UNIDO join hands with CAC to boost cashew kernel export
The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) collaborated with the Cashew nut Association of Cambodia (CAC) to boost the export of cashew kernel by 12 percent by 2025 by providing technical support and management systems to the owners of the micro, small and medium enterprises ...
Nheng Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501373709/unido-join-hands-with-cac-to-boost-cashew-kernel-export/
Education ministry orders school shut down for ASEAN Summit
Public and private schools in Phnom Penh have been ordered to shut for three days from November 10 to 12 to reduce traffic in the capital to pave the way for VIP convoys during the upcoming ASEAN summit. ...
Prak Chan Thul
https://kiripost.com/stories/education-ministry-orders-school-shut-down-for-asean-summit
US president will attend US-ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh
US President Joe Biden will visit Cambodia from November 12-13 to participate in the annual US-ASEAN Summit and the East Asia Summit, to be hosted in Phnom Penh. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/us-president-will-attend-us-asean-summit-phnom-penh
Vietnam, Cambodia strengthen collaboration in border protection, management
Leaders of the Border Guard High Command under the Vietnamese Ministry of National defence and the Cambodian Ministry of Interior’s General department of Immigration held talks in Ho Chi Minh City on February 12, discussing measures to enhance coordination in border protection and management. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501238375/vietnam-cambodia-strengthen-collaboration-in-border-protection-management/
Cambodia’s export turnover slightly rises in 11 months
Cambodia exported nearly $20.5 billion worth of goods in the first 11 months of 2023, a slight increase of 1.2% year-on-year, according to a report released recently by the General Department of Customs and Excise. ...
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501407510/cambodias-export-turnover-slightly-rises-in-11-months/
Cambodia’s exports touch $20.5 billion in Jan-Nov
Cambodia’s exports topped $20.49 billion in the January-November period of this year, inched up by 1.2 percent compared to the same period last year, a General Department of Customs and Excise report said on Monday. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501405278/cambodias-exports-touch-20-5-billion-in-jan-nov/
Social accountability page was presented at civic tech meetup
On 25 November, the Open Development Cambodia (ODC) team conducted a presentation at the seventh Civic Tech Meetup in Kampong Chhnang city, Kampong Chhnang province. The series of meetups were challenged by Covid-19, but have recently resumed limited in-person meetings. During this all-day hybrid virtual ...
Guidance for members and buyers on partial withdrawal of EBA for exports to the European Union
On 12 August 2020, the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) issued guidance for its members and buyers following the partial withdrawal of EBA for exports to the European Union that will take effect from 12 August 2020. GMAC has prepared this guidance for the ...
Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC)
Five communities were trained to develop reports and minutes
A primary objective of NatureLife Cambodia (NLC) is to build the capacity of committees of Community Protected Areas (CPA) and Community-Based Organizations (CBO) for effective site management. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501517350/five-communities-were-trained-to-develop-reports-and-minutes/
Government reviews S’ville master plan
The Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) and the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee (IMCC) Tuesday reviewed the final draft of the master plan to transform Preah Sihanouk province into a massive Multi-Purpose Special Economic Zone (MP-SEZ), before summiting to the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) for ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501521018/government-reviews-sville-master-plan/
Cambodia exports 50 percent more raw cashew nuts in first semester
Cambodia exported more than 545,000 tonnes of raw cashew nut in the first semester of 2024, an increase of 50 percent compared to the same period in 2023, said a report of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) on Wednesday. ...
Mom Kunthea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501521384/cambodia-exports-50-percent-more-raw-cashew-nuts-in-first-semester/
Challenges, progress in exporting Cambodia's fishery products to the EU
Cambodia’s fisheries sector, a source of income and employment for approximately 33,000 individuals – predominantly women – faces substantial challenges in exporting its products to the EU. ...
Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/challenges-progress-in-exporting-cambodia-s-fishery-products-to-the-eu
MoU signing ceremony between ODC and Svay Rieng University
On 09 December 2021, Open Development Cambodia (ODC), in collaboration with Svay Rieng University (SRU), organized a Memorandum of UnDerstanding (MoU) signing ceremony to proviDe financial support to final-year Bachelor’s Degree stuDents. In collaboration with the Royal Government of Cambodia and the Ministry of Education, ...
Land sales and trades
The legal framework surrounding land sales and transfers was obliterated by the 2007 Civil Code, leaving little legal guidance. Forced land sales and distress sales are a substantial cause of land tenure insecurity in Cambodia. They are a significant cause of landlessness, and it is ...
Fisheries production
Local workers loading fresh catch to be transported to the city market at Chhnoc Trou pier, Kampong Chhnang province, Cambodia. Photo by Sylyvann Borei/World Fish, taken on 7 April 2014. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.Cambodia has abundant and productive fisheries. Fish is a traditional staple in the Cambodian ...
Outcomes of Samdech Techo Hun Sen’s working visit to the United States to participate in the ASEAN-U.S. Special Summit, on 12-13 May 2022, in Washington D.C.
On 14 May 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on the outcomes of Samdech Techo Hun Sen’s working visit to the United States to participate in the ASEAN-U.S. Special Summit, on 12-13 May 2022, in Washington D.C.The summit ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Communal land
Though there are multiple forms of communal property, the rights associated with indigenous communal property are subject to significant legal and socio-economic issues. Indigenous communities are culturally very different from the rest of Cambodia, and the law provides them with the opportunity to obtain collective ...
Evictees urge ministry to take action
Eight families whose homes were demolished at Boeng Kak lake last week have called on the Ministry of Interior to take action against the private construction firm – Shukaku Inc, owned by ruling party senator Lao Meng Khin – and district officials who ordered the ...
China IPO to benefit Kingdom
China’s Sinohydro Group Ltd earned US$2.12 billion in an initial public offering on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the company announced yesterday. The move came just two months before Sinohydro launches the Kamchay Hydroelectric Dam in Cambodia’s Kampot province. The company expects the IPO to help fund ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011093051879/Business/china-ipo-to-benefit-kingdom.html
Proposed changes to reserve requirement meets controversy
A proposed increase in the reserve requirement would decrease lending and slow Cambodia’s economic growth, according to some bankers and experts. The National Bank of Cambodia is set to hold a meeting later this month discussing a possible raise of the reserve requirement from 12 ...
