Union activist freed, but cops keep fliers
A union activist detained in Svay Rieng province on Sunday for delivering fliers promoting a stay-at-home strike was released after three hours, but police kept the leaflets, he said yesterday. When Kem Chamroeun, 25, of the Collective Union of Movement of Workers (CUMW) brought a stack ...
Mom Kunthear and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/union-activist-freed-cops-keep-fliers
Starting a business in Cambodia is getting harder, report says
Almost every aspect of starting or operating a business in Cambodia is becoming more difficult, according to a World Bank report released Wednesday. “Starting a business in Cambodia requires 11 procedures, takes 101.0 days, costs 139.5 percent of income per capita and requires paid-in minimum ...
Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/starting-a-business-in-cambodia-is-getting-harder-report-says-71343/
Government turns to women for soft policing
Tuy Thida, a 28-year-old traffic police officer, says she doesn’t take bribes. Surveying traffic at the intersection of Sihanouk Boulevard and Street 63 in Phnom Penh on Wednesday, Ms. Thida could be the face of the Interior Ministry’s push to increase female representation among the nation’s ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-turns-to-women-for-soft-policing-82441/
18 families ordered to leave land, as Chinese development moves in
Eighteen families in a remote region of Koh Kong province have been ordered to move, in order to make way for the development of a Chinese-funded luxury tourist outpost. The families received notice on June 5, ordering them to leave their homes within one month. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://bit.ly/1L4nJbk
Mekong nations and China to discuss COVID-19 response this week
The Mekong nations and China will focus on the COVID-19 issue during the 5th Mekong-Lancang Cooperation Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Laos this week. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50691804/mekong-nations-and-china-to-discuss-covid-19-response-this-week
Over eight million passengers use public bus service in 2019
Public bus service welcomed 8,265,107 passengers in 2019, of them 5,474,674 were served free of charge, according to the Phnom Penh municipal administration. ...
Lim Nary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50695342/over-eight-million-passengers-use-public-bus-service-in-2019
11 Provinces enjoy better sanitation and hygiene services
Thanks to Plan International Cambodia, some 1.5 million Cambodians in 11 provinces are now able to enjoy improved hygiene and sanitation services. ...
Buth Sela
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50800513/11-provinces-enjoy-better-sanitation-and-hygiene-services/
Livelihoods of fishermen affected by Tonle Sap low
Fishermen are concerned about their livelihoods with the Tonle Sap Lake water levels rising slowly. ...
Yin Soeum
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50884686/livelihoods-of-fishermen-affected-by-tonle-sap-low/
Cambodia supports sustainable agriculture production
Cambodia has voiced support for regional efforts towards more effective and competitive agriculture production while sustaining the environment as discussed at a regional conference yesterday. ...
Yin Soeum
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50897347/cambodia-supports-sustainable-agriculture-production/
Government approves budget bill for 2022
The Cambodian government approved a draft budget bill of 32,576.9 trillion riels (approximately $8.013 billion) for its expenditure for 2022, with national revenue set at 23,462.6 trillion riels (approximately $5.771 billion). ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50958209/government-approves-budget-bill-for-2022/
Covax delivers 124,800 more doses of Sinovac
On Saturday Cambodia received 124,800 doses of the Sinovac vaccine. So far, Cambodia has received a total of 2.5 million doses of the planned 6.6 million doses from The COVAX Facility. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50958118/covax-delivers-124800-more-doses-of-sinovac/
Japan gov’t to help build small hydrogen stations
To encourage the spread of hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicles (FCV), the Japanese government will help build small-scale hydrogen stations around the country. ...
Asia News Network
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/japan-govt-help-build-small-hydrogen-stations
Sokhonn plans China trip
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn will lead a delegation on an official visit to Hangzhou City in China’s Zhejiang province from December 3-5. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/sokhonn-plans-china-trip
Footwear industry regaining footing
The government has projected that the Kingdom’s economy will grow by about 5.6 per cent this year despite the threat posed by the Omicron variant. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/footwear-industry-regaining-footing
Commission set up to announce voting preliminary results
The National Election Committee (NEC) has created a commission and three sub-commissions to manage preliminary results of the June 5 commune council elections. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/commission-set-announce-voting-preliminary-results
Election cost $60m, says NA
A high-ranking National Assembly (NA) official announced yesterday at the NA’s consultative meeting with foreign ambassadors to Cambodia that the government spent $60 million to cover costs for the June 5 Commune Election, and that the election process was free, fair and just. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501090614/election-cost-60m-says-na/
Cambodia’s economy slated to grow 6% in 2023
Cambodia’s economy is predicted to grow by roughly six percent in 2023 despite global challenges, according to the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC). ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodias-economy-slated-to-grow-6-in-2023
Credit guarantees to SMEs reach nearly $140 million
The Credit Guarantee Corporation of Cambodia (CGCC) provided credit guarantees of $139.5 million to businesses for their working capital expansion as of July 2023. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501346090/credit-guarantees-to-smes-reach-nearly-140-million/
Gender mainstreaming for women’s economic empowerment promoted
Cambodia’s Ministry of Women’s Affairs (MOWA) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) held here at Phnom Penh Hotel on August 29 the 5th Fifth Meeting of Joint Coordinating Committee (JCC) for the Project on Gender Mainstreaming for Women’s Economic Empowerment (PGM-WEE). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501142210/gender-mainstreaming-for-womens-economic-empowerment-promoted/
$40m plan to protect Asian elephants
The Ministry of Environment estimates that it will need $40.5 million to care for the country’s Asian elephants over the next 10 years. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501192065/40m-plan-to-protect-asian-elephants/