Koh Pich-Koh Norea bridge to reduce traffic congestion in Phnom Penh’s Eastern Area
A bridge connecting Koh Pich satellite city to the Koh Norea development area in Phnom Penh’s Khan Chbar Ampov has been scheduled for soft launch in November 2023. The bridge will contribute to reducing the traffic congestion in the eastern part of the capital. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501340205/koh-pich-koh-norea-bridge-to-reduce-traffic-congestion-in-phnom-penhs-eastern-area/
Cambodia GFT exports at $6.27 billion in 7 months
Cambodia’s biggest export-earning segment of garments, footwear and travel (GFT) goods extended its lean patch into the seventh month of the year, as the exports recorded a decline of 20.44 percent in the January to July period of 2023. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501342930/cambodia-gft-exports-at-6-27-billion-in-7-months/
Education Minister says digital society must be rich in digital youth
It is necessary for the digital society, where the influence of artificial intelligence (AI) can cover almost all areas, to be rich in digital youth who can analyze the advantages and disadvantages of AI to take advantage of this powerful technology for the progress in ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501342952/education-minister-says-digital-society-must-be-rich-in-digital-youth/
Minister of Agriculture informs the Brazilian foreign minister about the potential of the agricultural sector in Cambodia
Dith Tina, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, and other leaders received a courtesy call and discussed with Maura Vieira, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries on October 11. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501375468/minister-of-agriculture-informs-the-brazilian-foreign-minister-about-the-potential-of-the-agricultural-sector-in-cambodia/
Ministry of Mines and Energy announces a reduction in electricity prices for industrial and agricultural consumers
The Ministry of Mines and Energy on Sep 20, issued a press release on the reduction of electricity prices for industrial and agricultural consumers. The immediate solution came on the advice of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet yesterday in Takeo province during a meeting with ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501363680/ministry-of-mines-and-energy-announces-a-reduction-in-electricity-prices-for-industrial-and-agricultural-consumers/
Amplifying the voices of ethnic minority groups in Cambodia through media, information, and digital literacy
UNESCO and the organization Conserve Indigenous Peoples Languages (CIPL) have launched a new project to empower indigenous communities in Cambodia and amplify their voices in the media. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501355715/amplifying-the-voices-of-ethnic-minority-groups-in-cambodia-through-media-information-and-digital-literacy/
Cambodia’s exports worth $15.7 billion in 8 months, up 0.3 pct
Cambodia exported products worth $15.7 billion in the first eight months of 2023, a slight increase of 0.3 percent from $15.64 billion in the same period last year, said a General Department of Customs and Excise’s report released on Friday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501357435/cambodias-exports-worth-15-7-billion-in-8-months-up-0-3-pct/
Announcement on the temporary suspension of public and private educational institutions at all levels in Phnom Penh
On 12 September 2022, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports issued an announcement on the temporary suspension of public and private educational institutions at all levels in Phnom Penh.According to the announcement, the suspension of public schools was made in order to reduce traffic ...
Ministry of Education Youth and Sport
Nearly $400 million earned by Cambodia in 10 months through rubber, rubber wood exports
In the first 10 months of 2022, from January to October, Cambodia earned more than $396 million from the export of rubber and rubber wood said the report of the General Department of Rubber. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501187462/nearly-400-million-earned-by-cambodia-in-10-months-through-rubber-rubber-wood-exports/
49 families in land dispute with Cheam Phen continue to ask for the intervention of the prime minister
Approximately 49 families living in Chamrang point, Keo Phos commune, Preah Sihanouk province, who have land dispute with Mr. Cheam Phen, the owner of Leo Beer again continue to call on Prime Minister Hun Sen to urge his subordinates to cut 352 hectares of farmland ...
16 cranes recorded at Lumphat sanctuary, highest in five years
Naturelife Cambodia, a Cambodian conservation organisation, has reported a significant increase in sarus crane (Antigone antigone) numbers during the non-breeding season at Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary for 2022-2023. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/16-cranes-recorded-lumphat-sanctuary-highest-five-years
China and HK Cambodia’s top rice exporters in first five months of 2023
China and Hong Kong have emerged as the top export markets for Cambodian milled rice, covering 42.43 percent of total exports worth $77.42 million. The 25 European countries accounted for 37.93 percent of exports worth $71.99 million, according to Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF). ...
Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/china-and-hk-cambodias-top-rice-exporters-in-first-five-months-of-2023
Open Development Cambodia updates a new dataset on “Road and railway networks in Cambodia (2012 & 2023)”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updates a new dataset on “Road and railway networks in Cambodia (2012 & 2023)”. This dataset included road networks generated by Open Street Map in 2023 and railway lines in 2012 provided by Save Cambodia’s Wildlife Atlas Working Group in Cambodia ...
Cambodia’s apparel exports to South Korea up 14% to $191 million in 2022
Cambodia’s trade balance with South Korea has improved in the first quarter of 2023, with decreased imports and higher apparel exports. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501277051/cambodias-apparel-exports-to-south-korea-up-14-to-191-million-in-2022/
Cambodia’s exports to EU surge 25% YoY to $4.045 bn in 2022
Cambodia’s exports to the European Union (EU) last year were worth $4.045 billion—a more than 25 per cent hike from the $3.229 billion registered in 2021, according to the ministry of commerce. Cambodia-EU trade was worth $4.857 billion last year, rising by 15.9 per cent ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/1236312/cambodias-exports-to-eu-surge-25-yoy-to-4-045-bn-in-2022/
Cambodia’s exports to EU surge 25 percent to $4 billion in 2022
Cambodia’s exports to the European Union (EU) last year were worth $4 billion, up 25% compared to the 2021’s figure, according to the country’s ministry of commerce. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501236859/cambodias-exports-to-eu-surge-25-percent-to-4-billion-in-2022/
Job loss fears as GFT exports decline by 25 percent in February
Cambodia’s exports of garments, footwear and travel (GFT) goods declined by nearly 25 percent in February 2023, compared to the same period in 2022, continuing a trend that started nearly six months ago raising fears of factory closures and job losses. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501253565/job-loss-fears-as-gft-exports-decline-by-25-percent-in-february/
MPWT: 2019, the year with highest road accidents in last five years
“2019” was the year with the highest number of road accidents during the last five years, with 4,141 cases, resulting in 2,151 deaths, 4,097 serious injuries and 7,271 minor injuries. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501396121/mpwt-2019-the-year-with-highest-road-accidents-in-last-five-years/
Cambodia makes $1.2 bln from exports of raw cashew nuts, rubber in 10 months
Cambodia earned a total of $1.2 billion from the exports of raw cashew nuts and dry rubber during the first 10 months of 2023, according to official reports on Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501399578/cambodia-makes-1-2-bln-from-exports-of-raw-cashew-nuts-rubber-in-10-months/
2nd Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Buddhist Summit held in Ho Chi Minh City
The second Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Buddhist Summit opened in Ho Chi Minh City on December 25. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501412980/2nd-cambodia-laos-vietnam-buddhist-summit-held-in-ho-chi-minh-city/