GDT collects over half a billion dollars in tax revenue from Jan-Feb
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) collected 2.07466 trillion riel, or $512.26 million, in taxes in the first two months of 2022, surging by 22.69 per cent over the same period last year, according to its director-general Kong Vibol on March 14. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/gdt-collects-over-half-a-billion-dollars-in-tax-revenue-from-jan-feb/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gdt-collects-over-half-billion-dollars-tax-revenue-jan-feb
Bringing Cambodia-Australia ties to a higher level, 70 years on
This year, Cambodia and Australia celebrated the 70th anniversary of their diplomatic relations. Ties were first established in 1952, a year before Cambodia attained its independence from the French. Over the decades, the two countries in the Indo-Pacific have proven to be great cooperative partners href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bringing-cambodia-australia-ties-to-a-higher-level-70-years-on/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Taing Rinith
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501035548/bringing-cambodia-australia-ties-to-a-higher-level-70-years-on/
Landmines pose threat to over a million people in Cambodia
More than one million people in Cambodia still live in fear and work in areas contaminated by mines and explosive remnants of war (ERWs), a senior official said here on Friday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/landmines-pose-threat-to-over-a-million-people-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501079403/landmines-pose-threat-to-over-a-million-people-in-cambodia/
Gov’t confident while labour unions warn against EBA exit
Withdrawal of Everything But Arms (EBA) from Cambodia has evoked mixed reaction from economic experts and labour unions in the country. While economic experts claimed it would not affect badly, labour unions have raised concerns and urged the government to deal with European Union (EU) href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-confident-while-labour-unions-warn-against-eba-exit/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501071988/govt-confident-while-labour-unions-warn-against-eba-exit/
A Chinese firm interested in agricultural investment in Kampong Thom province
A Chinese firm has expressed its interest to invest in the agricultural sector, particularly in cassava and corn cultivation and forage plant breeding in the central province of Kampong Thom. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/a-chinese-firm-interested-in-agricultural-investment-in-kampong-thom-province/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501341112/a-chinese-firm-interested-in-agricultural-investment-in-kampong-thom-province/
Rice exports to Mid-East a ‘priority’ for trade talks
The Ministry of Commerce has put Cambodian milled-rice exports to the Middle East as a priority for ongoing talks on the Cambodia-United Arab Emirates Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CAM-UAE CEPA), according to minister Pan Sorasak. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rice-exports-to-mid-east-a-priority-for-trade-talks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-exports-mid-east-priority-trade-talks
Government extends cash aid for the poor programme by a year
The government has decided to extend by another year, its cash subsidy for the poor programme. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-extends-cash-aid-for-the-poor-programme-by-a-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Yim Sreylin
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501164017/government-extends-cash-aid-for-the-poor-programme-by-a-year/
Cambodian elephant with a prosthetic leg visited by UK team
Academics and students from the University of Salford have returned from an outreach trip to Cambodia where they met with a number of prosthetic users, including an elephant. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-elephant-with-a-prosthetic-leg-visited-by-uk-team/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501228752/cambodian-elephant-with-a-prosthetic-leg-visited-by-salford-team/
Digitalisation drive gives MSMEs a business boost
More than 170 Cambodian micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) have successfully transitioned their businesses online as part of a digital drive to become more resilient in the future, under a UNDP-led programme. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/digitalisation-drive-gives-msmes-a-business-boost/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-digitalisation-drive-gives-msmes-a-business-boost
Cambodian PM says vision 2050 is not a dream
Dr. Hun Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, yesterday reassured that the Royal Government’s vision 2030 and 2050 is not a dream. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-pm-says-vision-2050-is-not-a-dream/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501396122/cambodian-pm-says-vision-2050-is-not-a-dream/
Partners hold a projects completion workshop for key forestry initiatives
From 19-21 December 2023, the Forestry Administration of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the Ministry of Environment (MoE), the UN-REDD Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) jointly organized the Projects Completion Workshop on the ‘UN-REDD initiative on href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/partners-hold-a-projects-completion-workshop-for-key-forestry-initiatives/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501415655/partners-hold-a-projects-completion-workshop-for-key-forestry-initiatives/
Ministry, partners launch a tool to understand climate risks
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), a Consultative Group on the International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) on Asian Mega-Deltas (AMD), in collaboration with the General Department of Agriculture (GDA), launched the “Climate Smart Map” (CS-Map), to guide local-level assessment and planning for climate resilience. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-partners-launch-a-tool-to-understand-climate-risks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501500241/ministry-partners-launch-a-tool-to-understand-climate-risks/
Blood of Kindness: Saving lives one donation at a time
The #BloodofKindness campaign is holding a crucial blood drive tomorrow, August 9, from 9am to 4pm at TheCommune in Phnom Penh’s Tuol Kork district, with the aim of raising awareness and boosting blood donations across Cambodia. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/blood-of-kindness-saving-lives-one-donation-at-a-time/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/blood-of-kindness-saving-lives-one-donation-at-a-time
Declaring a state of emergency is unlikely, PM says
Prime Minister Hun Sen said today that declaring a state of emergency will be unlikely as COVID-19 is under control. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/declaring-a-state-of-emergency-is-unlikely-pm-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50710601/declaring-a-state-of-emergency-is-unlikely-pm-says/
Kep plans prison intended to be a ‘place of education’
The Kep Provincial Administration, through the General Department of Prisons (GDP), has requested that 5ha of land be designated as state private property to be used for the construction of a new provincial prison in Andong Sar village of Damnak Changaur district’s Poang Teuk commune. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kep-plans-prison-intended-to-be-a-place-of-education/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kep-plans-prison-intended-be-place-education
Health ministry, WHO Cambodia all set for Omicron variant Q&A
The Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Cambodia will hold a joint press conference on December 9 to update the Kingdom on the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus variant Omicron. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/health-ministry-who-cambodia-all-set-for-omicron-variant-qa/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/health-ministry-who-cambodia-all-set-omicron-variant-qa
Mechanisms for Myanmar are for a ceasefire and humanitarian assistance
Prime Minister Hun Sen has initiated the implementation of two mechanisms in the Myanmar crisis, namely, a ceasefire and the provision of humanitarian assistance to the people in need without discrimination. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mechanisms-for-myanmar-are-for-a-ceasefire-and-humanitarian-assistance/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501004392/mechanisms-for-myanmar-are-for-a-ceasefire-and-humanitarian-assistance/
Cambodia’s agricultural commodities target China as a key export destination
China is an increasingly important export destination for Cambodia’s agricultural commodities, thanks to the Cambodia-China Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA), which went into effect on January 1, 2022. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-agricultural-commodities-target-china-as-a-key-export-destination/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501200944/cambodias-agricultural-commodities-target-china-as-a-key-export-destination/
Korean premium beef, Hanwoo, finds a new market in Cambodia
South Korea has successfully exported its premium beef, Hanwoo, to Cambodia for the first time, marking a significant milestone in eight years of quarantine negotiations. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/korean-premium-beef-hanwoo-finds-a-new-market-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Adur Pradeep
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501351063/korean-premium-beef-hanwoo-finds-a-new-market-in-cambodia/
Rehabilitating drug users urged to strive for a new life
Chea Somethy, Minister of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation encouraged drug addicts to engage in sports and patiently create a new future while assuring them that society does not stigmatise victims or people who have a history of drug use. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rehabilitating-drug-users-urged-to-strive-for-a-new-life/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501367052/rehabilitating-drug-users-urged-to-strive-for-a-new-life/