Covid jab making delayed on lack of gov’t purchasing deal, Hun Sen says
Prime Minister Hun Sen said the “sluggishness” of the establishment of a Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing facility in Cambodia was due to the government not yet signing an agreement to purchase vaccines produced by the factory. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/covid-jab-making-delayed-lack-govt-purchasing-deal-hun-sen-says
Manet set for China-ASEAN expo 2023 as head of gov’t
Prime Minister-in-waiting Hun Manet is scheduled to travel to China in mid-September for the 20th China-ASEAN Expo 2023 in Nanning, the capital city of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region – in one of his first official trips seen by analysts as a significant step in ...
Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/manet-set-china-asean-expo-2023-head-govt
New gov’t to strive hard to achieve upper-middle, high-income goals
Moments before Mr Hun Manet was sworn in as the new Prime Minister, his predecessor Mr Hun Sen said that he expects the new government to take Cambodia out of its least-developed country status and achieve the upper-middle-income and high-income in 2030 and 2050 respectively. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501347405/new-govt-to-strive-hard-to-achieve-upper-middle-high-income-goals/
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/
Multilingual Education Students had a great time watching and learning from the Digital Educational Resources in Indigenous Languages
After Open Development Cambodia Organization (ODC) successfully organized a launching workshop on “Digital Educational Resources in Indigenous Languages for Primary School Students” on October 27, 2023, at the Kampong Cham Provincial Department of Education, Youth, and Sport, the ODC team commenced on-site promotional activities on ...
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
Cambodia sees slight improvements on corruption index
Cambodia’s global corruption core has slightly improved with it receiving 24 out of 100 in the 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), which was released today by transparency International (tI), placing it 150th out of the 180 countries. ...
Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-corruption-index
Increasing domestic agriculture key to preventing food inflation
Despite food prices in Cambodia slightly decreasing in September compared to the previous month, some food products will remain expensive in the long-run, which impacts Cambodian food supplies and livelihoods. to save Cambodia from food inflation, the Kingdom needs to boost more local agricultural productions, ...
Meas Molika
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-food-inflation
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
