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/
Private sector assists gov’t tech plan
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport is cooperating with a private company to develop a technology master plan for the public works and transport sectors to improve the ministry’s efficiency. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/private-sector-assists-govt-tech-plan
Ministry in push to finalise consumer protection laws
Cambodia’s Commerce Minister is putting pressure on the Department of skills to finalise draft laws to protect consumers, stamp out unfair competition and crack down on fraud. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50920848/ministry-in-push-to-finalise-consumer-protection-laws/
Total trade volume in the first eight months of this year remains positive
Cambodia’s total trade volume in the first eight months this year remains positive despite the global economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50949168/total-trade-volume-in-the-first-eight-months-of-this-year-remains-positive/
Water Festival cancelled amid prolonged pandemic
Minister of Interior sar Kheng said this year’s Water Festival, which falls on November 18-20, will not occur due to the prolonged Covid-19 pandemic. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/water-festival-cancelled-amid-prolonged-pandemic
Tax changes are part of efforts to maintain govt revenue, experts say
The government is putting more pressure on Cambodia’s small and medium-sized enterprises (sMEs) to register with the Commerce Ministry and the Tax Department. It wants them to go legitimate in order to protect consumers and make sure it doesn’t miss out on revenue. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50936037/tax-changes-are-part-of-efforts-to-maintain-govt-revenue-experts-say/
20 more certified nat’l standards to be adopted
The Ministry of Industry, science, Technology and Innovation’s National standards Council (NsC) has approved 20 more certified international standards to be adopted nationally. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/20-more-certified-natl-standards-be-adopted
The $168 million Mekong-Australia Partnership launched
Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne on Monday launched the Cambodian component of the Mekong-Australia Partnership (MAP) with her counterpart Foreign Minister Prak sokhonn. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50968596/the-168-million-mekong-australia-partnership-launched/
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. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/sokhonn-plans-china-trip
Preah Sihanouk sees more Chinese investors, but arrivals ‘still low’
Tourists and Chinese investors are gradually making their way back to Preah sihanouk province, as the Covid-19 situation in the Kingdom eases and socio-economic activities pick up pace following early November’s full reopening announcement, according to a spokesman for the coastal province. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/preah-sihanouk-sees-more-chinese-investors-arrivals-still-low
Vietnam, Cambodia solidify defence cooperation
Vietnamese Minister of National Defence Phan Van Giang and his Cambodian counterpart Tea Banh have agreed to enhance bilateral defence-security ties in the principle of not allowing any hostile force to use one’s territory to sabotage security of the other. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50993641/vietnam-cambodia-solidify-defence-cooperation/
Lots of buzz as South Korea FTA edges closer
The Cambodia-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA) is set to enter into force 60 days after the Kingdom’s Ministry of Commerce and south Korean counterpart have notified each other that their respective internal procedures have been completed, as affirmed by ministry spokesman Pen sovicheat. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/lots-buzz-south-korea-fta-edges-closer
PM sets tourism reopening as centrepiece of ATF 2022
Prime Minister Hun sen urged AsEAN to reopen tourism and trade now that many of the bloc’s member countries have vaccinated their populations. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-sets-tourism-reopening-centrepiece-atf-2022
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. ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/footwear-industry-regaining-footing
Cambodia-China trade volume reaches $11.2 billion in 2021
According to Cambodia’s Commerce Minister Pan sorasak, the trade volume between Cambodia and China reached nearly $11.2 billion in 2021. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501032773/cambodia-china-trade-volume-reaches-11-2-billion-in-2021-2/
Iran invited to oil, gas scene
Cambodia has invited Iran to examine the feasibility of developing the Kingdom’s existing oil blocks and requested that the republic conduct further oil and gas exploration studies. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/iran-invited-oil-gas-scene
School feeding programme in Cambodia celebrated
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the United states Embassy, and Cambodia’s Ministry of Education, Youth and sport (MoEYs) celebrated the handover of the school feeding programme in 85 additional schools from WFP to the Cambodian Government. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501043512/school-feeding-programme-in-cambodia-celebrated/
Pfizer, AstraZeneca ready for booster use: health ministry
Municipal and provincial health departments across the country have received AstraZeneca and Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines intended to be used for people’s third and fourth doses – as the nationwide vaccination rate hit 92.55 per cent of the population. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pfizer-astrazeneca-ready-booster-use-health-ministry
Cambodia committed to upgrade health sector
Prime Minister Hun sen has reaffirmed the Royal Government’s commitment to further upgrade the health sector amid the Covid-19 pandemic. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501048689/cambodia-committed-to-upgrade-health-sector/
MoU on cooperation for filling and packaging COVID-19 Inactivated vaccines signed
The Ministry of Health signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation for filling and packaging COVID-19 Inactivated Vaccines with China’s sinovac Life sciences and Cambodian Pharmaceutical Enterprise, a move that will enable Cambodia to package vaccines. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501086524/mou-on-cooperation-for-filling-and-packaging-covid-19-inactivated-vaccines-signed/