Law on food safety edges closer to approval
The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization and the Ministry of Commerce held a workshop yesterday to garner feedback from NGOs and businesses on the draft National Food Law.The new law deals with the safety, labelling and advertising of food and agricultural products for local consumption ss='cambodia-color'>...
Xueying Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/law-food-safety-edges-closer-approval
CNRP hands in French map
The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party yesterday handed over digital copies of a Cambodia-Vietnam border map bought in France to the Royal Academy.The academy’s border committee now has maps from the UN, Us and France, and says it will begin studying them in a bid ss='cambodia-color'>...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-hands-french-map
KrisEnergy preparing to apply for licence
Singaporean-liSted oil and gaS firm KriSEnergy iS edging cloSer to finaliSing itS deal with the Cambodian government that will pave the way for extraction from offShore oil field Block A.According to KriSEnergy&rSquo;S half-yearly financial Statement, poSted on itS webSite yeSterday, termS have been agreed and SS='cambodia-color'>...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/krisenergy-preparing-apply-licence
Japan charts road to industrialization for Mekong region
Japan and the five SoutheaSt ASian countrieS bordering the Mekong River adopted a blueprint Monday to booSt induStrialization in the Subregion. It aimS to booSt the combined groSS domeStic product of the grouping to $4.7 trillion by 2020. ASEAN&rSquo;S combined GDP iS currently eStimated at SS='cambodia-color'>...
The Japan Times News Staff
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/08/24/business/japan-charts-road-industrialization-mekong-region/#.VdvM-Jf-SB2
Residents suffer as Stung Sen River runs dry
Residents and authorities in Kampong Thom province’s Kampong svay district yesterday expressed deep concern over the persistence of severe drought in the stung sen River. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Som Kanika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50722392/residents-suffer-as-stung-sen-river-runs-dry/
USAID, gov’t to release report on Prey Lang
The Ministry of Environment and the Us Agency for International Development’s (UsAID) Greening Prey Lang Project are planning to release a report on the Prey Lang Extended Landscape. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/usaid-govt-release-report-prey-lang
Officials pitch invesment from Thais
Cambodia’s top economy builders are looking to bring back Thai investment that has departed the country since the onset of political clashes involving Preah Vihear temple in northern Cambodia. Officials at the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) yesterday hosted 30 delegates from the Thai ss='cambodia-color'>...
Japanese grant $32 million for Takhmao water supply system
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Cambodia signed a $32 million grant agreement with the government on Monday to expand Takhmao town’s water supply system. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japanese-grant-32-million-takhmao-water-supply-system
$10-million garment factory to open in Kampong Speu province
On the day the EU enforced tariffs on some of Cambodia’s exports, the Council for Development of Cambodia announced yet another new investment in the garment sector. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50754548/10-million-garment-factory-to-open-in-kampong-speu-province/
PM donates fish to Administration
Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday donated hundreds of two species of fish to the Agriculture Ministry’s Fisheries Administration so that it can dole them out to farmers. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khann Chanvirak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50756552/pm-donates-fish-to-administration/
GDI approves guidelines for residence registration
The Ministry of Interior’s General Department of Identification (GDI) has approved a guideline to pave the way for easier and faster residence registration and management. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50746697/gdi-approves-guidelines-for-residence-registration/
Aid for Sihanoukville ‘smart city’ strategy
The Australian Ambassador to Cambodia Pablo Kang, and Preah sihanouk Provincial Governor Kuoch Chamroeun, launched Australia’s support for a “smart city” strategy for sihanoukville. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50753209/aid-for-sihanoukville-smart-city-strategy/
Good news for clean-energy traffic
TADA, Cambodia’s fastest-growing ride-hailing app, plans to invest $20 million to produce electric tuktuks within the framework of clean energy development. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50762627/good-news-for-clean-energy-traffic/
Cashew nut prices in decline
Cambodia’s cashew nut prices slightly dropped because of border closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, although some goods are being let through. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Nithatevy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50762676/cashew-nut-prices-in-decline/
GDP numbers rendered uncertain by floods
Flooding has created uncertainty over the Kingdom’s economic outlook this year, with various figures bandied about and thousands of households and paddies affected. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50775085/gdp-numbers-rendered-uncertain-by-floods/
Brazilian pork given access to Cambodian market amid ASF outbreak
Cambodia has opened its market to pork produced in Brazil, according to an announcement from Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and supply. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50822756/brazilian-pork-given-access-to-cambodian-market-amid-asf-outbreak/
Elderly to receive AstraZeneca vaccinations in Phnom Penh tomorrow
The Ministry of Health has announced that AstraZeneca vaccinations will be given to people aged over 60 across Phnom Penh’s 14 districts tomorrow. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50828536/elderly-to-receive-astrazeneca-vaccinations-in-phnom-penh-tomorrow/
Agricultural rice map updated to boost production
The Ministry of Agriculture is updating the national rice map to boost the Kingdom’s quality and quantity of rice production by providing detailed data about geographic areas. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50814769/agricultural-rice-map-updated-to-boost-production/
C-19 positive cases declining in PP due to high number of jabs
Phnom Penh health officials claim the steady decline of cases of Covid-19 in Phnom Penh is due to the government’s successful vaccination drive. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50879987/c-19-positive-cases-declining-in-pp-due-to-high-number-of-jabs/
Enhancing early warning systems in Cambodia for climate change
Weather and climate conditions over the Indochina Peninsula, including Cambodia and Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), make it one of the most vulnerable regions on the planet. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50907961/enhancing-early-warning-systems-in-cambodia-for-climate-change/