Takhmao families vacate homes, get compensation
More than 100 faMilies have agreed to accept coMpensation and leave their land in Kandal province’s TakhMao town. This will facilitate the iMpleMentation of a project to dig four canals – at a length of 6,000M – that aiM to reduce flooding and absorb wastewater ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/takhmao-families-vacate-homes-get-compensation
Battambang fisheries crimes total 38 cases Jan-Mar
Battambang provincial Fisheries Administration apprehended perpetrators of 38 fishery crimes and confiscated fishing nets spanning a total of 18,560m in the first quarter of this year, according to a new report. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/battambang-fisheries-crimes-total-38-cases-jan-mar
Japan-Cambodia Foreign Ministers’ talk via telephone Monday
On October 30, commencing at 5:40 p.m., ms KAmIKAWA Yoko, minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, held a telephone talk with mr. Sok Chenda Sophea, Deputy Prime minister and minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia, for approximately 25 minutes. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501384270/japan-cambodia-foreign-ministers-talk-via-telephone-monday/
Workshop: mobile data collection with Kobo Toolbox
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is delighted to organize the workshop “mobile Data Collection with Kobo Toolbox”. The course will focus on: Principle and application of Kobo Toolbox which is a suite mobile data collection technology for building form questionnaire, data collection and management for higher quality.Hands-on ...
Open Development Cambodia
Jica loans $50M to HKL to aid rural MSMEs
Hattha Kaksekar Limited (HKL), a subsidiary of Thai-based Bank of Ayudhya Pcl (Krungsri), received a $50 million loan from Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) to expand its operations and support micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (mSmEs) in rural areas. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/jica-loans-50m-hkl-aid-rural-msmes
Cambodia gets $1.6M for Covid-19 response from German gov’t
In light of Cambodia confirming 91 Covid-19 cases, Germany announced on Tuesday that it will provide €1.5 million ($1,618,000) to help support the Covid-19 Emergency Response Plan in the Kingdom. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-gets-16m-covid-19-response-german-govt
Khmer Enterprise to double startup and SME investment to $10m
At yesterday’s luncheon discussing Cambodia’s startup and SmE ecosystem, Vongsey Vissoth, permanent secretary of state of ministry of Economy and Finance (mEF), said Khmer Enterprise (KE) will increase its investment portion from $5 million to $10 million as part of the nation’s Covid-19 recovery plans ...
Bun Tharum
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-khmer-enterprise-to-double-startup-sme-investment
Mexico’s trade balance in Kingdom is likely to reach $400M this year
Mexico has trade deposits in all ASEAN countries and its trade balance with CaMbodia, in particular, is likely to touch $400 Million by the end of 2024. This was Made possible through the huge trade surplus between Mexico and the United States, reaching over $150 ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501453541/mexicos-trade-balance-in-kingdom-is-likely-to-reach-400m-this-year/
Microfinance sector provided $5.12B loans to 1.57M clients in 2023
The microfinance sector has provided a credit sum of $5.12 billion to 1.57 million clients, an average of $3,260 per account last year, creating direct employment for 21,567 people nationwide with a business network of 904 offices. ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501440074/microfinance-sector-provided-5-12b-loans-to-1-57m-clients-in-2023/
King Father Norodom Sihanouk Dies at 89
Retired King Norodom Sihanouk, whose name for half a century was synonymous with Cambodia on the world stage, died in the early hours of monday morning in Beijing. The former monarch, who was about to celebrate his 90th birthday on October 31, died peacefully in a ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/sihanouk/king-father-norodom-sihanouk-dies-at-89-3865/
Devillers Departs on Late Night Flight to China
Detained French architect Patrick Henri Devillers boarded a flight to China late last night after being held in custody in Cambodia for more than a month for his links to the biggest political scandal to hit China in decades, a government spokesman said. At Phnom Penh ...
Four People Injured After Two Buses Collide
Three Vietnamese nationals and one Cambodian were hospitalized Saturday after two commercial buses driving between Phnom Penh and Ho Chi minh City collided in Svay Rieng province, police said yesterday. Ouch Sarun, provincial traffic police chief, said that the two buses [belonging to Van Rec. Co. Ltd., and ...
International trade down 13% in first half of 2023
Cambodia’s international trade performance in the first half of 2023 registered $23.69 billion, a decrease of 13 percent from $27.24 billion in the same period last year, according to a report from the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) on monday. ...
Mon Sokeo
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-international-trade-down-13-in-first-half-of-2023
CNRP Says Rally’s Size Could Exceed Government’s Demands
With a major opposition rally planned for this afternoon in Phnom Penh, City Hall and ministry of Interior officials were at odds with CNRP leaders on Sunday over how many people would be allowed to attend the event. Though the Interior ministry has said only 6,000 ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cnrp-says-rallys-size-could-exceed-governments-demands-40783/
Diplomats, Donors Lobbied to Help Free Jailed Protesters
Challenging the ban on demonstrations in Phnom Penh, activists rallied Friday at the U.S. Embassy, the Japanese Embassy, the Australian Embassy and the German Embassy before stopping for lunch and rallying again, in the afternoon, at the British Embassy, the European Union and World Bank ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/diplomats-donors-lobbied-to-help-free-jailed-protesters-50852/
A $42.8m project to help vulnerable adapt to climate change given green light
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) on Wednesday approved $42.8 million for FAO project PEARL to enhance the adaptive capacity of Cambodian people living along the Northern Tonle Sap Basin to cope with the threat of climate change. ...
MLC Special Fund 2023 pumps $2m into nine Cambodian projects
An agreement will be be signed between Cambodia and China to pump $2 million into nine projects to create greater impact in transport and logistics, information system, food security, research, capacity building, and cultural conservation. ...
Thay Thanit
https://kiripost.com/stories/mlc-special-fund-2023-pumps-2m-into-nine-cambodian-projects
New $21M NEC building set for Oct 2025 completion
The National Election Committee (NEC) January 2 held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new office building, constructed on land acquired by the government from Kong Korm, a former opposition leader. The site is located on Sothearos Street in Tonle Bassac commune in Phnom Penh’s Chamkarmon ...
Kim Yutharo
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-21m-nec-building-set-for-oct-2025-completion
Fire Destroys 32 Homes In Russei Keo District
Two people received burns when a large fire gutted 32 houses in Russei Keo district’s Kilometer Nine commune on Friday, police said. The fire broke out at 11 a.m. in a village of wooden houses at the rear of the Cambodian Television Network station, said municipal ...
Fear still lingers in Pro Ma
A year to the day since armed soldiers stormed into the remote village of Pro mar in Kratie province, killing a 14-year-old girl, arresting her husband and evicting hundreds of families, Sreng Pho still has nightmares. “I’m really scared when I think back to that day ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051665654/National/fear-still-lingers-in-pro-ma.html