacy
On 17 May 2024, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) organized a full-day training in Tuek Chhou district, Kampot province, attended by 24 participants, including six women who lead or run businesses from four community fisheries and tourism communities: Trapeang Sangke, Kampong Samaki, Prek Tnaot, and Trapeang ...
NEA provides 3,380 jobs for 17,535 applications in H1
The National Employment Agency (NEA) of the Ministry of Labour and Vocation Training (MLVT) provided 3,380 careers for 17,535 Cambodians registered in the job searching platform for the first semester of this year. ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501523118/nea-provides-3380-jobs-for-17535-applications-in-h1/
Cambodia-Vietnam trade reaches $4.6 billion in the first seven months of 2024
Cambodia’s trade relations with Vietnam have seen significant growth in the first seven months of this year, with the total trade volume between the two neighbouring countries reaching over $4.6 billion. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501542137/cambodia-vietnam-trade-reaches-4-6-billion-in-the-first-seven-months-of-2024/
Open Development Cambodia updates the dataset on “Major foreign investment projects in Cambodia”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updates the dataset on “Major foreign investment projects in Cambodia” by adding 52 investment projects. The foreign investment project dataset has been established to provide relevantly practical information within Cambodia’s investment projects flow, comprehending major foreign investment projects, capital investment, and ...
ADB approves $93.6 million to enhance rural water and sanitation facilities in Cambodia
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a significant funding package of $93.6 million in loans and grants to improve and expand climate-resilient and inclusive rural water supply, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) facilities across Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501551522/adb-approves-93-6-million-to-enhance-rural-water-and-sanitation-facilities-in-cambodia/
Two new tyre plants approved in August, 3,500 jobs created
Two tyre manufacturing factories, with a total investment of $686 million, were approved by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) in August, creating 3,459 jobs. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/two-new-tyre-plants-approved-in-august-3-500-jobs-created
Royal Group and Fusionex Group sign MOA to power up Smart Trade Facilitation in Cambodia
The Royal group, Cambodia’s leading conglomerate and Fusionex Group, one of the largest multi award-winning and the leading data technology group in the region, signed a memorandum of agreement where both groups will cooperate in the area of Smart Trade Facilitation in Cambodia. This cooperation ...
The Phnom Penh Post staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/royal-group-and-fusionex-group-sign-moa-power-smart-trade-facilitation-cambodia
Life in the Koh Kong jungle through the eyes of forest rangers
A photography exhibit chronicling the lives of forest rangers working toward the environmental protection of the jungles in Koh Kong province will be displayed on Saturday at the capital’s 5 Drunk Men sky bar. The photos are to be sold to, with the profits going to ...
Raksmey Hong
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/lifestyle-arts-culture/life-koh-kong-jungle-through-eyes-forest-rangers
Three COVID-19 research projects in Cambodia gets French financial support
France has committed 400,000 Euros to support three research projects on COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50721532/three-covid-19-research-projects-in-cambodia-gets-french-financial-support/
Open Development Cambodia publishes a new profile page on “COVID-19” in Cambodia
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new profile page on “COVID-19” in Cambodia. On the new bilingual page, the public can access to an informative dashboard where all the COVID-19 cases found in Cambodia are visualized as an info-graph, classifying the cases by type, province, ...
Under a controversial new plan by the Ministry of Interior, ethnic Vietnamese – some living in Cambodia for generations – begin to see documents revoked
Behind the traffic police station in Kampong Chhnang town, set against the picturesque backdrop of the Tonle Sap, immigration officials gathered thousands of ethnic Vietnamese to begin a nationwide process of revoking “improperly” issued documents this week. The plan to review birth certificates, identity cards, passports ...
Kong Meta and Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-post-depth/ethnic-vietnamese-some-living-cambodia-generations-see-documents-revoked
Pursat orders locale heads to annul land titles in protected area
The Pursat Provincial Administration has ordered five commune chiefs in Veal Veng district to annul land titles in the Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pursat-orders-locale-heads-annul-land-titles-protected-area
Open Development Cambodia published a new map layer on “Water treatment plant in Phnom Penh”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) published a new online resource detailing on water treatment plant in Phnom Penh in two languages, Khmer and English. With this new resource, the map illustrates the capacity and location of water treatment plant in Phnom Penh which are under the operation of Water ...
Royal Group planning 100sq km SEZ in Botum Sakor National Park
The Royal Group of Companies Ltd, a leading local conglomerate, will invest in the construction of a 100sq km special economic zone (SEZ) in Koh Kong province’s Botum Sakor National Park. This is an apparent bid to capitalise on the ongoing inflow of investment to ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/royal-group-planning-100sq-km-sez-botum-sakor-national-park
Mondulkiri’s rangers cracked down over 1,500 forest crimes in first nine months
Government’s park rangers in Cambodia’s natural resource-rich province of Mondulkiri have cracked down 1,528 forest crimes in the first nine months of 2020. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50770716/mondulkiris-rangers-cracked-down-over-1500-forest-crimes-in-first-nine-months/